The last-ditch attempt of his scam-hit government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a huge change in his Cabinet and inducted 22 ministers into the council. Out of these, seven are of cabinet rank, 15 ministers of states and two with independent charge. This...
With the Cabinet reshuffle over and new faces getting introduced into the council of ministers, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi has hinted that a party reshuffle is imminent. The indications were in the resignations of four ministers who have been Congre...
While speculations have been rife about Congress scion Rahul Gandhi finally biting the Parliament bait and landing himself a Ministerial berth, PM Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi think otherwise. According to sources in the party, Rahul Gandhi might not be con...
Kamal Nath, Harish Rawat, Ajay Maken, Srikant Jena, and Dinsha Patel are some of the Cabinet hopefuls who might feature on the list during the reshuffle. PM Manmohan Singh is allegedly trying to induct Ministers who have a cleaner record to help UPA absolve it...
Former External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said on Saturday that he has resigned from his post to make way for younger blood and appeared to keep his options open on playing a role in Karnataka politics. He also added that he has brought in transparency in th...
The Congress is getting ready for the assembly polls. A major reshuffle has been done in the Cabinet Ministry. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik and Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai and Mo...
SM Krishna resigns ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle. The External Affairs Minister has allegedly told the Prime Minister that he wants to give him a free hand during the reshuffle. Discussions between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi over the expec...
Union Minister for External Affairs SM Krishna has offered his resignation to the Congress party top leadership ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna resigns ahead of the major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday. SM Krishna has sent in his letter of resignation, which the Prime Minister is likely to acknowledge shortly. The External Affairs Minister has allegedly told the Prime...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna resigns ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday. The External Affairs Minister has allegedly told the Prime Minister that he wants to give him a free hand during the reshuffle.
A special Lokayukta court in Bangalore has ordered a probe against three former Karnataka Chief Minister including HD Deve Gowda, BS Yeddyurappa and SM Krishna. Certain irregularities allegedly took place in the acquisition of farmers' land for a project that ...
Newshour | Another Cabinet reshuffle is ready to take place over the weekend, and according to highly placed sources SM Krishna, Subodh Kant Sahai and Beni Prasad Verma are likely to dropped. However, the question on everyone's mind is that will Rahul Gandhi f...
Karnataka Lokayukta orders probe into alleged irregularities in the acquisition of farmer's land for Bangalore-Mysore Expressway. The Lokayukta police is set to probe against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa ...
The UPA cabinet reshuffle is slated for this Sunday. And one definite change is that of External Affairs minister SM Krishna would be sent back to Raj Bhavan. Salman Khurshid or Anand Sharma would replace SM Krishna. Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and Touris...
Achil Vandhavai | While the Supreme Court has deferred the hearing of Karnataka's plea in the Cauvery water dispute, the farmers of Tamil Nadu still suffer with their parched lands. In the meanwhile, Tamil Nadu has also not decided to give up without a fight. ...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will meet the Prime Minister to discuss the Cauvery water dispute. The Supreme Court will also hear Karnataka's plea in the dispute on Monday. The State has sought a stay on the Apex Court's order to release 9,000 cusecs of...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and it has also been reported that a formula has been worked out during the meeting regarding the Cauvery water row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alongwith a delegation of Karnataka Congress and BJP leaders to discuss on the Cauvery issue. The meeting has come into place amidst the demands by leaders from Karnataka to review...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will meet the Prime Minister to discuss the Cauvery water dispute. The Supreme Court will also hear Karnataka's plea in the dispute on Monday. The State has sought a stay on the Apex Court's order to release 9,000 cusecs of...
The External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with a delegation of Karnataka Congress and BJP leaders to discuss on the Cauvery issue. This has come into place amidst the demands by leaders from Karnataka to review the...
Amid demands by Karnataka leaders for a review of Cauvery River Authority's decision asking the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar met Union Minister SM Krishna on October 8. The interaction assumes ...
UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, writes to External Affairs Minister, SM Krishna, on Operation Blue Star commander Brar's attack in London. Hague has assured India of a detailed investigation and has said that the perpetrators of this attack would be broug...
Zero Hour | Protests in Karnataka touch their peak, with even vehicles from Tamil Nadu stopped at the border. The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing of Karnataka's plea in the Cauvery river water dispute. With absolutely no improvement in the situati...
After meeting the Kuwaiti officials, Indian Ambassador Satish Mehta has apprised the External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on the situation of the Indians detained in Kuwait. Sources have revealed that 307 of the thousands of Indians stranded in Kuwait have bee...
A 1971 war soldier has been found in a remote island in Oman. The soldier was declared dead by the government over 41 years ago. Sepoy Jaspal Singh, who was actually captured by the enemy in the 1971 war against Pakistan, was termed a martyr by the government....
The Ministry of External Affairs has asked for a report into the US custody row. Personally intervening in the issue, the External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has sought a report from the Indian Embassy in Washington DC. SM Krishna wants to know all the detail...
Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who is visiting Pakistan and Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik have signed an agreement that will ease visa restrictions between both the countries.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's visit to Pakistan has not yielded much results as his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar has set the tone for the meet. Successfully dominating the proceedings of the meet, Hina Rabbani Khar made sure that terror doe...
Refusing to give a firm commitment on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who is visiting his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, has said that the Prime Minister will visit Pakistan at the right time. ...
The CBI grills Vijay and Rajendra Darda, against whom it has filed a FIR in the coal scam investigation. Former Deputy National Security Advisor Leena Ponappa discusses the ongoing talks with Pakistan regarding the 26/11 terror attacks.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik claims the issue of hate messages is now buried. He says Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has given Pakistan a clean chit and External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who is in Islamabad, did not present any proof in thi...
The ongoing India-Pakistan talks may bring about a liberalised visa pact between the two countries, and improve trade and tourism prospects. While Pakistan has assured to look into the release of Sarabjit Singh, not much has been said about the 26/11 attacks. ...
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says Pakistan wants to look beyond one event and does not want it to affect the entire process of building a relationship with India. She says that Pak wants to resolve the 26/11 issue. The intention of the process...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna brings up Sarabjit Singh's case in his meeting with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, who has assured that he will look into it. However, whether or not Pakistan will consider the mercy appeal and release Sarabjit, who...
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says India-Pakistan has a history of missed opportunities and should not let another opportunity go by. She does not want Pakistan to be identified by its relationship with India alone and says that things have cha...
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar asks India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to let bygones be bygones and look at 26/11 unemotionally, as what is important for the Indo-Pak relationship is to move forward. Meanwhile, 26/11 conspirator Hafiz...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is in Islamabad. He will meet Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to discuss how the two countries can establish a relationship based on trust and cooperation, which is free from terror and violence.
India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will go a three-day visit to Pakistan today and will meet his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar. He will be bringing up the issue of terror attacks and the two countries will also work out a more relaxed Visa regime.
Himanshu Roy, Jt CP (Law & Order), Mumbai, speaks at a press conference after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Ajmal Kasab, who has been charged with waging a war against India. Kasab was one of the terrorists who unleashed the 26/11 terror atta...
Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai meets External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and briefs him on Pakistan's role in the recent unrest in India. He discussed the role of Pakistani groups in hate-mongering and spreading rumours, resulting in the exodus of North East...
Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai has met External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and briefed him about the role of Pakistan in the recent unrest in India. Mathai has intimated to Krishna the report by the Ministry of Home Affairs which indicated the role of anti-I...
Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai is set to meet External Affairs Minister SM Krishna over the alleged role of anti-India elements in Pakistan in sparking unrest in India which resulted in the mass exodus of northeast people from major Indian cities. Mathai will...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has spoken to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, asking for safety assurances for religious people in the United States. Clinton has assured a fair probe into the matter. So far the FBI is working on a single gun...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has spoken to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, asking for safety assurances for religious people in the United States. Echoing the words of US President Barack Obama, the Union Minister assures strict action ag...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna expresses condolences and condemns the shootout at the Milwaukee Gurudwara. A lone gunman opened fire at a Gurudwara in the Oak Creek suburb killing six sikhs. The shooter has been identified as an ex-army man.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna confirms reports that 23 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who had been arrested by Sri Lankan authorities are expected to be released soon. The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka is making all arrangements for the return ...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna meets his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Tokyo. During the meeting, he clarified to Khar about Abu Jindal's revelations and said that there was enough proof now for Pakistan to act on.
External Affairs Minister Sm Krishna will meet his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Tokyo. He is expected to focus on 26/11 handler Abu Jindal's revelations on State-sponsored terror. He is also expected to talk about Pakistan's immediate action on c...
After two days of talks with his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai, Pakistan's foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani strongly denies any state involvement in 26/11 or other acts of terror in India.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, hits out on Pakistan and says that the country has to do more to tackle terrorism. In a clear message to Pakistan, the Minister says that the country should reciprocate India's commitment to curb terrorism. This message co...
'Our information is that there were at least 40 Indians who helped the attackers. We want India to come clean on this,' an unnamed Pakistani official was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune.
Centrestage | Rahul Kanwal in a heated debate with MoS External Affairs Preneeet Kaur talks about how Pakistan has been toying constantly with India in Sarabjit Singh's case. How is India prepared to tackle yet another game by the Pakistanis?
Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh returns to his village full of celebrations. Talking to the media right after he set foot on Indian soil, he said that there is no trouble for Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails.
Family of Sarabjit Singh has stepped up efforts to get the Indian death-row convict released from Pakistan jail. The family reaches at Pakistan High Commission with the plea to grant his release. Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur had earlier met External Aff...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna meets Dalbir, Sarabjit's sister, and assures her that he will definitely take up the issue with Pakistan and fight for his early release. SM Krishna is also scheduled to meet Hina Rabbani Khar at a meet in Tokyo next month.
Family of Sarabjit Singh has stepped up efforts to get the Indian death-row convict released from Pakistan jail. The family reaches at Pakistan High Commission with the plea to grant his release. Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur had earlier met External Aff...
Abu Jindal's parents say he should be produced before them to confirm his identity. The government says it has irrefutable DNA and other evidence which confirm the terrorist handler's antecedents.
Shocked over the U-turn by Pakistan on the release of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on a death row in Pakistan, his family has staged a protest at the Jantar Mantar. Sarabjit's sister, Dalbir Kaur has also met External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to seek...
Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Singh meets SM Krishna and returns with an assurance that Sarabjit's case would be brought up at the next Home Secretary-level talks. She said that the meet with External Affairs Minister was very fruitful.
Protests heighten for the release of Sarabjit Singh. Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Singh met Foreign Minister SM Krishna today, who assured her that he will bring up Sarabjit's release during his visit to Pakistan next month.
Sarabjit Singh's family is in Delhi, outside South Block to meet SM Krishna at his office. They will file a sixth mercy petition, and tomorrow hold a protest outside Pakistan's embassy in Delhi. What are Sarabjit's chances if the Indian government takes up the...
In a stunning revelation, Sarabjit Singh's lawyer says that Pakistan might actually release him by August 14. In the meanwhile Surjeet reaches his hometown to a jubilant family and speaks about his experience in a Pakistani jail.
Surjeet Singh returns to India after languishing in a Pakistani jail for 33 long years. He had been arrested for espionage charges and has completed his life sentence in jail. He will be welcomed by a massive crowd in his hometown.
A reconstruction of what transpired at the Karachi control room during the 26/11 terrorist strike on Mumbai, based on the confessions of Abu Hamza, or Abu Jindal.
Home Minister P Chidambaram has confirmed that Abu Jindal was in the Karachi Control room orchestrating the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He also promised action against four other terrorists involved in the 26/11 attacks.
A key player in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Abu Jindal grew up in Beed in Maharashtra. Fluent in Urdu, Hindi and Marathi, he left college four months after he joined stating financial reasons. What led to him to become a terrorist?
India says it is happy with the release of Surjeet Singh, but added that it renews it's appeal for the release of Sarabjit Singh, says External Affairs minister SM Krishna. India also demanded release of all Indian nationals in Pakistan jails who have complete...
Objecting strongly to terror elements operating from Pakistani soil, External Affairs Minister has demanded action against key operatives such as Hafiz Saeed. Seen as developments that could mar PM Manmohan Singh's trip to Pakistan, Abu Jindal's arrest has reo...
India has stepped up pressure on Pakistan for harbouring terror within its boundaries. Foreign Minister SM Krishna has come down hard on Pakistani authorities after revelations from Abu Jindal's interrogation confirmed the Pakistani hand in the Mumbai attacks....
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has confirmed the HT Exclusive story that Abu Jindal was deported from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The External Affairs Ministry is in talks with Pakistani authorities to ascertain how Jindal reached Saudi Arabia on a Paki...
Reacting to the case of French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, accused of raping his 3-year-old daughter, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna says that the law of the land will take its course on his case. He further remarks that since the person concerned does not...
During SM Krishna's meet with Hillary Clinton, he brought up the humanitarian issue of Kairi Shepherd, a Kolkata-born girl who was adopted by an American family and now faces deportation. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised to look into the matt...
External Affairs Minister, SM Krishna, and Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, meet for the 32nd round of strategic dialogue. The two briefed the media through a conference following the meeting and elaborated on various points of the Indo-US bilateral rel...
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will meet Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, on the sidelines of the SCO summit, to discuss Sino-Indian bilateral ties.
The Chinese Embassy clarifies its stand on a controversial 'avoid-travel-to-India' advisory, claiming that it was only a cautionary measure meant specifically for the day the Bharat bandh was called.
Law Minister Salman Khurshid lashes out at Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, questions how a person, who runs an NGO, not have a job and still sustains himself?
Lashing back at Team Anna, Union External Affairs Minister SM Krishna rubbished allegations of corruption and mismanagement during his tenure as Karnataka CM, emphasizing that he was open to an independent enquiry on the matter.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal says if the Prime Minister claims he is honest, should we believe it without any kind of investigation by a third party.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal denies that Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan called the PM ‘Shikhandi', says their team has no grudges against the PM.
Centrestage | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejects Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, declares he will quit public life if the charges on coal block allotments are proved.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejects Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, declares he will quit public life if the charges on coal block allotments are proved.
Rejecting Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declares he will quit public life if the charges on coal block allotments are proved.
One of the members of Team Anna, Justice Santosh Hegde, is upset with the group's recent allegations of corruption against the Prime Minister and 14 senior ministers.
Justice Santosh Hegde, senior member of Team Anna, is upset with the group's recent allegations of corruption against the Prime Minister and 14 senior ministers.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna summons the Angola Ambassador to South Block to appraise India about the condition of the 1200 'stranded' Indians in Angola.