NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Monday urged External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar to bring Mandeep Kaur’s mortal remains back to India. He also submits a memorandum with the request. The 30-year-old victim of domestic abuse by her husband Ranjodhbeer Singh Sandhu, died by suicide in New York on August […]

NEW DELHI :Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and India’s external affairs minister (MEA) Dr S.Jaishankar on Friday  had a brief meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bali. They discussed priority issues of the bilateral agenda, as well as topical international and regional problems, including in light of the situation in […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on an important visit to Europe as he will visit Germany for the 6th India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC), will attend the Second Indo-Nordic Summit in Denmark and will make a brief stopover at France. His visit comes at a crucial time when the world is stirred by […]

  NEW DELHI: India and Bhutan discussed cooperation in the areas of hydropower, connectivity, trade, space, and health during External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar’s visit to the Himalayan nation. During his visit, Dr Jaishankar also called on Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on Friday. His visit was first by any high-level foreign dignitary […]

  NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held delegation-level talks with Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Philippines Teddy Locsin Jr in New Delhi on Sunday. The visit was reciprocal to Indian EAM’s visit to the Philippines in February after India’s BrahMos Aerospace received a positive response from Manila for procuring a shore-based Anti-Ship […]

NEW DELHI: A day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was monitoring “human rights abuses” in India, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar, in a sharp response, said India is also “equally entitled” to have views on the human rights situation in the US. At a joint press conference after the 2+2 […]

NEW DELHI: A verbal exchange between External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss here on Thursday highlighted the difference of stance between New Delhi and London regarding sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. Sharing the stage with EAM Dr Jaishankar at an event here, visiting Foreign […]

NEW DELHI: Stressing that the Ukraine war has added to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday called upon members of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to deepen and broaden cooperation within the group. Speaking at the BIMSTEC Ministerial meeting in […]

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar signed a string of pacts with the Maldives and discussed regional security and bilateral cooperation with President Ibrahim Mohammad Solih at the Addu City on Sunday. During the EAM’s two-day visit, Hyderabad-based Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) signed an MOU with Maldives Police Service to support […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the fifth BIMSTEC Summit to be held in a hybrid format on 30 March in Sri Lanka, the incumbent BIMSTEC chair. Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will chair the summit. In the BIMSTEC Summit, PM Modi and other leaders will discuss the establishment of basic […]