Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale paid an official visit to Bhutan from 1-2 April 2018. During the visit, Foreign Secretary met Dasho Sonam Tshong, Foreign Secretary of Bhutan. He called on the Prime Minister of the nation, Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay. The Foreign Secretary had an audience with Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan. The […]
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15th meeting of India-US Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism held
The 15th meeting of the India-US Counterterrorism Joint Working Group was held in New Delhi on March 27, 2018. Led by Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary Mahaveer Singhvi and the State Department’s Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Alina L. Romanowski, the Indian and the U.S. delegations achieved important progress on counterterrorism cooperation between the […]
Pakistani Hindus, including several minors, forcefully converted in Pakistan
As was expected, on March 25, 500 Pakistani Hindus including children were forced to convert in Sindh. Several of these Pakistani Hindus had come to India citing religious persecution but were forced out of India as they did not have long-term visas. This conversion program was organized by former Army Chief General Parvez Musharraf’s party All […]
Shabana Azmi and Koena Mitra clash on Rohingyas
Koena Mitra is no fan of settling down Rohingyas in India. On March 23rd, she wrote on Twitter: “Rohingyas are being thrown out of Myanmar and Srilanka bcos of their terrorist activities, but CM is giving them land, helping them to settle down in #WestBengal posing danger to national security.” She also tagged several BJP […]
28 Pakistani Hindus given Indian citizenship (video)
28 Sindhi Pakistani Hindus have been given Indian citizenship certificates by CM of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal on 23rd March 2018. The Chief Minister told the migrant Hindus from Pakistan that India was their country as well and urged them to stay in India. Quran desecration leads to violence against Pakistani Hindus […]
First ever Indian Sign Language Dictionary of 3000 words launched
First Indian Sign Language Dictionary of 3000 words” was launched by Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment at a function here today. The Indian Sign Language Dictionary has been developed by Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLR&TC) under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Social Justice & Empowerment. […]
Maldives revokes state of emergency, India welcomes it
The Maldives has revoked the state of emergency following exhaustive back-channel diplomatic parleys. Earlier, the Indian government had refused to send troops to the nation to either topple or diminish the hold of dictator Abdulla Yameen despite opposition demanding it unequivocally. India swiftly welcomed the move by the Yameen government which was banking too heavily on […]
Indian Army quashes Times of India article
Leading daily Times of India did a story titled ‘How Suspended Armyman Pulled Off Burglaries’ which caught the attention of Indian Army. The Times of India story detailed an operation done by a joint team of military intelligence and Delhi Police crime branch which was launched to investigate the source of military stickers found on the car […]
Health Ministry grants approval for admission under Disabilities Quota
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has granted approval to amend the regulation for admission to PG medical courses in order to expand the scope of persons with disabilities getting benefit of reservation. The disabilities quota has been increased from 3% to 5% in accordance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. […]
Here are the names of Indian nationals killed in Iraq along with the states they belonged to
As India mourns her sons who were brutally killed by Islamic State terrorists in Iraq, the government of India today issued the names of the people who are said to be no more. India tolerant, ISIS danger to humanity, RSS nationalist: Sufi leader From Punjab to West Bengal, the list of Indian killed in Mosul, […]