External affairs minister Salman Khurshid is on a two-day visit to China. His visit comes days after the India-China stand-off in Ladakh, which ended days ago. Apart from meeting his counterpart Khurshid will call upon the Chinese premier. Talks about the Line...
China's aggression does not end with the incursion. The country has provoked India again by not confirming the visit of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to China. Khurshid, however, appears to be keen on the visit even as the Opposition has been deman...
For 18 days, Chinese troops have been squatting on Indian soil as the government has continued to downplay the incursion. Now while the fear of India losing access to a strategically crucial area looms large, the Opposition has demanded cancellation of Khurshi...
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid says that this is not the time to score political points. He says that this is the time to show support to the family of Sarabjit Singh and to ensure the passage of his body to India.
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid has briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the Sarabjit Singh's case. A decision is taking place as to which Indian officials will accompany the body back to Pakistan. Sarabjit's body will be brought back to India ...
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid has briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over Sarabjit Singh's case. A decision is being taken as to which Indian officials will accompany the body back. Khurshid says that there is a reasonable level of co-operation ...
Indian foreign minister, Salman Khurshid in an address to the media said that he was saddened by Sarabjit Singh's death. Khurshid also adds that since the Parliament is in session, the matter will be tabled for discussion.
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid expresses grief over Sarabjit Singh's death and says that it is an emotional and political setback. He says the entire country had hoped that the Indian national on death row in Pakistan would return home some day. Khu...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says the country has exhausted every diplomatic option available to bring the battered Indian in Pakistani jail, Sarabjit Singh, back home.
Newshour | External affairs minister Salman Khurshid breaks his silence on Sarabjit Singh and the situation in the border. He denies that the government showed soft diplomacy towards Pakistan and blames the Opposition for making cheap statements against the go...
News Night | Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who is on the death row and was held in a jail in Pakistan's Lahore district since 1990, continues to remain in critical condition after his jail inmates brutally thrashed him. The Indian government has made a forma...
External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid speaks about India's relation with Pakistan and China. He also clarifies about what the government has done in Sarabjit Singh's case. He rules out cancelling his visit to China on May 9.
External affairs ministry is trivialising China's incursion into India's land and doing nothing about it. The Opposition has been severely critical about government's soft stand. BJP leader Rajnath Singh has requested the external affairs minister to cancel hi...
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has arrived in India after his visit to the USA. In the interview he gave at the airport, he blamed the Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid for hatching a conspiracy and being behind his interrogation at the Boston airport. Howeve...
Newshour | Is India being firm enough in dealing with Beijing? Chinese troops have been squatting on Indian territory for over a week now. Times Now has found that there are at least 30 troopers of the People's Liberation Army of China, located in four tents a...
China remains defiant over the border incursion, refusing to back down and remove the infiltrating troops. In the meantime, diplomatic effort are on with foreign minister Salman Khurshid announcing a trip to China on May 9.
The Army Chief Bikram Singh meets Defence Minister AK Antony to brief him about the ground situation along the LAC. Chinese troops still have not left their camps, but the country denies all charges. Salman Khurshid will visit the country on May 9.
Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid will visit China on May 9 even as China remains defiant over the border incursion issue. The Chinese premier will visit India some time next month.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will visit China on May 9 to resolve the tensions between the two countries. The Chinese troops have not exited Indian borders yet, and abour 30 Chinese soldiers are present on the ground.
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid speaks on the Italian marines case, says it does not matter whether NIA or CBI probes the case, whatever the court orders, will be followed.
Following the escalating tension between India and China, India's Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid will visit China on May 9. The relations between the two countries have turned for the worse following the border violation by the Chinese Army. Salman Khurshid...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that there might be a contention between India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Khurshid also says that his visit to Beijing will resolve several border issues with the country.
Defence Minister AK Antony says that all steps are being undertaken to maintain security of India. He was speaking in connection with the Chinese intrusion in Ladakh. He also said that negotiations were on with China for a peaceful settlement of the issue.
Sources say that on the night of the 15th of April China used diversionary tactics to establish a temporary military camp, while one group of Chinese soldiers engaged with the ITDP. External affairs minister Salman Khurshid says that the LAC is not well demarc...
As the India China stand off continues, India is mounting pressure on china to hold another flag-meeting. However, China has not responded. External affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said that the LAC is not well demarcated.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that negotiations are underway to resolve differences with China peacefully. He also says that all steps necessary to check Chinese intrusions are also underway.
The Army Chief Bikram Singh meets Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah to brief him about the ground situation along the LAC. Chinese troops still have not left their camps, but the country denies all charges. The leaders also discussed how to protect the state ...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Ministers Salman Khurshid, Farooq Abdullah, Pallam Raju, S Jaipal Reddy and Anand Sharma are in Germany for a three-day visit to meet with various German leaders with the intention of boosting the trade between the two n...
The UK social services took away a five-year-old child from an India couple, accusing the parents of sexually abusing the child. The couple has sought help from the Indian government on the issue.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is in Delhi to hold talks with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid over the troubles faced by Keralaites in Saudi owing to the Nitaqat law. The CM will also meet officials of the planning commission to discuss the prob...
Union Ministers from Kerala, Vayalar Ravi and E Ahamed, are set to meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to discuss the troubles faced by NRIs in Saudi owing to the process of Saudiazation. Meanwhile, a group of ministers is likely to leave for Saudi ...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid makes a statement on the floor of the House, on the return of the marines. The marines are to return to India any minute to face trial for killing two fishermen. He said that they have looked into the marines case, whi...
Amidst sloganeering and general ruckus, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourns Lok Sabha till April 22. External affairs minister Salman Khurshid's statement about Italian marines' return was also not made due to the ruckus.
Talking to the media on the return of Italian marines to stand trial in India for murder of Indian fishermen, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid says the media should not write off diplomacy too soon, and it was a diplomatic victory for India.
Sri Lanka has rejected the draft resolution and has sought a voting at the UNHRC. The country says that it's in India's interest to ensure a stable settlement to the Tamil issue. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that the government is taking step...
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid, in a last-ditch attempt to appease key ally DMK, says that the government will ask for an independent probe into the alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka. The DMK has been threatening to pull out of the govern...
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi arrives in India for a historic three-day visit. The Egypt President will meet President Pranab Mukherjee, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and Opposition leader ...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid assures to consult DMK over the vote against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over the war crimes committed against Tamils.
A core group meeting is underway in the capital. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is also part of the meeting. Italian marines issue and the Pakistan resolution issue are on the table at the discussion.
The resolution condemning Pakistan's resolution has been drafted and will soon be moved in the Lok Sabha by the Speaker. The government has already consulted the Leader of Opposition and other parties on the wording. The Pakistan Parliament earlier passed a re...
According to sources, Kamal Nath, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Salman Khurshid will meet the Speaker to move a resolution condemning Pakistan's resolution. The Pakistan Parliament earlier passed a resolution condemning India for hanging Afzal Guru.
Former diplomat, KC Singh says that India should be very careful as they tread forward in the case of Pakistan. According to him, ending all diplomatic ties will not be an answer to the problem. He also pointed out that the government does not have a strategy....
Pakistan's brazen resolution against Afzal Guru's hanging reeks of meddling in Indian affairs. This despite India's gracious welcome of its leaders in the recent past, even as terrorist attacks within India have proven Pakistan links. How long should India tol...
When will India stand up and take a stronger stand on Pakistan and the terrorism from across the border? Opposition leader, Sushma Swaraj questioned UPA on the issue of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. According to Sushma Swaraj, only after pressure from the Oppo...
Sushma Swaraj expresses displeasure at the government’s soft stand towards Pakistan in spite of their continued attacks on India. She brought up the beheading of two Indian soldiers at the LoC, the attack on the Police Public School in Srinagar yesterday and...
India, it appears, is not ready to take Italy's breach of trust lying down. While Supreme Court has issued notice to Italian envoy, saying that he cannot leave the country, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said the aspirations and sentiments of th...
The Kerala Fishermen Association protests against the Italian government's refusal to hand over two Italian marines, accused of killing two Kerala fishermen. In Kerala, lawmakers, especially the Opposition, are up in arms against this Italian deceit as the Ker...
Sources say that the Ministry of External Affairs has approached the law ministry to discuss options and bring the Italian marines back to India. As the marines, who face trial in Kerala for shooting and killing fishermen off the Indian coast, were granted a r...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh terms the move by the Italian government, of not sending the two Italian marines back to India for trial, as being totally unacceptable and that he will speak to Foreign Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and request him to take the...
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who is under immense pressure following the refusal of Italy to send back the two marines to face the trial in India, is set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to exert pressure to take the necessary steps to bring back ...
Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid says there were no diplomatic talks with Raja Parvez Ashraf during the lunch at Jaipur's Rambagh Palace Hotel. Khurshid, who was addressing the media after the lunch with the Pakistan Prime Minister, says that he wa...
Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid asserts that there were no diplomatic talks with Raja Parvez Ashraf during the lunch hosted by the former at Jaipur's Rambagh Palace Hotel. Khurshid, who was addressing the media after a lunch with the Pakistan Prim...
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf, along with his 48-member entourage, reached Jaipur amidst growing protests and was hosted by foreign minister Salman Khurshid for a lunch at the Rambagh Palace Hotel. The lunch lasted for over two hours and speculati...
Even as the public outcry over Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf's personal pilgrimage gains momentum, live visuals show a helicopter ready to fly him to Jaipur. Earlier, family of slain martyrs and the spiritual head of the Ajmer Sharif dargah had vo...
Despite rising voices of dissent and outrage, which range from the spiritual head of the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer to the family of slain martyrs, from across the country over the private visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf, N...
Pakistan Prime Minister will be in India for a private visit to the Ajmer Sharif dargah. However, this decision has met with increasing protests. From the spiritual head of the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer to the family of slain martyrs have opp...
Pakistan Prime Minister, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will arrive in India on a personal visit. He will head to Ajmer Khwaja to pray for the success of his party in the upcoming general elections in Pakistan. His visit to India has faced opposition and criticism as it ...
The debate over the Sri Lankan issue was not exactly very smooth, with the DMK and BJP staging a walkout. The UPA looked on helplessly as the members raised their voices against the indecisiveness of the government. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid re...
As parties from Tamil Nadu put pressure on the government to take a stand on Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that Tamils in Sri Lanka deserve a life of dignity and equality. However, India will not play big brother to anybody. UPA all...
Centrestage | BJP and AIADMK leaders accuse the UPA government of not doing enough to control the structural genocide of the Tamils in the neighbouring country of Sri Lanka. The issue rocked the Parliament leading to a heated debate between AIADMK's Maitreyan,...
Heated debate takes place in Parliament over the issue of war crimes committed by Sri Lankan Army. Opposition asks government to clarify what stand it will take on UNHRC resolution on Sri Lankan war crimes. Speaking about the issue, External Affairs Minister S...
America's future Defence Minister, Chuck Hagel in a speech at Oklahoma in 2011 said that India has used Afghanistan as a second front to finance problems for its neighbour, Pakistan. This statement has evoked strong response from the leaders of opposition. But...
The government has come out and defended Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien for his involvement in Suryanelli rape case. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath has said that the Supreme Court has exonerated Kurien of all charges and that the government h...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid backs Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and says that any speculation in the Hyderabad blasts won't help in the investigation. He says that the Home Ministry will receive the information first.
Bollywood actor, John Abraham was awarded the Special Youth Icon award at the India TV Yuva awards. At the ceremony, John Abraham was seen giving External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid, a few tips on fitness.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that a CBI team has been sent to Italy to investigate the chopper scam and India is now waiting for a response from the team.
Newshour | External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid reacts for the first time on the dodgy chopper scam. Khurshid requests the media to not jump the gun and says that only when the ministry has a particular crucial threshold of information can the government ...
India has intensified efforts to diffuse the crisis in Maldives, triggered after former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed sought refuge inside the High Commission. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid who spoke to his Maldivian counterpart said that he ...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today says that he spoke to Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdul Samad Abdullah for nearly 40 minutes, to resolve the 'unusual situation' arising out of Maldivian former President, Mohamed Nasheed's, refuge inside the Indi...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that former Maldavian President Mohammad Nasheed met with the Indian High Commissioner on an earlier appointment and so far he has not sought shelter from India.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that India will continue to press the US for the extradition of 26/11 Mumbai attack conspirator David Headley, so that he could be retried in India.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that India would have sought a longer jail term for 26/11 Mumbai attack conspirator David Headley, had he been tried in India and said that the Indian government would continue their efforts to extradite terrorist...
Salman Khurshid said that he was upset that David Haedley wasn't handed over to the Indian government. He said that if Headley had been tried in India, the punishment would have been stricter and harsher. Headley should be returned to India is the common senti...
America has sentenced David Headley to 35 years in jail and five years of surveillance thereafter. However, India is not happy with the sentence. They feel that Headley should have been awarded death sentence keeping in mind the gravity of the crime he committ...
26/11 Mumbai attacks plotter, David Headley, is sentenced to 35 years in jail by a Chicago Court. The sentence is considerably low, given the magnitude of the crime. However, Headley had earlier promised to turn government witness in exchange for not being ext...
Affirming that India is not satisfied with the sentence accorded to 26/11 conspirator David Headley, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has reiterated that India will continue to demand his extradition. Khurshid has said that India has suffered a great ...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, reacting to the US court's sentencing of 26/11 key conspirator David Coleman Headley, says it is just the beginning and India's request that Headley be extradited to India and be tried here remains intact. Khurshid al...
26/11 key conspirator David Coleman Headley has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by Chicago’s federal court. His sentence was made lighter as he cooperated with the investigation process. Although the 26/11 plotter got the highest sentence recommended, I...
The BJP slammed External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for defending Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's comments on home grown terrorism. BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Pakistani terrorist groups celebrated the comment made by the Home Mini...
Has India made a smart move by saying that there is no point in Pakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar making a dialogue with External Minister Salman Khurshid till the time Pakistani army and the establishment emerges out of its denial and accepts ceas...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Defence Minister AK Anthony today briefed the other cabinet ministers on the Line of Control issue. Anthony informed the cabinet about the conversation between the Directors General of Military Operations, which ha...
Reacting to Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's invitation to her Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid to hold talks to diffuse the tension between the two nations, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has said that Pakistan must first i...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talks tough with Pakistan saying there cannot be business as usual after the barbaric killing of Indian soldiers at LoC. Manmohan Singh urges Pakistan to punish those who are responsible for the heinous act. Meanwhile, Pakistan co...
Even after tough messages from India, Pakistan continues to provoke India with frequent firing along the Line of Control. Pakistan opened fire at LoC on Tuesday night - violating the ceasefire agreement for the fourth time since Monday's flag meeting. Prime Mi...
Even though government is in no mood to support Army chief on his tough stand on Pakistan, BJP is fully supportive of him. Senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha supports the idea of controlled military action against Pakistan. H...
Even as General Bikram Singh sends out a strong message to Pakistan, the government continues its soft approach with the neighbouring nation. Downplaying Army chief's comments, external affairs minister said that India doesn't want to derail the peace process ...
News Night | External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid asks the government to diplomatically solve the issue between Pakistan and India and adds that army's language cannot be used in diplomacy. He also says that India has invested a lot in Pakistan, which can...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says the assessments of what has happened can only be received from the army which is in control on the ground. So ultimately, we will have to go by their assessments. But the decision about how we proceed, at what pac...
Pakistan has provoked India time and again violating ceasefire. Facts reveal that in the past 12 months, Pakistan has violated ceasefire 117 times.There is an 100% increase in ceasefire violation from Pakistani side. This is a wake up call for India to revisit...
News Night | External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that the MEA would do everything that is required to punish those who brutally killed the two soldiers from the Rajputana Rifles Regiment, 600m inside the Indian territory and that he wouldn't all...
News Night | Pakistan denies India's charge and says that they did not violate the ceasefire agreement by shooting the Rajputana Rifles Regiment soldiers, in spite of India providing clear evidence of the attack. It has asked the United Nations to conduct a pr...
The Indian government has issued a démarche to Pakistan envoy to India Salman Bashir. The government has slapped Pakistan for betraying the ceasefire agreement. However, Pakistan has denied all allegations and has called for a probe through an observer group ...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid talks about how the government would respond to the act of violation of the ceasefire agreement by Pakistan, which is reportedly the 10th violation that the neighbouring country has indulged in so far. He says that if ...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that India has conveyed its 'deepest concern and protest' over the Indian soldiers' killing by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday. He said that the attacks is inhuman and the ...
India's Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid, addressed the media following the ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army. He said that a letter was written to the Pakistani government seeking answers to why the violation happened. He added that the letter request...
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that the ceasefire violation by Pakistan is a serious concern for India. He added that the way the body of the jawans have been treated is totally unacceptable and that a strong protest has been lodged with Pa...
Pakistan's unprovoked ceasefire violation in which two Indian soldiers were brutally killed has evoked sharp reactions from people across India. Pakistan however, has denied knowledge of any ceasefire violation or intrusion. This intrusion is likely to be take...
Pakistan has violated the ceasefire agreement second time in a week. Two Indian soldiers have been killed as Pakistan infiltrated 100 meters into the Line of Control. One of the soldiers was decapitated by Pakistan. Condemning the incident, External Affairs Mi...
All the big names in Indian politics attend the wedding reception of MP PC Chacko's son, Siddarth. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi turned up for the reception. Other dignitaries who thronged the venue were AK Antony, Salman Khurs...