Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on August 06 cleared India's stand on Pakistan's 'new map' that claims Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and parts of western Gujarat.
Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Anurag Srivastava, will take charge as the new spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) today, replacing Raveesh Kumar.
As many as 1,487 Indian prisoners are lodged in various jails of Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday.
The deadly coronavirus epidemic has claimed at least 82 lives in China so far with the National Health Commission reporting 2,744 confirmed cases of the fatal affliction till date. In India, several people who returned from China are being kept under observation in hospitals to check for possible exposure to coronavirus.
"We expect that the complaints would be addressed through the prescribed legal processes so that the final results are declared in a timely manner," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said said.
"Those who Pakistan wants to call have to take political clearance," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said at a briefing, to a question on Sidhu accepting an invite by Imran Khan to attend the November 9 inauguration ceremony.
The prime minister is scheduled to address over 50,000 Indian-Americans at the "Howdy, Modi" event on Sunday, in which he will be joined by US President Donald Trump.
Ministry of External affairs has highlighted the increasing number of unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Pakistani side at the Line of Control (LoC).
Addressing a press conference, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar strongly condemned Pakistan for approaching the UNSC on Kashmir issue. "The provocative statements from Pakistan include call for jihad and inciting violence in India," Kumar said.
India on Thursday said its commitment to extradite embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya is very strong and it will put in all efforts to bring him back from the UK.
India on Wednesday said that it expects Pakistan to implement the International Court of Justice (ICJ) direction to allow consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav and said that it will work vigorously for his early release and return to India.
A key meeting of the Mekong Ganga Cooperation was held here on Tuesday as member states reviewed the progress made under the initiative and deliberated on a draft action plan to be adopted at the ministerial meeting next month. The Mekong–Ganga Cooperation (MGC) was established in 2000 and it comprises six member countries -- India, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
MEA: The location of Dawood Ibrahim is not a secret. Time & again we have been presenting to Pakistan a list of people who are in their country.
Speaking at the seventh Passport Seva Divas, Jaishankar said the ministry has initiated discussions with the 'India Security Press' regarding the project for issuing chip-enabled e-passports to the citizens.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a letter written in response to a congratulatory message by his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, has called for "early operationalisation of the Kartarpur corridor which is functional all the year round", according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
India has registered a strong protest at Pakistan governments refusal to grant visa to an "official jatha" comprising 87 pilgrims who wanted to go there on the martyrdom day of Sikh Guru Arjan Dev, sources said here on Friday.
In the advisory, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said security situation in Sri Lanka is gradually returning to normal with the lifting of curfew and restrictions on social media and the opening of schools.
India has accused Pakistan of using its Air Force to target Indian military installations on Wednesday morning.
One Pak fighter aircraft shot down by IAF, we lost one MiG 21 along with the pilot: MEA
It added that Pakistan must fulfil its international obligations and take effective and credible action to stop providing shelter and all kind of support to cross-border terrorism from territories under its control.
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