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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is expected to visit Tawang early next month. (Photo: AP)

China lodges protest with India over Dalai Lama's Arunachal visit

The 81-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader on Tuesday reached Bomdila, starting his nine-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh.

5 April 2017 3:21 PM IST

Vikas Swarup (left) with new MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay

MEA's Pak division chief named new spokesman

Baglay was handling the sensitive PAI (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran) division in the ministry till now.

28 Feb 2017 2:16 AM IST

Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

Hyderabad woman trapped in Saudi, family seeks Sushma Swaraj's help

The Hyderabad woman has been allegedly stuck in the clutches of a doctor couple in Saudi Arabia.

12 Jun 2017 2:55 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: File)

Will request Centre to reconsider name change plea: State

A home department official said that a letter for reconsidering the proposal for a name change will be soon forwarded to...

1 April 2017 2:55 AM IST

Former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: AP)

India places 15th request to Pakistan on Kulbhushan Jadhav access

India has also officially sought from Pakistan details of the trial proceedings against Jadhav as well as the appeal...

21 April 2017 1:07 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

EAM has set best example of using Twitter for govt work: Modi praises...

Modi said the External Affairs Ministry is now connected with the poorest of the poor in the country.

26 Jun 2017 10:19 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

Sushma asks Indian envoy in Saudi to rescue K'taka nurse pushed into...

She also directed the passport division of the External Affairs Ministry to resolve difficulties being faced by a person...

24 Jun 2017 1:59 PM IST

Manish Patel admitted to presenting a forged Indian passport to Border Patrol agents. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Passport fee cut for below 8, above 60 applicants

Ministry also says passports would now be in both Hindi and English, and not just in English.

23 Jun 2017 4:30 PM IST

Foreign secretary leaves for US

There are certain areas on which we need to understand each other better and that's the aim of a dialogue, he added.

23 Jun 2017 1:27 AM IST

India's position on Palestine is independent, consistent, says MEA

US President Trump on Wednesday recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital, reversing decades of US and international...

7 Dec 2017 11:44 AM IST

Sushma Swaraj has been sympathetically considering medical visa applications from scores of Pakistani nationals notwithstanding strain in the relationship between the two countries over a host of issues. (Photo: PTI)

Sushma Swaraj grants medical visa, opens doors to 5 Pakistani children

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also announced acceptance of request for medical visa of two other Pakistani...

15 Dec 2017 7:57 AM IST

Yoga stretches its way into United Nations intangible heritage list

Yoga stretches its way into United Nations intangible heritage' list

Yoga thus becomes the 13th intangible cultural heritage that has been listed from India so far with Unesco.

2 Dec 2016 1:37 AM IST