Doubling down on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charge at Opposition over the Katchatheevu island row, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today said Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister, wanted to give away the island to Sri Lanka. In 1974, the then Indira Gandhi government had accepted the island, about 1.6 km long and … Read more
Ishaq Dar leaves after a press briefing in Islamabad. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ishaq Dar, a four-time former finance minister, has been appointed as Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, as the new government settled in to tackle myriad problems at the domestic and external fronts, including its relations with India and other neighbours. Prime Minister … Read more
Our effort today is to build our deep strengths, S Jaishankar said. New Delhi: India and China are rising and the two countries, in the process, are changing the world order, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. Mr Jaishankar, citing talks between the leadership of the two countries in Mamallapuram and Wuhan, said … Read more
S Jaishankar’s remarks came at an interactive session at a security conference in Munich. New Delhi: India should not be criticised for having multiple options, asserted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday when asked about the country’s foreign policy priorities in the backdrop of observations that it is traversing from “non-alignment to all alignment”. … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, centre, speaks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar as German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock looks on during a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on February 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar … Read more
A student from Hyderabad pursuing his Masters in Indiana Wesleyan University in Chicago was ambushed and robbed at gunpoint by three armed robbers on February 4. Syed Mazahir Ali, a resident of Hashim Nagar of Langer Houz, was a few minutes away from his flat in Campbell Ave, Chicago, when three armed robbers ambushed and … Read more
Sri Lanka’s JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake in talks with with EAM Jaishankar in New Delhi on Monday. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka’s leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP or People’s Liberation Front), who is currently visiting India on New Delhi’s invitation, on Monday met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Adviser … Read more