external affairs - Latest News on external affairs | Read Breaking News on Zee News
Zeenews
       English        
 Follow Me on Pinterest Google Plus Ditto RSS Mail to us Mail to us
Saturday, May 25, 2013 
Search

external affairs

India to consider Afghan request for arms supplies


Ahead of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai`s visit next week, India on Saturday said it was ready t...

Conference mulls Tagore`s relevance to India`s foreign policy


Did Rabindranath Tagore make a mistake by meeting Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in Rome?

MEA dealt with the Chinese incursion issue very adeptly: Congress


Ministry of External Affairs handled the Chinese incursion issue "very adeptly" resulting to the end...

No plans to cancel China visit: Salman Khurshid


External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said that as of now there was no plans to cance...

Manish Tewari refuses to comment on Azam Khan`s accusation


Union Minister Manish Tewari on Sunday refused to comment on UP Minister Azam Khan`s charge that Ext...

Pak Hindus refuse to go back, MEA extends visa


The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has given one month extension to Pakistan Hindus, who have re...

Police verification for passports to be fast-tracked: Official


The police verification process for issuance of passport has been found to be more time consuming in...

‘JNB insufficient to accomodate entire MEA’


The plush Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB), the new abode of the Ministry of External Affairs built at ...

Portugal’s Foreign Minister to arrive in India today


Portugal’s Foreign Affairs Minister Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas will arrive in India on a five-d...

Salman Khurshid`s Saudi Arabia visit postponed


The two-day visit of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to Saudi Arabia from Saturday has bee...

Nothing illegal about my stay in the Nilgiris: Khurshid


Salman Khurshid on Thursday dismissed the controversy over his stay in a private resort in the Nilgi...

`Systematic flaws` in procurement of gift items by MEA: Govt


"Systematic flaws" have been found in procurement of gift items by External Affairs Ministry for for...

Khurshid condoles Savita’s death, says ‘Irish Govt probing matter’


External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday offered his condolences to Savita Halappanavar...

80 lakh passports to be issued this year: Govt


The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is expected to issue over 80 lakh passports this year as comp...

MEA launches ‘short-film’ campaign on YouTube


The alliance was announced here between the ministry and Youtube over the weekend.

Awesome to be External Affairs Minister: Khurshid


A smiling Salman Khurshid on Friday said it was "awesome" to be the Minister of External Affairs.

Khurshid would be valued partner: US


Newly appointed External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid would be a "valued partner" for India-US r...

Let`s not look back in rear view mirror: Khaleda Zia


Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia, who arrived on Sunday for a week-long visit, was the...

Salman Khurshid: Lawyer-politician with a gift for words


The 59-year-old Khurshid, a lawyer by training, takes over as India`s External Affairs Minister.

Shashi Tharoor is back in government


Shashi Tharoor, former minister of state for external affairs, Sunday made a comeback to the union c...

Cabinet reshuffle: Krishna resigns; Soni, Wasnik offer to quit


External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Friday quit the Union Council of Ministers, just two days ah...

Ahamed to lead Indian Hajj goodwill delegation


Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed will tomorrow leave for Saudi Arabia leading an Indi...

MEA to declassify 220,000 files: Chakravarty


The Ministry of External Affairs is in the process of “finalising a major project to declassify anot...

More Passport Seva Kendras


External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will approach the Union cabinet for expanding the network of P...

K N Srivastava new secy in Civil Aviation Ministry


K N Srivastava, Special Secretary and Financial Adviser in the External Affairs Ministry, was on Thu...

Ex-Army officer jailed for 3 yrs for cheating, forgery


The court also held him guilty of committing various offences under the Prevention of Corruption Ac...

Produce kidnapped baby and its father: Madras HC


Madras High Court Bench on Friday directed External Affairs Ministry officials to produce before it ...

`Prez`s foreign visits inputs can’t be disclosed`


The inputs given by President while deciding the itinerary and duration of foreign visits undertaken...

MEA to induct 500 officers to meet acute shortage


With India`s international engagements expanding at a rapid pace, the Ministry of External Affairs i...

Sri Lankan envoys to learn handling pro-LTTE lobby


Sri Lanka`s top diplomats are facing flak for failing to counter adverse propaganda against their co...

Krishna heads to Tajikistan to boost ties


Against the growing strategic importance of Eurasia and Central Asia, External Affairs Minister SM K...

Home Ministry upset with MEA over EU envoys visit


The Ministries of Home and the External Affairs were at loggerheads over the visit of eight envoys o...

Theft in Ministry of External Affairs


Thieves have struck the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) adjoining PMO in the high security Sout...

CBI yet to start probe in the MEA gift case


Allegedly some gifts were bought by the External Affairs Ministry to be given to foreign dignitaries...

India objects to inaccuracy in J&K map on US site


India took strong objection to the "gross inaccuracies" depicted with regard to J&K in a map on US S...

Authorities have to rectify birth date in passport


A court has ruled that passport authorities are legally obliged to have a citizen`s date of birth co...

MEA had `reservations` about conferring doctorate to Dalai


The proposal by Jamia Millia to honour the Dalai Lama did not have a smooth sailing in the MEA.

MEA asks for report from Defence Ministry on Chinese troops


India said it closely and regularly monitors all developments along its borders even as the Ministr...

Krishna`s UN faux pas figures in Lok Sabha


In an obvious dig at External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav said there are ...

Ahamed flags off Kozhikode-Thiruvananthapuram Jan Shatabdi


Union Minister of State for External Affairs, E Ahamed flagged-off the inaugural special of Kozhikod...

Krishna in Kabul; to seek clarity on Afghan transition process


India will seek clarity on a host of issues including President Hamid Karzai`s proposed move to rein...

Wikileaks: India says candid dialogue on with US


India`s external affairs ministry has asserted that it continues to have a "candid" dialogue with th...

MEA reaches out with Twitter to users` surprise


Over a month after the MEA debuted on Twitter, the response from denizens has generally been welcomi...

Plan for external aid agency dropped


Three years after being first mooted, the proposal to have a central agency that would oversee assis...

New visa rules creating problems: Tourism minister


Tourism Minister Kumari Selja Saturday said her ministry has taken up the matter of new visa regul...

India will send more 26/11 evidence to Pakistan: Krishna


Foreign Minister SM Krishna on Saturday said that India will keep providing info to Pak on Hafiz Sae...

MEA takes up Kalam frisking issue with US authorities


The External Affairs Ministry has taken up the issue of frisking of former President A P J Abdul Kal...

Talks on India-ASEAN market-opening pact complete: Krishna


Negotiations on the trade opening India-ASEAN agreement have been concluded and New Delhi is set to ...