Hollywood heart-throb and Goodwill Ambassador of UN High Commission for Refugees Angelina Jolie on Sunday hailed India for giving shelter to displaced people of a number of countries and said she would work with New Delhi in this field.
The reshuffle is likely to take place after the ongoing Budget session ends on April 12, reports Archis Mohan.
The prime minister said India has always played a constructive role in the world and that Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence can counter extremism and radicalisation.
The foundation of the seat of government and presidential complex will be laid by John Agyekum Kufuor, president of Ghana, in the presence of Anand Sharma, Indian minister of state for external affairs, on Friday in the Republic of Ghana.
The Kolkata club also roped in former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah as a member of its executive committee.
The government has been keeping the international community informed of the developments in this regard on a continuous basis.
Dhaka is not in favour of full membership to Afghanistan and instead supports observer status to it, informed sources said.
India has sought consular access for those detained, he said.
The Indian government had received requests for assistance in locating the 'Kalgi' and some other articles of Guru Gobind Singh and bringing them back to India.
Both India and Chile discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest, which included bilateral matters like trade, scientific cooperation and Free Trade Agreement.
Energy-hungry India is scouting for oil and gas assets in Central Asia, Africa and Latin America to feed the requirements of its rapidly expanding economy.
Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed has said India is deeply concerned about the welfare of the four million overseas Indians and the country's foreign policies are framed taking this factor into account.
In the first high-level contact, India is sending a special envoy to Palestine to talk to the newly-elected Hamas regime, Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed informed the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
Congress MPs Ambika Soni, Pratap Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo said they would move a motion against Swaraj in the Upper House after compiling documents and information on the issue.
Sharma was confident that New Delhi would occupy its rightful place on the UNSC.
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's lawyer Mehmood Abdi said that his client stands vindicated on the controversy surrounding the erstwhile Kochi franchise following outbursts by Shahshi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar who died recently.
India will be identifying and separating its civilian and military nuclear facilities and programmes in a phased manner.
Sri Lanka has raised certain environmental issues concerning the Rs 2427 crore Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The ministry of external affairs is working with the department of posts to increase the number of speed post centres where passport applications are accepted, by nearly 300 in three months.
The Congress for its part urged Modi not to politicise the armed forces.
In a "firm, appropriate and timely" response, India on Tuesday told the Vatican that it disapproved of the Pope's criticism against banning conversions and his remarks of religious intolerance in the country.
The 78-year-old Ahamed died at 2:15 am at RML hospital where he was admitted on Tuesday and put on artificial life support.
India, in its interaction with Pakistan at all levels, continuously stressed the fact that Islamabad has not taken any effective action to dismantle the infrastructure of support to terrorism on a permanent basis.
US, France, Russia agree on civilian nuclear cooperation with India
She was warmly received by Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The revision petition challenges the trial court's order alleging that the magistrate 'has only desperately tried to shield the proposed accused'.
In one of the largest single evacuation exercises during the nine-day old West Asian crisis, India on Thursday pulled out 607 of its nationals from Lebanon to Larnaca (Cyprus) for being airlifted to India.
The meeting came two days ahead of a debate in Parliament on India's stand over the Iran nuclear programme.
'Americans have their fingers in so many pies. For it to be focussed on Kashmir would be perhaps impossible,' says Omar Abdullah.
Minister of State for External Affairs, V K Singh, who accompanied the passengers, told media persons at the airport that 156 persons have been evacuated, of whom two are from Nepal. There are over 550 Indians at Juba and another 150 in areas where the oil wells are located.
The government on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that all non-EU citizens, including Indians, in lower skilled categories would be affected once the new visa rules are implemented by the British government.
Any matter that was necessary will be taken up during Natwar Singh's forthcoming three-day visit to Bangladesh
India and Pakistan have successfully completed two rounds of the Composite Dialogue.
Justice Pathak would weigh the evidence and Parliament would then debate it.
The appointment of private secretaries to three Union Minister including Home Minister Rajnath Singh has been put on hold, according to official sources.
Air-India on Saturday launched a new long haul flight from Delhi connecting Dhaka, Kolkata and London, with Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed saying it would go a long way in strengthening Indo-Bangla relations.
Meetings of SAARC foreign ministers and foreign secretaries will precede the summit.
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