In an extraordinary step, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Friday served a legal notice on Press Trust of India for reporting that he appeared to be absentminded when called upon to make a statement by the Lok Sabha Speaker.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna passed away at his residence in Bengaluru early Tuesday morning, his family said.
Decisive action has replaced dossiers and the new India can go to any extent to uproot terrorism, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday while stating that Operation Sindoor was on pause as the armed forces had achieved the desired objectives.
If one looks at them in the perspective of diplomacy, what situation they were in, what mission was given to them, how they had handled the situation, he said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to sign a number of key bilateral pacts including in the field civil nuclear energy during his visit here next month.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Friday held talks with leaders from various political parties in Pakistan, including Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz's Shahbaz Sharif to whom he presented a 'chaddar' to be placed on the revered shrine of Data Darbar which was attacked by terrorists recently.A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders led by Overseas Pakistan Affairs Minister Farooq Sattar met Krishna on Friday morning.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna met family members of victims of Oak Creek gurdwara shooting and said that India and the United States stand united against those who perpetrate a culture of violence and hatred.
On Wednesday, Krishna -- the first Indian external affairs minister to visit Belarus -- visited the Victory Square Monument in Minsk and paid tribute to soldiers who had laid down their lives during the World War II while fighting the Nazi invaders.
Senior Congress leader Karan Singh has emerged as the frontrunner along with another party veteran S M Krishna for appointment as external affairs minister.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has categorically denied that he ever suggested that the Afghanistan government should opt for a political settlement with the Taliban to end the ongoing violence in the country.Earlier, the Indian Mission in New York also issued a denial on the subject. "There is no change in India's policy towards Afghanistan. The minister has been misquoted in his interview with the Wall Street Journal."
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will invite his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi to India during his visit to Islamabad in July as part of efforts to reduce the "trust deficit" between the two neighbours.
Led by Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar MP Supriya Sule, Group 7 will engage with key countries in Africa -- Egypt, South Africa, Ethiopia -- and Qatar to present India's position on Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna who wrapped up his three-day visit to Nepal on Friday said his meetings with the country's top political leadership was useful. Though Krishna emphasised on the importance of completing the peace process and the growing anti-India rhetoric in Nepal, the big questions remains -- are these concerns going to see any fruition in the near future? Shubha Singh reports.
Surprised over reports that Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had invited him for tea at the Roosevelt Hotel, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that he never received any such invitation. "If he has invited me, then I don't know the mode of invitation through which it was conveyed to me, but let me be very honest that I have not received any invitation," Krishna told PTI.
Claiming 'palpable differences' between the ministries of External Affairs and Home, Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday accused Foreign Minister S M Krishna of 'publicly insulting and humiliating' Home Secretary G K Pillai, who, it maintained had made the right statements about Inter Services Intelligence and the Pakistan army.
The Pakistan foreign office has expressed concern over the remarks of Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna about next week's foreign secretary-level talks in New Delhi, and insisted that the outcome of the meeting should not be prejudged nor its scope circumscribed.
Giving a push to India's 'Connect Central Asia Policy', External Affairs Minister S M Krishna arrived in Dushanbe on Monday in the Tajik capital to hold talks with the resource-rich country's top leadership on bilateral issues such as trade, energy and counter-terrorism.
In an interview to CNN-IBN, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna talked about terrorism, India's ties with Pakistan and his proposed visit to that country.
With the Karnataka high court refusing relief to S M Krishna on an alleged illegal mining scam during his chief ministership, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday asked the Congress to show the door to the external affairs minister, as it had done to former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in the wake of the Lokayukta report indicting the state government. "Krishna holds the sensitive portfolio of external affairs.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Monday said India is keeping a close watch on Pakistan and monitoring the situation in that country.
Pakistan on Wednesday voiced concern over External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's remarks -- that next week's Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks should not be 'mistaken' for resumption of composite dialogue -- saying "the outcome of the meeting should not be prejudged nor its scope circumscribed". "We have noted with concern remarks attributed by the media to India's External Affairs Minister on the forthcoming meeting of the Foreign Secretaries," Pak said.
'In the Congress, only those people who suck up to the leadership have value. I am not one of them.'
Home Minister P Chidambaram had briefed the Cabinet Committee on Security, where External Affairs Minister S M Krishna was present, on the interrogation report of LeT operative David Headley before visiting Pakistan for the SAARC Interior Minister's conference last month.
Here's a quick look at who spoke in the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Operation Sindoor debate.
S M Krishna on Wednesday used his visit to Kilinochchi, a former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam bastion, the first by any Indian leader in recent years, to assure the war-weary Tamils of northern Sri Lanka of India's unflinching support and help as they pick up their lives following decades of bloodshed.
India has expressed serious concern over the increasing incidents of violence and extremist rhetoric against minorities in Bangladesh, urging the interim government to fulfill its responsibility of protecting all minorities. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, stated that India has consistently raised the issue of threats and targeted attacks on Hindus and other minorities with the Bangladeshi government. Jaiswal emphasized that these developments cannot be dismissed as mere media exaggeration and called upon Bangladesh to take immediate steps to ensure the safety and security of minorities.
Former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna, noted industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and famous playback singer Suman Kalyanpur were given Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.
"Everyone will have to fall on the same page," was the External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's message on Wednesday to his junior Shashi Tharoor who publicly questioned the new visa rules.
Commerce, Connectivity, Consular and Community -- External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has urged Indian ambassadors in Central Asia to find ways to explore the massive potential that the strategically-important region offers. Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, who travelled to Tajikistan with the foreign minister, reports.
The former external affairs minister S M Krishna is in retirement mode and is not cut out for the heat and dust of state politics. He even lacks the clout that he enjoyed in the Congress when he was chief minister, reports Vicky Nanjappa
In view of the government's austerity drive, Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Sunday decided to forego travel by private aircraft which he is entitled to use on visits abroad and said he will go by commercial flights.
The Delhi High Court has postponed the hearing of former Union Minister MJ Akbar's appeal challenging the acquittal of journalist Priya Ramani in a criminal defamation case over her accusations of sexual harassment against him. The hearing has been adjourned to September 19 after Ramani's counsel sought an adjournment due to the unavailability of the senior lawyer arguing the case. Akbar had challenged the trial court's February 2021 order acquitting Ramani, arguing that the court erred in considering the case as a complaint for sexual harassment rather than defamation. The trial court had dismissed Akbar's defamation complaint and acquitted Ramani, saying no charges were proved against her.
The political and ideological differences between the Congress and Shashi Tharoor is no longer a matter of whispers.
A bench of the Bangladesh High Court ordered the release on bail of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was arrested in November on charges of defaming the country's national flag. The two-judge bench granted the bail after a final hearing on their previous rule asking authorities why he should not be granted bail. Das, a former ISKCON leader, was arrested at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on November 25.
India's concerns on a host of issues, including issuance of stapled visas and "illegal" construction in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, will be taken up by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna during his meetings with Chinese leadership when he visits that country from Monday.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his deputy Shashi Tharoor are ready to vacate their luxury hotel rooms following Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's call for austerity.
The brief encounter took place at the SAARC Foreign Ministers' meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, which is currently on in New York.
There may be delays and lapses in preparation for the Commonwealth Games, but External Affairs Minister S M Krishna says the troubled event will be "off to a flying start" when A R Rahman starts singing the welcome song on October 3.
India is keen to accelerate economic ties with Canada as both countries are working on a number of bilateral agreements that will boost trade and investment between them, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna Krishna left here for home on Sunday after concluding his three-day 'fruitful' visit to Pakistan during which the two countries made progress on people-to-people contact by inking pacts on a liberalised visa regime and cultural exchanges.
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