In a letter to city BJP legislator Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Swaraj also said that her ministry will refurbish the bungalow on the lines of Hyderabad House in Delhi.

33-year-old Ansari and his mother turned emotional while talking about the difficult phase of his life in Pakistan.

Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said India's "consistent and principled" position is that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is, and shall be an integral part of India.

The government on Wednesday said India has repeatedly called upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation and it made this assertion to Islamabad last month as well.

Today, India is also having good relations with those countries who are traditional rivals, like the US and Russia, Israel and Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Iran, the external affairs minister said.

"It is the BJP’s habit to say 'mandir hum wahi banayege lekin tareek nahi batayege' (they make hollow promises on building the Ram temple). It is the BJP's reality," Scindia said. 

With nearly USD 50 billion bilateral trade, the two countries are one of the largest trade partners for each other and have made robust investments bilaterally.

"Sushma Swaraj is the External Affairs Minister and a senior BJP leader and we respect her on personal level. I can remeber that she is the same Sushma Swaraj, who 14 years ago said that she would shave her head," Congress leader Manish Tewari said.

“Mr.Foreign Minister of Pakistan - Your 'googly' remarks in a dramatic manner has exposed none but YOU. This shows that you have no respect for Sikh sentiments. You only play 'googlies',” Sushma Swaraj tweeted.

During a session with the business community in Rajasthan's Udaipur, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday had questioned the Hindu quotient in Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ties between India and Pakistan nosedived following a spate of terror attacks on Indian military bases by Pakistan-based terror groups since January 2016.

India has been asking for a corridor, which will facilitate visa-free travel of Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, for many years and she said she was happy that Pakistan had for the first time responded positively. 

Talking about India’s relationship with Pakistan Singh said that the country will not compromise on terrorism.

In a series of tweets, Sushma Swaraj said that she was unable to travel to Kartarpur Sahib on Nov 28 and two ministers of Union Council of Ministers - Harsimrat Kaur Badal and H.S.Puri- will represent India at the event.

Sidhu expressed the hope that "this enterprise will yield undeniable and implicit change and thaw in the relations", adding "it will build bridges, burn animosity and will act like a soothing balm for two neighbouring countries.

Lok Sabha elections 2019:  "Madam - I am running behind you for the last 46 years. I am no longer a 19-year-old. Please, I am also running out of breath. Thank you," he added.

In his letter, the Punjab CM has expressed his desire to ensure the opening up of Kartarpur corridor before the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, begins next year.

Swaraj's next leg of visit would be to Kuwait with which India has close and friendly bilateral relations.

Akbar, a former journalist, stepped down on Wednesday in the face of mounting pressure following a spate of allegations of sexual harassment against him by several women journalists. 

Swaraj was in Tajikistan's capital to attend a two-day conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)'s Council of Heads of Government (CHG).