NEW DELHI/DHAKA: The Indian governmentt on Thursday strongly denied claims in Dhaka that flooding of districts on the eastern borders of Bangladesh had been caused by the opening of Dumbur dam upstream of the Gumti river in Tripura, saying that floods on cross-border rivers is a shared problem on both sides. Indian govt sources also…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Friday clarified on recent media reports, which have claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Ukraine by the end of August.Several western nations had raised a red flag after PM Modi‘s visit to Moscow in July.Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy had said that PM…
NEW DELHI: K Natwar Singh, the former Congress leader known for his varied roles in diplomacy, politics, and literature, passed away on Saturday night at the age of 93. Singh had been battling a prolonged illness and was receiving treatment at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, near Delhi. Diplomatic stalwartBorn in 1931 in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, Singh’s…
NEW DELHI: While India has so far, unlike the US, not welcomed the formation of an interim govt in Bangladesh, New Delhi on Thursday showed the first clear sign of reaching out to the new regime in Dhaka as it said the interests of the people of the country are foremost on its mind.This follows…
The Indian government has advised its nationals to refrain from traveling to Bangladesh amid violent protests that hit the neighbouring nation. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) has also strongly cautioned its citizens currently living in Bangladesh to be extremely vigilant and limit their movementsIn its latest advisory, the MEA said, “In view of ongoing…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Wednesday told China the necessity of respecting the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to restore normalcy in bilateral relations. The MEA said that both countries have agreed to maintain peace on the ground in line with existing agreements.“They agreed on the need to jointly uphold peace…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief ministerMamata Banerjee on Friday said her recent statement on violence-hit Bangladesh was “distorted” and took on the foreign ministry for criticising her comment.“I know the federal structure very well. I was an MP seven times, I was Union minister twice. I know the MEA policy better than anyone else,” she…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that her recent statement about violence-hit Bangladesh was “distorted” and that she had “said nothing out of turn” as she is fully aware of the country’s external affairs policy. The Bengal chief minister, who is New Delhi for NITI Aayog meeting, said the “ministry…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Thursday condemned the references of Jammu and Kashmir in the China-Pakistan joint statement calling it ‘unwarranted’. In response to media queries on references to Jammu & Kashmir in the China-Pakistan Joint Statement, spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “We have noted unwarranted references to the Union Territory of Jammu…
India has previously also raised this issue with Moscow urging it to release Indian men (Representative Image/Reuters) NEW DELHI: Two Indian nationals recruited recently by Russian army have died in Russia-Ukraine conflict, govt said in a statement on Tuesday. MEA and Indian embassy in Moscow have strongly taken up the matter with Russian ambassador Denis…
