External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar (Photo: IANS)

Have taken up anti-India Sikhs For Justice activities with countries concerned: India

New Delhi:  A day after it banned the pro-Khalistan Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) that is run by a few Sikhs in the US, Canada and UK, the government said on Thursday it has taken up the matter of the fringe group’s anti-India activities with the countries concerned, especially with Canada, and will continue to do […]

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar (File Photo: IANS)

UN report on J&K biased, legitimizes terrorism: India

New Delhi:  India on Thursday reiterated its strong criticism of a UN human rights report on Jammu and Kashmir, saying that it accorded “legitimacy to terrorisma by ignoring the issue of cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan and also by trying to create an artificial parity” between New Delhi and Islamabad. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson […]

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar (Photo: IANS)

Indian forces can handle Al Qaeda threat: MEA

New Delhi:  India on Thursday dismissed Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s appeal to the ‘mujahideen’ in Kashmir to rain “unrelenting” blows on the Indian Army, saying the UN proscribed terrorist had been issuing such threats time and again and Indian security forces were fully capable of protecting the country. A day after a video emerged […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File Photo/Twitter)

India snubs Pakistan: PM’s plane not to use its airspace

New Delhi:  In a snub to Islamabad, India on Wednesday made it clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modis special plane will bypass Pakistan en route to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where he is going to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit on Thursday. External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said here the VVIP aircraft will […]

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar (Photo: IANS)

No Indo-Pak bilateral meeting at SCO summit: MEA

New Delhi:  India on Thursday said that no bilateral meeting has been planned between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on June 13-14. “To the best of my knowledge, no bilateral meeting is being set […]

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar (File Photo)

Masood Azhar’s listing: India says step to show resolve against terror

New Delhi:  India on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the UN Security Councils 1267 Sanctions Committee to declare Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, saying it was a “step in the right direction to demonstrate the international communitys resolve to fight against terrorism and its enablers”. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh […]

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar (Photo: IANS)

Extradition request for Nirav Modi still pending with UK government: MEA

New Delhi: With billionaire Nirav Modi, wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore PNB fraud case, tracked down to London, the Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said that the extradition request for the absconding diamantaire is “still pending” with the United Kingdom government. The Indian government’s response came soon after the UK’s The Telegraph newspaper […]