Setting the tone for the foreign minister-level Indo-Pak talks in Islamabad, India made it clear that terrorism and early conclusion of Mumbai terror attack trial in Pakistan remains "core concern" for it.
There is no doubt that if peace prevails between India and Pakistan there is no dearth of benefits to be derived, but even one terrorist attack could derail the whole process, says Alok Bansal.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday assured two Indian traders, trapped in a financial dispute with local businessmen in the commodity hub of Yiwu, that he would take up their case with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday held a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Li Kaqiang, and discussed bilateral relations with the leader, who is tipped to become the prime minister of China next year.
Nearly a dozen Tibetans, including women, on Thursday staged a protest outside Hyderabad House in New Delhi, objecting to the border talks between India and China. They claimed that Beijing could not discuss the issue before granting freedom to Tibet. Draped in Tibetan flags and carrying anti-China placards, the protesters assembled in front of Hyderabad House near India Gate in the morning.
Fresh differences appeared in Team Anna with Justice Santosh Hegde on Tuesday distancing himself from corruption allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other ministers even as the group sought to play down Anna Hazare's reservations on the issue.
"With Pakistan, speculation will never stop and I wouldn't like to enlist myself in the club of speculators. All I can convey to you is that India's intentions are very honest, India's intentions are very transparent," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told media persons in Myanmar
The government on Tuesday said there was no pressure from Italy on the marines issue, nearly a week after Italian Prime Minister called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to express concern over detention of two of his country's sailors in Kerala for allegedly killing two fishermen.
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday claimed that it was due to their efforts that the Central government stepped in to help out the stranded youths from Gujarat in Angola.
India has sought an assurance from the United States over the safety of the Indian community there in the wake of the shooting at a Wisconsin gurudwara that left seven people, including the gunman, dead.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pressed Pakistan to do more to ensure its territory is not used as "launching pad" by terror groups for attacks and also said that Hafiz Saeed was "one of the "principal architects" of the 2008 Mumbai carnage.
India and Bangladesh on Monday agreed to conclude an extradition treaty at the earliest and vowed not to allow each other's territories to be used by domestic or foreign militants and insurgents' outfits.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday urged activist Anna Hazare and his associates to contest general elections. "They should contest the elections so that we all know who has the support of the people," he said. Hazare and members of his team have gone on an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to seek the implementation of the Lokpal Bill.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made it clear to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari that firm action needed to be taken against anti-India terrorism emanating from Pakistan to allow forward movement in the bilateral relationship, Parliament was informed Wednesday.
India on Tuesday asked Sri Lanka to "seize" the opportunity of achieving genuine national reconciliation through recommendations of a post-war panel, as Colombo assured it of its commitment to resolve the long-standing ethnic conflict by devolving powers to the Tamil-dominated provinces.
Russia on Saturday expressed happiness at the resumption of work at the Koodankulam nuclear project and hoped that more units will come with its participation.
Foreign Ministers of India and China will meet on Friday for a bilateral meeting in Moscow during which important international issues and terrorism in the region are likely to figure.
India and other key world powers on Sunday vowed never to allow Afghanistan to become a sanctuary for global terrorism again, as major donors pledged $16 billion (about Rs 89,600 crore) in aid to the war-torn country to prevent it from sliding back into turmoil after foreign forces leave in 2014.
With the exit of Pranab Mukherjee from the Council of Ministers, Sharad Pawar's name was listed after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the official website of the Prime Minister's Office, triggering speculation on Thursday as to whether he was now the number two in the government.
Pakistan on Friday rejected External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's remarks that India has provided adequate proof linking Hafiz Saeed to the Mumbai attacks, saying action could be taken against the Laskar-e-Tayyiba founder only on the basis of "solid evidence".
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will undertake his much-anticipated visit to Pakistan in the first half of September.
Afghanistan was the focus of the high-level talks held between India and Tajikistan, says Sheela Bhatt.
The Lokayukta Court in Bengaluru on Monday adjourned to April 11 further hearing on a private complaint against External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and two other former Karnataka Chief Ministers, accusing them of involvement in illegal mining.
India on Wednesday asserted that law of the land rpt law of the land will prevail in the alleged rape case involving a French consulate official and rejected any scope of 'parallel' investigation in the backdrop of reports that France was doing its own investigation into the case.
In a relief to former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, the high court on Thursday stated that he cannot be arrested in connection with the illegal mining scam. Justice B V Pinto while hearing a petition filed by Kumaraswamy challenging proceedings against him in the mining case, however, stated that the investigation would continue.
Ahead of the hearing on the custody row involving two NRI children in Norway, two senior Indian officials are leaving for the country.
The wife of the French diplomat, who has been accused of raping his three-and-a half year-old daughter, has appealed to the government to ensure that the official faces trial in India even if he enjoys diplomatic immunity.
Cuba on Friday invited India to partner it in the exploration of oil and hydrocarbons as External Affairs Minister S M Krishna arrived in Havana on a "historic" visit to the country.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said the issue of Indian-American Kairi Shepherd, who is facing the prospect of forcibly being sent back to her country of birth, was raised with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Opposition demand for resignation of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna for his alleged role in a mining scam led to repeated disruptions of both the Houses of Parliament on Friday, forcing their adjournment till Monday.
Special prayers were offered at a mobile temple outside Gandhi's 10, Janpath residence and enthusiastic Congress workers cut huge cakes and distributed it to all those gathered.
Every time our diplomats say before they land in Pakistan that they have got clinching evidence of Pakistan's role in the 26/11 attack, and each time, the retort been: 'give us more proof'. As External Affairs Minister S M Krishna embarks upon a visit to Pakistan, the talks would again focus on terrorism and the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, says Vicky Nanjappa
Interacting with media persons on the sidelines of the international conference on the future of Afghanistan at Bonn, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna observed that infiltration poses a threat to that country's economy and development.
On a three-day visit to Egypt, the first by a senior Indian leader after last year's revolution, Krishna met the head of current military-led government, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Prime Minister Kamal Al Ganzhoury as well as his counterpart Mohamed Kamel Amr.
Postponement of Sino-India border talks between Special Representatives notwithstanding, India on Tuesday said its high-level defence dialogue with China would take place next month as planned earlier.
Amid a major row between Iran and the West over its nuclear programme, foreign ministers from NAM members states are set to discuss issues like peaceful use of atomic energy at their crucial meet that began in Tehran on Tuesday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reached out to her counterparts of more than a dozen countries, including Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, as the Obama Administration stepped up its effort to increase pressure on the Syrian regime.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against Dhanalakshmi Gowda, an Indian Administrative Service officer (2000 Uttar Pradesh batch), presently working as director in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
Family members of the two Indian children lodged in a foster home in Norway on Tuesday met External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who assured them that the children would be brought home at any cost.
Ahead of the Singh-Suu Kyi meeting in Yangon which will see the pro-democracy icon sticking to protocol and calling on the Indian premier, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that "Suu Kyi is one of the important leaders of Myanmar and it's natural for the prime minister to receive her with due courtesy and convey our best wishes for a national reconciliation for a democratic process to blossom in this country".
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