India's envoy to Ireland Ms. Vijay Thakur Singh appointed secy (East) in MEA
India | July 31, 2018 22:46 ISTSingh is a 1985 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service.
Singh is a 1985 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that India has issued a demarche to Britain in this regard.
According to the Embassy of India’s official headcount, there were 643 people stranded in Simikot and 350 stranded in Hilsa till Wednesday night.
There were reports that Nirav Modi, wanted in connection with Punjab National Bank fraud case, may have visited the UK, France and Belgium in the past few weeks.
Belgium government assured India of its cooperation in extraditing fugitive businessman Nirav Modi, who is accused of defrauding the Punjab National Bank of more than Rs 13,000 crore along with his uncle Mehul Choksi.
Rahul Gandhi awaits MEA permission to go on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
Seth tweeted her ordeal to Sushma Swaraj seeking help. "It was a humiliating experience, the officer was very loud & made attacking hand gestures," Seth said in her tweet to External Affairs Minister.
"Jab seema par janaze uth rahe hon, to baatcheet ki awaaz acchi nahi lagti (when people are dying on the border, talk of dialogue is not appropriate)," the minister said.
On day two of the historic informal summit between India and China in picturesque Wuhan city, PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were seen walking around the famous East Lake and taking a boat ride together.
MEA briefs media over PM Narendra Modi's meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The MEA had recently revoked passports of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, diamond merchants wanted for alleged banking fraud.
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen earlier on Monday requested the Parliament to extend the emergency, which was first declared on February 5 for 15 days.
Nirav, who is alleged to have carried out fraudulent transactions worth over Rs 11,400 crore in Punjab National Bank, had left the country on January 1, while his uncle and business partner Mehul Choksi, left on January 4.
Earlier, exiled former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed asked India to intervene militarily to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the Maldives.
MEA said that the Indian authorities based in Nigeria have sought their help in locating the missing oil tanker.
Swaraj, who arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday on a two-day goodwill visit, today called on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and held talks with CPN-Maoist Centre chairman ‘Prachanda’.
Around 90,000 Indian nationals have been safely brought back from foreign conflict zones, countries affected by natural disasters and other challenging situations in the last few years.
MEA spokesperson Ravish Kumar confirmed the news on social media site Twitter and informed that there were no fire or casualties.
Under the changed system, those with Emigration Check Required (ECR) status would be issued orange passports, the ministry said.
The statement comes in the wake of a fresh video released by Pakistan in which Jadhav is apparently accusing Indian diplomat of yelling at his mother.
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