The Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned today by India and a strong protest was lodged at attempts being made during the ongoing visit of the Sikh pilgrims from India to Pakistan to raise the issue of Khalistan or a separate Sikh country by making inflammatory statements and displaying posters at various places of […]
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Left Wing Extremism control policy is paying dividends, claims Home Ministry
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today said that it has been implementing the ‘National Policy and Action Plan’ since 2015 to combat Left Wing Extremism (LWE). This envisages a multi-pronged strategy involving security and development related measures. The significant features of the new policy were zero tolerance towards violence coupled with a big […]
Pakistan prevents Sikh pilgrims from meeting Indian High Commissioner and staff
India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over a block of access for visiting Sikh pilgrims to Indian diplomats and consular teams. A Jatha of around 1800 Sikh yatris has been travelling in Pakistan from April 12, under a bilateral agreement on facilitating visits to religious shrines. Ministry of External Affairs told in a […]
India – Wiesbaden Conference 2018
The Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, in cooperation with the Government of Germany and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) is hosting the India-Wiesbaden Conference 2018 on April 16-17, 2018, in The Federation House, Tansen Marg, New-Delhi. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will be the industry partner for […]
Kahaani 2 director Sujoy Ghosh: I was told off by a lot of people
Kahaani 2 which dealt with child abuse may not have had the box-office rocking but it dealt with an important issue of child abuse. As India today is discussing the issue of abuse of rapes and brutal murders of kids from Kathua to Gujarat, the Kahaani 2 director expressed himself on social media and explained that he too had to struggle to make people believe that this Vidya […]
Afghanistan deeply appreciates ‘positive and constructive support’ extended by India
When External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met the visiting Minister of National Defence of Afghanistan Lt. General Tariq Shah Bahrami yesterday he told the Indian minister how much his nation values the support it gets from India. The two also exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan. Afghan Defence Minister shared his assessment of the […]
India China eye ‘closer development partnership’
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval visited China from 12-13 April 2018 and held talks in Shanghai with Yang Jiechi, Member of Politburo and Director of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee. In a press statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the visit of NSA was part of regular high-level […]
India Signs MOU With World EXPO 2020 Dubai
India and World Expo 2020 signed participants contract on 10th April, 2018 for India’s pavilion in the prestigious World Expo 2020 held once in 5 years. The contract was signed by Manoj K. Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India on Indian side and Najeeb Mohammed Al Ali, Executive Director, Dubai Expo 2020 […]
Migrant Pak Hindu doctors want to serve India, request government to heed them
In Ahmedabad, November 2017, a delegation of migrant Pak Hindu Doctors held a detailed meeting with Jagat Prakash Nadda, the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India during his Gujarat visit. The Pak Hindu doctors had requested him to consider their pending request for conversion of temporary MCI registration into a permanent […]