NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar will participate in the G20 meeting of foreign ministers in Johannesburg on Feb 20-21, said govt on Wednesday. Jaishankar’s US counterpart Marco Rubio will skip the event, but China’s Wang Yi and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov will attend the meeting.While Jaishankar is likely to informally meet Wang and Lavrov,…
Sam Pitroda and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: What do Sam Pitroda and Mani Shankar Aiyar have in common? Well, both the leaders, who were once part of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi‘s inner circle, have a penchant for landing their party in trouble with their off-the-cuff remarks.While Mani Shankar Aiyar, whose disdainful remarks against PM…
NEW DELHI: Faced with BJP’s fierce assault over Sam Pitroda’s remarks suggesting that India has unnecessarily been confrontational towards China, Congress washed its hands of the latest controversial utterances of the long-time confidante of the Nehru-Gandhi family.BJP said Pitroda’s statement that the threat from China was blown out of proportion and India’s attitude has been…
NEW DELHI: Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) chairman Sam Pitroda, who seems to be forever embroiled in controversy, was once again caught in political crossfire over his latest remarks on China. Pitroda’s remarks drew ire from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which accused him of undermining India’s sovereignty and aligning with Congress’s alleged pro-China stance. The…
NEW DELHI: India will have to carefully evaluate US president Trump’s offer of the fifth-generation F-35 fighter, even though IAF would love to grab it with both hands given the China factor, while the two countries take forward the procurement of six more P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft as well as joint production of Stryker…
During his reply to the Motion of Thanks during the Budget Session, PM Modi made several interesting cultural references. The first involved a famous TOI cartoon by R.K. Laxman, which showed the ubiquitous “common man” dragging a float with an aeroplane carrying a group of politicians, where the pilot closely resembles former Prime Minister Rajiv…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said in LS Monday that foreign minister S Jaishankar went to Washington to lobby for an invite for PM Modi for the US president’s inauguration, a remark that drew protests from the treasury benches and was swiftly refuted by Jaishankar.“We will not send him (FM) three or four times,…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday took a dig at leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for mentioning ‘China’ 34 times in his 45 minute speech during the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President’s address.BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya shared a video in a social media post on…
The announcement by India followed foreign secretary Vikram Misri’s visit to Beijing during which he also called on foreign minister Wang Yi. After the resumption of bilateral visits, India and China Monday took significant “people-centric” measures to normalise ties as they agreed to resume the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in 2025 and also consented, in principle,…
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi In a significant development, India and China have agreed to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in the summer of 2025, signaling efforts to rebuild ties between the two nations. This decision was announced after foreign secretary Vikram Misri’s visit to Beijing on January 26-27 for…
