Debbie Abrahams had arrived in New Delhi on February 17, 2020. She was not allowed to further travel inside the country and was immediately deported by Indian authorities back to UK. Authorities claimed that she did not have valid visa when she was in India.
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar has made a strong statement after Turkish President's comments on Kashmir, saying that Erdogen's remarks reflect neither an understanding of history nor of the conduct of diplomacy.
While addressing the mediapersons, spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Raveesh Kumar said, "We have noted the decision of European Union Parliament not to put the CAA resolution to vote today.
"Our position on the Kashmir issue and third party mediation has been very clear and consistent. Let me reiterate that there is no role for any third party in this matter," MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said when asked about Trump's offer.
India will invite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan along with other leaders for the annual meeting of council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization later this year, officials said.
Pakistan has repeatedly tried to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council with China's help, but it failed again to find any support.
India on Sunday strongly condemned the "targeted killing" of a minority Sikh community member in Pakistan's Peshawar. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Pakistan should stop "prevaricating" and take immediate action to apprehend and give exemplary punishment to the perpetrators of the crime.
The Mumbai Regional Passport Office has sought the external affairs ministry's nod to prosecute Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar for not disclosing criminal cases against her in her passport application.
Changing the nomenclature of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) does not change the fact that Pakistan is still in illegal occupation of an Indian territory, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.
The MEA on Thursday clarified that the purpose of printing lotus on the new passports is to improve security features, after the opposition parties created uproar in the Parliament over the issue
The second two-plus-two dialogue between India and the US will take place on December 18 in Washington during which the two sides will make a comprehensive review of cross-cutting foreign policy and defense and security issues in bilateral ties.
India on Tuesday said the statement made by a committee of the US government on religious freedom after the Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was neither accurate nor warranted.
MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said a total of 58 Indians were working in the factory at the time of the blast and 33 were safe. He said the government is in touch with the families of the deceased Indians.
The External Affairs Ministry has expanded passport services in Punjab in the wake of rising applications for the travel document following opening up of a corridor linking the Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan with Gurdaspur.
About 23 per cent of new petitions seeking H1-B visas for the US were denied in the 2019 fiscal year, the External Affairs Ministry said. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said according to statistics of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) a total 116,031 initial or new H-1B petitions were processed and completed in Fiscal Year 2019, out of which 27,707 petitions - accounting for about 23.9 per cent - were denied.
India on Thursday said it was ready to work very closely with the new government in Sri Lanka and expressed hope that it will fulfil aspirations of the Tamil community living in the island country.
The prime minister visited Bhutan, France, the UAE, Bahrain, Russia, the US, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Brazil in the said period, according to the data.
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar has condemned the fake and malicious news doing rounds in Pakistan and Bangladesh media. The fake reports displayed a letter reportedly written by PM Modi to Chief Justice of India.
China has objected to the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories as "unlawful and void", saying India's decision to "include" some of China's territory into its administrative jurisdiction "challenged" Beijing's sovereignty on Thursday.
Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has confirmed that the Kashmir issue was not raised or discussed in the recently concluded 2-day informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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