Notwithstanding the incidents of Chinese aggression, the ministry of external affairs on Monday described as "most peaceful" the boundary with China and said these "incursions" will be certainly sorted out.
India on Wednesday said even 'a few steps' by Pakistan in the Mumbai terror attacks probe will satisfy it and help in resuming the composite dialogue process.External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said India will be 'quite satisfied' with 'a few steps' by Pakistan in the course of the 26/11 investigations. This, he said, will "certainly make it easier for India to carry on normal business with Pakistan". Pak has been strongly advocating the resumption of the Indo-Pak talks.
Minister of External Affairs S M Krishna on Saturday reacted strongly to the attack on two Indian priests of the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, and asked the Nepal government to ensure the safety and security of the priests.However, unfazed by the attack, the two priests performed the daily rituals at the 5th century Hindu shrine. The police and temple authorities, with the help of the locals, rescued the priests from the attackers, sources said.
Accusing Pakistan of not being serious about punishing the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Saturday said India has provided enough evidence for their prosecution. He also made it clear that Pakistan was to be blamed for the suspension of the composite dialogue, after the terror strikes on Mumbai in November last year, and said it has to take the initiative for the resumption of the process.
Karzai was administered the oath of office by the head of Supreme Court Abdul Salam Azmi at a grand ceremony at the presidential palace in the presence of 800 guests, including External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.
India is looking to a top panel set up by Australia to address the concerns of Indian students, who have been targets of spate of attacks there, the External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on Saturday.
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set to become the first foreign dignitary to visit President Barack Obama at the While House next week, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday said that India and the United States will look to take forward their strategic partnership and cement the ties forged under the Bush administration.
"All these issues are going to be looked into very carefully from the point of view of security angle and perhaps in the days to come, you might see more on this," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told reporters on the sidelines of a FICCI event in New Delhi. Copies of visas issued to Pakistani-Canadian Rana and a woman Samraz Rana Akhthar, who he claimed to be his wife, show that both were issued multiple entry visas under the discretion of the Consul General.
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon meets US Under secretary William Burns in New Delhi.
Concerned over reports of some Indian students in Australia retaliating in the wake of spate of attacks on them, India today asked them to exercise restraint.
With Interpol issuing Red Corner Notice against Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, India on Wednesday said the development vindicates its stand on his involvement in Mumbai terror attacks, and urged Pakistan to act on the basis of evidence collected 'painstakingly'.External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said the world should take note of the Interpol notice.
India on Friday ruled out resumption of dialogue with Pakistan until it takes 'concrete measures' to prevent terrorism directed against this country. "Not unless they (Pakistan) take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from the soil of Pakistan aimed against India," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told reporters when asked whether there was any move to resume dialogue with Islamabad.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday night spoke of the possibility of the Centre advising Indian students against traveling to Australia if the attacks on them continued. Krishna said different kinds of action can be taken by the government in the wake of the attacks like issuing an advisory for Indian students not to go to Australia. "But, I think that (the advisory) would not be in the interest of our bilateral relations," he said.
India on Tuesday strongly objected to Pakistan's attempt to link Kashmir issue to terrorism in the region and maintained that the bilateral dialogue would resume only when Islamabad creates conditions for it. "It (terrorism) has nothing to do with Kashmir. Terror, whether it is in Kashmir, in Mumbai or elsewhere, is abominable," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said. He was responding to Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's remarks.
India on Wednesday said the resolution of the boundary dispute with China will take time as it required 'a lot of patience'.A day after his talks with Chinese counterpart Yang Jie Chi in Bengaluru, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said both the neighbours are eager to maintain cordial and friendly ties. He also refuted reports about China building a dam on Brahmaputra River, reports of which had raised concerns in India.
The visit of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's to Australia has evoked a mixed response from the Indian community, amid fresh attacks on them as they hoped it would put greater pressure on the government to provide more security to the minority community.
Australia on Thursday assured India that 'firm action' will be taken against those responsible for the recent attacks on Indian students, as External Affairs Minister S M Krishna took up the issue with the authorities in Sydney, amid serious concerns over it back home. During his meeting with New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees, Krishna, who is on a five-day visit to Australia, was assured that firm action will be taken against the perpetrators.
The Bharatiya Janata Party walked out in protest when Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar refused to allow former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha who wanted to know whether the statement of external affairs minister S M Krishna had broken the protocol by saying that unless Pakistan government takes action against Hafeez Sayeed, master mind behind the Mumbai bomb blast, there was no point in carrying forward any kind of dialogue with Pakistan.
The pilot project would cover entire Karnataka and parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, external affairs minister S M Krishna said while replying to a discussion on the working of his ministry. The project, when completed, would substantially improve the level of passport-related services offered to people, he said adding this was one of the largest e-governance initiatives undertaken by the government.
Faced with strident attack from opposition over the Indo-Pak joint statement, government on Friday said progress in dialogue with Pakistan is not possible in an atmosphere vitiated by violence or the threat to use violence and claimed this was encapsulated in the document.
India has been asking Pakistan to hand over 42 fugitives including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, but Islamabad has refused to cooperate, Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
India on Monday reacted strongly to the Lahore High Court's order to dispose of the anti-terror case against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind behind the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Notwithstanding their differences on the boundary question, India and China on Wednesday vowed to deepen their multi-faceted ties for a "lasting friendship" as Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna met his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Phuket.
India and the United States on Monday night reached an End-Use Monitoring pact on defence equipment and technology, as they vowed to push their strategic ties with Washington giving an assurance that its policy on enrichment and reprocessing technology will not affect New Delhi.
India and the United States are expected to launch a new chapter in the strategic partnership on Monday when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds talks with Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna during which Pakistan and terrorism are likely to figure prominently.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt on Thursday.Sources indicate that while Dr Singh will seek a firmer commitment on tackling terror from his Pakistani counterpart, Gilani might rake up the contentious issue of Kashmir during the talks. The composite dialogue between India and Pakistan had come to a standstill after the terror attack on Mumbai in November
Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Sunday said his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi assured him during a bilateral meeting that Islamabad will begin the trial of those recently arrested in connection with last year's Mumbai terror attack shortly, and that it would take steps to ensure that justice is done.
The much-awaited meeting between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi has just started in New York. The meeting is on.
The Centre on Wednesday washed its hands off the decision to stop work along the Sino-Indian border in Jammu and Kashmir after the Chinese' protest, saying it had no role in either starting or halting the project and that it was entirely the state government's affair.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that the country has taken a 'principled' stand on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and there is no scope for change in its position unless a number of other developments take place to address the concerns.This comes after a high-level conference on disarmament in the United Nations on Thursday, addressed by UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon, asked India and eight other countries to ratify the agreement.
The government today informed the Rajya Sabha that the United States has not requested India to sign the CTBT in recent bilateral discussions.
The United States government has clarified that it has not 'ever discouraged' its citizens from traveling to India, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Replying to a written question, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said the US embassy in New Delhi issued a Warden Message, which is not a Travel Advisory, reminding all its citizens resident in or traveling to India that there is a high threat from terrorism throughout India.
Joining the forces is a dream come true for NDA (2009) topper Cadet S M Sriram. The 18-year-old talks about life at the Academy and why he chose the Indian Navy.
India on Monday termed as "internal matter" the Pakistan Supreme Court rejecting petitions challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed, a key accused in the Mumbai terror attack, but said it will closely monitor the case.
The ministers, including Krishna, also reaffirmed their commitment to multilateralism and to increased participation of developing countries in the decision-making bodies of multilateral organizations and institutions.
"We continue to work with the Sri Lankan government to ensure the resettlement of all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said in a statement in the Rajya Sabha.
Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has asserted that the main agenda of his meeting his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in New York would be to pressurise Islamabad in taking action against perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack.
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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.
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