Border Security Force gifted a bucket of sweets to their Pakistani counterparts at the Indo-Pak Joint Check Post in Wagah.
Kaestner said the US visa policy clearly defined that there would be no queries about race and religion of the people who wanted to visit the US
The Bell of Hope rings every time terror strikes any part of the world. The City of London gifted this bell to the City of New York a year after the attacks of 9/11. On November 3, St Paul's Chapel invited India's Deputy Consul General Dr A M Gondane to ring the Bell of Hope following the terror attacks in Mumbai.
The United States has decided to appoint a treasury attache and an attache for intellectual property rights in India. The US will also appoint a special official to deal with the aviation sector.
The trade between India and Saudi Arabia is growing rapidly with the bilateral trade crossing USD 9.87 billion last year.
'Today, we have over 200 subsidiaries across India and we are one of the most automated companies'
As many as eight nations are participating in Gujarat government's flagship biennial event
The Indian community in Guangzhou has widely welcomed the country's decision to open a Consulate-General in the booming southern Chinese city, which they say will further boost bilateral trade and facilitate easier travel for businessmen between the
India should fulfill its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the State Department insists.
Inviting Canadian entrepreneurs, India has said the country is fast emerging as an attractive destination for investors in various sectors especially in energy, information technology and biotechnology.
China is acutely conscious of the need for the next Dalai Lama to be under its control. It was for this reason that China recently stressed their claim on Arunachal Pradesh. There were rumours that the next Dalai Lama may be found in Tawang. If that happens, India-China relations will become tense and there may be demands for the child to be handed over to the Chinese, points out Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
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Effective Monday, August 7, 2006 the United States consular sections in India will adjust the consular exchange rate from Rs 46 to the dollar to Rs 48 to the dollar.
Fourteen Indians were among 717 people killed in Mecca when Hajj pilgrims jostled their way to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil in the worst ever tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in 25 years.
Malaysian consul general in India Mohamed Hatimi Abas categorically denied on Wednesday that his government had hidden any fact about the missing Malaysian Airline aircraft, during his visit.
Getting a US visa can be a relatively simple process. But there always are a few queries pertaining to the basic procedure. We answer them here.
The strong IPR protection across the board -- patents, trademark and copyright - had been a lynchpin in the success of the US services sector, he added.
The US is keeping a close watch on the developments in the IT sector in West Bengal, which has just witnessed the formation of an union affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.
Richard Sherman, Deputy Consul General, New Delhi, has advice you can use.
You may have many questions on how the new system works. We invited Richard Sherman, deputy consul general, New Delhi to chat with readers.
He said the number of visa appointment slots was being increased in a bid to streamline the US visa application process and to reduce the long-waiting time for applicants.
Rajan is lodged in Tihar Jail in New Delhi. The other three persons, who were out on bail, were taken into custody on Monday after the verdict was announced.
The Government of India and the Indian community in the United States have strongly condemned the arrest of Dr Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York. Some activists blamed the Indian government's failure, claiming that the issue with the domestic help, Sangeeta Richard, was not handled properly though the Indian authorities had faced two similar cases in New York earlier.
Words of advice from Peter G Kaestner, US Consul General, New Delhi.
Officials at the Indian consulate in Dubai said they were aware of Bidappa's detention on Saturday and he has been provided with consular access.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Purshottam Rupala was not granted visa to attend the World Gujarati Conference
As the identification process continued, authorities did not rule out the possibility of this number increasing.
Special efforts are on to trace the pilgrims reported as missing.
A pilgrim, identified as Muhammad, said, "We had to go to the Holy Haram early in the morning without a wash. We thought our complaints would be attended to by the time we returned. But we found that our complaints fell on deaf ears."
Henry Jardine has said the issue is no longer controversial in the US.
Refusing to discharge a French consular official from the case in which he has been charged with raping his three-and-a-half year old daughter, a court in Bangalore has directed him to face the trial.
The US said the exercise had given it an opportunity to highlight some of the most sophisticated systems of its arsenal.
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