Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) News

The United States said that it is 'Regularly working' with India in investigation on alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist leader.

The German reaction coincided with India's explicit message that democratic nations like the US must exercise caution when commenting on internal affairs of other democracies.

Officials from the MEA convened a meeting with Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Gloria Berbena at their office expressing a vigorous objection to comments made by a US State Department official.

The remarks by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal came after a report that some Indians are employed as support staff to the Russian Army in the conflict zone.

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that two hearings have already been conducted in the case. 

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing on Friday that the Indian government is closely monitoring the situation in Niger.

The Ministry of External Affairs strongly condemn the statement issued by OIC and called it one more example of their communal mindset and anti-India agenda. 

Canada has seen a rise in anti-India activities recently by Khalistan supporters who have vandalised some Hindu temples. 

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India would like to see action on the vandalism of the Indian High Commission in London and the Indian High Consulate in San Fransisco.

The MEA was reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto's tweets on Jammu and Kashmir.

The seventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue will be held over three days from April 25 to April 27. The Raisina Dialogue is India`s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community.

Mauritius PM will be accompanied by his spouse Kobita Jugnauth and a high-level delegation. The Mauritius Premier is arriving in India on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday mourned the death of five Indian students. The victims, Harpreet Singh, Jaspinder Singh, Karanpal Singh, Mohit Chouhan and Pawan Kumar, were aged between 21 and 24 years. The police said that they were all students in the Greater Toronto and Montreal areas.

The accident occurred on Saturday on the Ontario highway. The investigation into the crash remains ongoing, and no charges have been laid.

Bilateral relations between India and the UAE, in recent years, have strengthened in all areas. India and the UAE are also strengthening their cooperation in new areas of renewable energy, startups, fintech, etc. India is participating with one of the largest pavilions in the Dubai Expo 2020.

"Evacuation continues! IAF special repatriation flight with 168 passengers onboard, including 107 Indian nationals, is on its way to Delhi from Kabul," tweeted MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

India has been invited as a guest to the G7 meeting by the United Kingdom this year. Suresh Prabhu, India’s Sherpa to G20 and G7, attended the second virtual meeting of Sherpas of Group of Seven (G7) and guest countries.

The temple in Terri village was attacked by the mob after members of the Hindu community received permission from local authorities to renovate its decades-old building. Ministry of External Affairs conveyed its serious concerns to the Pakistan High Commission over the repeated instances of similar incidents and atrocities against the members of the minority community. 75 lakh Hindus live in Pakistan, making it the biggest minority community in the country.

The meeting was attended by Ghulam Nabi Azad, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, Anand Sharma, Ahmed Patel, KC Venugopal, Gaurav Gogoi, Koddikunil Suresh, Jairam Ramesh, Manickam Tagore and Ravneet Bittu. A meeting of the Parliament strategy group of Congress will also be called soon to give all agendas its final shape which will be chaired by Sonia Gandhi, who is a chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party.

The first batch of Afghan Sikhs who were keen to be in India's promised facilitation mission landed in Delhi on Sunday at 1.30 pm. India on July 23 had said that the Indian mission in Kabul is providing the Afghan Hindus and Sikhs visas to come to India. More than 25 Afghan Sikhs and One Indian Sikh were killed on the March 25th Gurudwara terror attack in Kabul.