New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar responded to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments on the extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana, calling the development “a big step” in giving justice to victims and their families. Rana, a 64-year-old Pakistan-born Canadian national, had been in judicial custody in the … Read more
New Delhi: India will never negotiate at gunpoint, nor will it hurry into any deal over issues that are in the interest of its people, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said after Donald Trump’s move to “pause” the reciprocal tariffs Washington had imposed on New Delhi for a period of 90 days. The move was seen … Read more
New Delhi: India and China are moving towards a “positive direction” in their ties and work needs to be done to normalise the relationship, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. “I think we are moving in a positive direction,” he said. India-China relations plunged to their lowest point since the 1962 war following … Read more
New Delhi: India likes to do things differently. While the world has been struggling to get back on its feet after US President Donald Trump pulled the rug from underneath, with his reciprocal tariffs announcement, some nations, like China and Canada retaliated shortly after, with tit-for-tat tariffs. While China countered the US’ 34 per cent … Read more
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today delivered a sharp rebuttal to Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, days after the latter described India’s Northeast as “landlocked” and positioned Bangladesh as the “guardian of ocean access” for the region. Mr Jaishankar highlighted India’s strategic role in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and … Read more
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today appraised Parliament about the rising incidents of attacks on minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The minister cited ten major incidents involving brutal attacks on Hindus in Pakistan in the month of February alone, while updating MPs about the atrocities. “New Delhi tracks the treatment of minorities in … Read more
New Delhi: As China and India push to mend ties, strained for nearly half a decade, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that “what happened in 2020 was not the way to address issues”. The minister’s remarks recalled the way China had unilaterally tried to change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control or … Read more
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday took potshots at the BJP members in assembly over some of the decisions of the party-led government at the Centre, saying it had divided Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, which is not how the then Maharaja Hari Singh shaped it. The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister … Read more
New Delhi: Britain said the police acted swiftly after an incident of breach of security of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar happened in London, and warned that “any attempt to intimidate and threaten” is unacceptable. A pro-Khalistani protester attempted to break barricades while others shouted anti-India slogans while Mr Jaishankar came out of Chatham House … Read more
London: The US administration under President Donald Trump is moving towards multipolarity which suits India’s interests, and the two nations have agreed on the need for a bilateral trade pact, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said. During a session titled ‘India’s rise and role in the world’ at the Chatham House think tank in … Read more