New Delhi: The adoption of June 21 as the International Yoga Day by the UN signifies the support that recent diplomatic endeavours of the government have evoked on the world stage, External Affairs Minister Sushma

New Delhi: The adoption of June 21 as the International Yoga Day by the United Nations signifies the support that recent diplomatic endeavours of the government have evoked on the world stage, External Affairs Minister

New Delhi:  The Indian Consulate in Sydney was today evacuated in view of the hostage situation in a cafe near its premises and all the staff members are safe, the External Affairs Ministry today said.“As

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Monday sought details of a hostage taking incident in Sydney and has spoken to the Indian envoy in Australia.According to sources, the minister spoke to Indian High Commissioner

Islamabad: Pakistan today asserted that it will go ahead with all development projects in PoK and criticised India for asking China to cease its involvement in infrastructure projects, including the multi-billion economic corridor there.“Pakistan would

Puducherry: Condemning External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's suggestion that Bhagavad Gita be made a national scripture, former Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Thursday opined that such a move would be "injurious to secularism" and it

New Delhi: The issues of conversion and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's statement that Gita should be declared as a national scripture today created uproar in Lok Sabha, forcing adjournment for an hour.The House was

Mumbai: A senior leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad supported Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's proposal that Bhagvad Gita be granted the status of 'national scripture'."Bhagvad Gita is the greatest scripture in the world.

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Seoul later this month to hold Joint Commission meeting with her Korean counterpart during which the two sides will discuss key bilateral issues, including trade

New Delhi: Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has called External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's proposal to have the Bhagwat Gita declared a national scripture akin to "tinkering with the loom of India's republic.""...I recall

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today came under opposition attack in Rajya Sabha for demanding that the Bhagwad Gita be declared national scripture, with members saying this was a “sinister” design to alter

New Delhi/Chennai: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday came under fire from the Opposition and ally PMK for her push to declare Bhagwad Gita as a national scripture with their leaders saying it was

Chennai:  DMK president M. Karunanidhi Monday condemned External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for her proposal to make the Bhagavad Gita a national scripture, saying India is a secular country.Karunanidhi, in a statement issued here, noted

New Delhi:  In a veiled attack on Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today termed terrorism as one of the most serious challenges facing South Asia and said it can be tackled only when every

Kolkata: Reacting to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's remark that only a formality remained before declaring Bhagwad Gita as the national scripture, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the Constitution was the

New Delhi: Pressing for the Centre to declare Bhagwad Gita as a ‘Rashtriya Granth' (national scripture), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today only a formality remained to be done in this regard, triggering a

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Sunday applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gesture of presenting the Bhagavad Gita to world leaders, saying the holy book has been elevated to the status of a national

New Delhi:  The United Nations will soon declare June 21 as World Yoga Day following a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.“Three months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Ranchi: Union Minister Sushma Swaraj today said Jharkhand has a huge potential for development and the BJP would work on it if voted to power.Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidate and former

Male/New Delhi:  With the Maldives facing a national crisis after a fire in its capital's lone water treatment plant, India today sent nearly 200 tonnes of water by air and dispatched a naval vessel carrying