Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Wednesday visited a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram to meet an RSS worker and mandal karyavahak who was attacked by miscreants in Kattakada.
The two-day state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bhutan has been pushed back and new dates are being worked out through diplomatic channels on both sides, the Ministry of External Affairs informed on Wednesday evening.
The External Affairs Minister said, "When I go out and explain foreign policy I would say Modi ki guarantee works outside as much as it works back home....You know the Modi ki guarantee also applies that we keep petrol prices at a reasonable price by not bowing down to political pressure."
Emphasizing India as the 'mother of democracy', External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the upcoming 18th edition of national elections is the largest electoral logistics exercise that this planet has ever witnessed, with 968 million registered voters, 15 million election officials,
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar welcomed former Indian envoy to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.
PM Modi's visit from March 21-22 will further strengthen the multifaceted cooperation between the two neighbouring nations across various sectors, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a press statement.
" Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a State visit to Bhutan from 21-22 March 2024. The visit is in keeping with the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between India and Bhutan and the Government's emphasis on its Neighbourhood First Policy," ministry said.
The Ministry of External Affairs, in an official statement, also noted that the people of Arunachal Pradesh will "continue to benefit" from India's development programmes and infrastructure projects.