Tag: Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi: In yet another instance of living up to the promise she made on Independence Day, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday issued a visa to an ailing Pakistani child seeking open heart surgery in India. “Yes, we are allowing visa for your 7-year-old daughter’s open heart surgery in India,” Sushma Swaraj tweeted in […]

Beijing: A Chinese daily has slammed India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj for her strong criticism of Pakistan for harbouring terrorists, saying it is “politically imbecilic and unsophisticated” to think that Islamabad exports terrorism. The editorial in state-run Global Times defending Pakistan against its failure to flush out terrorists is not surprising as China has always lavished […]

New Delhi:Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for acknowledging the contribution of Congress governments in nation building. “Sushmaji, thank you for finally recognising Congress governments’ great vision and legacy of setting up IITs and IIMs,” said Gandhi on Twitter. In her address at the UN General Assembly on […]

United Nations: In a display of unity on the world stage, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has paid a compliment to previous governments, including the Congress party, by acknowledging their efforts to build India. She also showcased the demonetisation and the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) as successes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]

United Nations: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday launched a stinging attack against Pakistan at the UN, saying India had grown as an IT superpower while Pakistan has emerged as a pre-eminent factory for the export of terror in the 70 years of the independence of the two countries. “We are fighting poverty. But […]

New York: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has pressed for an “early comprehensive” reform of the UN, including the Security Council. Swaraj was addressing a trilateral meeting of India, Brazil and South Africa. She met with the foreign ministers of the three countries. “We must also press for early comprehensive reform of the United Nations, […]

New York: On a day of hectic diplomatic engagements, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday met Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui ahead of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session here. “#EAM@UNGA Stregthening (sic) traditionally unique bilateral relations. EAM@SushmaSwaraj meets with Bhutanese PM @tsheringtobgay in New York,” External Affairs […]

United Nations: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has arrived here to attend the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) session. She will hold a high level meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday. Following the trilateral meeting, Sushma Swaraj will represent India at a UN reforms meeting […]

Vladivostok (Russia): The friendship between India and Russia is solid like a rock, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov here on Wednesday. According to a tweet by the Indian Embassy in Russia, Sushma Swaraj also said that there was no way this friendship could get weak. […]

New Delhi: Two hundred Indian students of the University of Houston have been marooned in floods in the wake of tropical storm Harvey causing heavy rains and flooding in America’s fourth largest city. Two Indian students are in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday. “@CGHoust […]

Mumbai: Signalling a significant new era in cooperation with states, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the country’s first Videsh Bhavan, assimilating all Regional Passport Offices and allied departments under a single roof, at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) here on Sunday. As a first pilot project, four offices of MEA — Regional Passport Office […]

Kathmandu: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here on Thursday on a two-day visit to participate in the 15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting. The visit comes ahead of Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s proposed visit to India beginning August 23. Besides taking part in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic […]

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said a patient from Pakistan-administered Kashmir who is seeking treatment in New Delhi for a liver tumour needed no recommendation from the Pakistan government for a medical visa because the territory is “an integral part of India”. Osama Ali, 24, who has been diagnosed with a […]

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will on Friday brief opposition parties on the India-China standoff in Doklam and the situation in Kashmir ahead of Parliament’s monsoon session that begins on Monday. The all-party meeting to take the opposition leaders into confidence on the two issues would be held at […]

Kabul/New Delhi: All Indian Embassy staff in Kabul are safe, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said after a huge explosion rocked the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning. “By God’s grace, Indian Embassy staff are safe in the massive #Kabul blast,” Sushma tweeted. Preliminary reports suggested the blast occurred in the vicinity of Wazir Mohammad Akbar […]