External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday, while reacting to the Opposition's walkout in the Rajya Sabha after the Chair rejected demands for a debate on Chinese incursion on the borders, said that India's jawans should not be criticised directly or indirectly.
"Neeta Bhushan (IFS: 1994) presently High Commissioner of India to New Zealand, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to Niue, with residence in Wellington," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a release.
According to the statement, "Building on the recent constructive meeting between Prime Minister Albanese and President Xi in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, tomorrow Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to Beijing at the invitation of the People's Republic of China to meet China'
Taking to Twitter, Midstone Centre for International Affairs (MCIA) senior associate Shemrez Nauman Afzal said, "Note that #TTP spokesman's claim said "Tuesday past week" at the start of the statement. This could imply that the claimed attack took place on Tuesday 13th Dec, and after 5 days
Former external affairs minister Natwar Singh on Sunday come down heavily on Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over his remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him an 'immature politician'.
During Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Naek expressed serious reservations over the attack on the Pakistani head of mission in Kabul earlier this month, Dawn newspaper reported.
Many issues were agreed upon in the 25th Eastern Zonal Council meeting held here on Saturday with consent to resolve the remaining issues through consultations, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.
Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over the latter's controversial remark flagging 'clear threats' from alleged Chinese incursions into Indian territory.
Karnataka Higher Education Minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Friday said Rs 2000 crore would be spent to provide pure river-sourced water through taps to 2 lakh households in Ramanagara district.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi on Friday hit out at former Congress national president Rahul Gandhi over his remark flagging 'clear threats' from alleged Chinese incursions into Indian territory, accusing the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation of "taking money from China".