All eyes on Modi, Xi at BRICS summit as Delhi and Beijing announce visits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia from October 22-23 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Friday. This will be the Prime Minister’s second visit to Russia this year — he visited Moscow for a bilateral […]

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In Modi’s Delhi, Indian Muslims segregate to seek security

Reuters interviewed about two dozen people, who described how Muslims in the Indian capital have been congregating in enclaves away from the nation’s Hindu majority, seeking safety in numbers following the deadly 2020 riot and an increase in anti-Muslim hate speech. In February 2020, Nasreen and her husband Tofik were living in Shiv Vihar, an […]

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Sheikh Hasina is in India, will remain: India’s Ministry of External Affairs

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina is in India. India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in response to a question from reporters at the ministry’s weekly briefing on Thursday. He said that Sheikh Hasina came to India at a very short notice due to security reasons. still there There has […]

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No bilateral, but Jaishankar’s visit helps India, Pak break ice

External affairs minister S Jaishankar had “casual conversations” with both Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and his counterpart Ishaq Dar over the past 2 days even though there was no formal bilateral meeting between the foreign ministers on the margins of the SCO heads of government summit in Islamabad, diplomatic sources said. The fact that the […]

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Indian foreign minister to visit Pakistan

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will travel to Islamabad for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to “represent India at the meeting”, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. India’s foreign minister flies to Pakistan for a summit on Tuesday, the first visit by New Delhi’s top envoy to its arch-rival neighbour in nearly a decade. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will travel […]

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With India-Canada relations at a low ebb, diplomats are returning home

On Monday, Prime Minister Trudeau said, “India made a big mistake by using diplomats and agents to attack sovereign Canadian soil.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Indian agents have committed murders in Canada and it is now proven. India protested this statement. Both Canada and India have expelled six diplomats each from their respective […]

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India is bringing back the high commissioner from Canada, what is the indication?

The killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar has again strained India’s diplomatic relations with Canada. In this situation, New Delhi is withdrawing the High Commissioner appointed in Ottawa. India’s Ministry of External Affairs took this decision on Monday after Canada complained that some people there, including High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Barma, were involved in […]

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Air India flight, heading to New York, diverted to Delhi due to bomb threat

The Air India flight was diverted to the Delhi airport following a security concern arising out of a bomb threat in the aircraft. An Air India flight from Mumbai to New York was diverted to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday after the airline received a bomb threat, reports news agency PTI. The flight, […]

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India knew, but Hasina didn’t anticipate her downfall: Former Indian HC

“…maybe if you stay for 15 years in power, then you feel that everything is okay,” says Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty. Did India know about the things happening in Bangladesh ahead of 5 August? “Of course, we knew,” said former Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, also a former special secretary (public diplomacy) of […]

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