The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, reached Madagascar yesterday (March 14, 2018) on the second leg of his two-nation state visit to Africa and the Indian Ocean Region. This is the first ever visit by a President or Prime Minister of India to this country. Flying in from Mauritius, President Kovind was received at […]
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Lenin statue toppled: PM tells Home Minister to take stern action
After toppling of Lenin statue in Tripura and subsequent vandalism in West Bengal in which Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee’s bust was vandalized in Kolkata’s Kalighat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned the incidents. The statue of Vladimir Lenin was brought down at Belonia College Square in Tripura after BJP stormed to power […]
Myanmarese Hindus demand connectivity with Chennai
Myanmarese Hindus raised an important demand when Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tamil Nadu president went to Myanmar. She attended the Myanmar Tamil Festival on February 19th and on February 20th, Soundararajan attended a meeting organized by the All Myanmar Tamil Hindu foundation. All Myanmar Tamil Hindu Foundation also organized a grand Pongal vizha […]
India must consider providing concessions to migrant Pak Hindu professionals
Migrant Pakistani Hindu professionals are once again requesting Govt. of India to grant Indian citizenship to them as per naturalization sec.6(1) of Citizenship Act, 1955. This was earlier done in 1991 by issuing the Indian citizenship certificates to intellectuals of migrant Hindu community of Pakistan, within one year of their stay in India. This provision is […]
President of France is soon coming to India
President of the Republic of France, Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron will be on a State Visit to India from 9-12 March, 2018 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The last visit of the French President to India was in January, 2016, when the French President was the Chief Guest at […]
Canadian opposition to move motion in support of India, as Trudeau tries to salvage reputation
It can only be described as historic that the Canadian opposition is backing India against Justin Trudeau who is trying to salvage his reputation after being accused of harboring Khalistani elements in his government. Trudeau had tried to defend himself over invite to Jaspal Atwal, a known Khalistani, in India through a vague assertion made […]
Afghanistan appreciates India’s continuing help
Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale visited Afghanistan on 27-28 February 2018. During his visit, Foreign Secretary called on President Ashraf Ghani and handed over a letter from the Prime Minister. Foreign Secretary also called on NSA Atmar, Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and met Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai. Foreign Secretary represented India at the second meeting […]
President of Vietnam to soon visit India
At the invitation of Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, Tran Dai Quang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam will pay a State Visit to India from 2-4 March, 2018. President Quang will be accompanied by Nguyen Thi Hien and an official delegation, including Ministers and party leaders, and also a business delegation. During […]
King of Jordan is coming to India
The King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein will be visiting India from 27 February-01 March 2018. The King will be accompanied by a business delegation. During this visit, the two sides will discuss the entire gamut of bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest. […]
Indo-US delegation meets for defence cooperation
As part of lndo-US Bilateral Defence Cooperation, the 8th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting was held in New Delhi on 26th February 2018. The meeting was co-chaired by Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Vice Admiral A K Jain and Acting Director, International Cooperation Matthew Warren. The DTTI was initiated […]