Calling India and the United States "natural partners", President Barack Obama said the two countries have elevated their relationship and are committed to a new partnership.
At the event, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh denied that the attack on the Congolese Masonda Ketada Oliver was a racial one and hoped that such incidents will not ecur.
Prime Minister Modi was hosted by Russian President Putin for a private tete-a-tete at Kremlin during which the two leaders touched upon issues of mutual national interests.
The nod for the extension of his tenure till January 28, 2018 was given by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, official sources said.
Significantly, China, which stonewalled India's entry into the 48-nation NSG at the just--concluded Seoul plenary, is not a member of 34-nation MTCR.
Modi, who is in Mexico on the final leg of his five-nation tour during which he will hold talks with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on key bilateral issues including India's NSG membership bid, was greeted by the Indian community amid chants of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.
India has formally approached the United Nations to include Jaish-e-Mohammad chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar in the Security Council's sanctions list, strongly emphasising the urgency to take action against him.
Hollande was welcomed by Governor of Punjab and Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, among others.
Some Twitter users have tagged Swaraj in their tweets complaining that the beach sandals with Gandhi's image were being sold on the Amazon US site.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday informed that four Indians have been kidnapped by Islamic State extremists in Libya's Sirte. No ransom demands have yet been made said MEA officals.
She said China's blocking of India's move in the UN for action against Pakistan over 26/11 plotter, saying it was at "variance" with progress in ties.
India on Thursday lashed out at Pakistan for "inciting and supporting" terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Amazon, better behave. Desist from being flippant about Indian symbols & icons. Indifference will be at your own peril," Das said in a tweet.
During his South Africa visit, Modi will meet President Jacob Zuma and also Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president.
India on Sunday said it is taking steps to ensure safe evacuation of its nationals from Yemen after a sailors group claimed that 70 seamen from Gujarat are stranded in the war-torn county.
This development amounts to "downgrade" of Pakistan as a "non-school-going station", an official said.
One of the two Indians, who were abducted in Sirte in war-devastated Libya, has managed to flee from captivity.
The PM will also preside over a memorial service for Ganeshan and other victims of the attack during his stay in Brussels on Wednesday.
India on Friday said that it is disappointed that a technical hold has been put on its application to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, the mastermind of the Pathankot terror attack, in the United Nations Committee.
Both sides "positively assessed" India-Myanmar security cooperation in the backdrop of certain insurgent groups from northeastern Indian states.
S Jaishankar called Basit to his South Block office and lodged a strong protest over the issue as he made a specific reference to LeT terrorist and Pakistani national Bahadur Ali.
India will impress upon China, which had torpedoed its Nuclear Suppliers Group membership bid at the Seoul plenary,that taking care of each other's "interests and priorities" was the basis for forward movement in bilateral ties.
The then prime minister Manmohan Singh had visited Doha in 2008.
Pakistan on Tuesday said it has expressed "serious concern" to the United Nations over a draft bill in the Indian Parliament over the map of Kashmir and called upon the world body to uphold its resolutions and urge India to stop such acts which are in "violation of international law".
India on Thursday downplayed the United States Senate rejecting a key amendment recognising the country as "global strategic and defence partner", saying it would be "premature" to speculate about its final content.
Prior to his departure, the prime minister attended a Congressional reception hosted jointly by Foreign Relation Committees (House and Senate) and India Caucus (House and Senate).
India on Thursday said it has no "locus standi" in the matter and its attempt to internationalise the issue will not "whitewash" cross-border terrorism supported by it.
Modi, who arrived in Moscow on Wednesday on a two-day visit, held talks with Putin during a restricted meeting in Kremlin to begin the 16th India-Russia Summit.
The EAM on Thursday said the goof-up by Twitter in its location-tagging service that showed Jammu as part of Pakistan and J&K as being in China will be taken up with the site.
Ravi Thapar in New Zealand is set to leave the country on Saturday after allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member.
PM Modi on Saturday met PM Abe and invited Japan to be part of the 'Make in India' programme.
The conference, which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, will see participation of over 40 countries.
Geeta has been staying in Indore at an institution for hearing-impaired people till her family is located by the government.
As last minute efforts, India has reached out to Indonesia to save an Indian man from execution in a drug peddling case, requesting the country to exhaust all legal recourses before the death penalty was carried out.
Sing is expected to bluntly ask Pakistan to stop sponsoring acts of terror in India.
Six Indians have been killed after their boat was hit in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen, said the external affairs ministry on Friday.
Police resorted to firing late Saturday night after they were attacked with petrol bombs and bricks when they tried to evict cadres of United Democratic Madhesi Front from blocking the East-West Highway of Saptari district.
The prime minister said a stable global economic and financial system is imperative for growth as it promotes inclusive and sustainable growth.
Prime Minister Modi will be visiting Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya from July 7 to July 11.
A Sikh priest was among three persons injured when an explosion ripped through a gurudwara in Germany's western city of Essen.
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