'Both India and Pakistan are now, for the first time in history, very closely allied and connected with the US -- economically and politically.'
United States Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to India on June 23 to co-chair the 4th India-US strategic dialogue, his spokesperson said on Wednesday.
RPTs are globally recognised as an important component of the ease of business index.
Jaitley said the resort was not an area where the Karnataka minister can get 'immunity from the law'.
Empowered in the Modi government, junior ministers have enough on their plate.
'The choice of Dhoka La for the intrusion by Chinese troops is significant and suggests a twin objective of pressuring Thimpu to allow Beijing to establish an embassy there and reinforcing Chinese claims on Arunachal Pradesh,' warns former RA&W officer Jayadev Ranade.
Though the prime minister did not make any direct mention of these issues, he noted that nationalism has been the party's identity, sources said.
Devyani Khobragade, deputy consul general at the Indian consulate in New York, was arrested on charges that she allegedly presented fraudulent documents to the United States State Department in support of a visa application for an Indian national employed as a babysitter and housekeeper at her home in Manhattan.
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