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India in touch with Yemen, Saudi Arabia to secure Father Tom's releas
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 26 (ANI): Responding to an Indian Catholic priest's request, who was abducted in Yemen this year, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Monday said India is in regular touch with Saudi Arabia and Yemen authorities and is underta
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MEA makes passport process easier for sadhus, sanyasis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 23(ANI): Revising its passport application rules, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday allowed "sadhus and sanyasis" to apply for the travel document by giving their "spiritual guru's" name instead of their biological parents, to m
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Aadhar, E-aadhar with DoB will now be accepted as proof for Passport
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 23 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday announced that Aadhar or E-aadhar with Date of Birth will now be accepted as a proof as per the new rules for getting a passport.
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IWT task force to ensure fullest exploitation of India's rights: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 23(ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said that the government has formed the inter-ministerial task force on Indus Water Treaty of 1960 to ensure fullest exploitation of India's rights in the river dispute.
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India ready to engage with Norwegian authorities to help NRI couple
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 23 (ANI): In wake of the allegations made by an Indian couple that the Norwegian authorities have taken away their five-year-old child on frivolous complaint of abuse, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said the embassy in Oslo has taken up this issue and adde
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Norwegian police takes child of Indian couple into custody: Sushma seeks r
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday sought a report from Indian Ambassador to Norway Debraj Pradhan after Norwegain authorities took custody of a five-year-old child of an Indian couple following allegations of abuse.
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Sushma Swaraj discharged from AIIMS post kidney transplant surgery
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday was discharged from the AIIMS hospital here, after undergoing a kidney transplant surgery.
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India says it is conscious for international obligations on Kishenganga, R
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.14 (ANI): A day after the World Bank asked both India and Pakistan to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements over the Indus Water Treaty 1960, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Vikas Swarup, said on Wednesday that India is
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India, Arab partnership will stand test of time: Akbar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], Dec. 14 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs, M.J. Akbar has said that the partnership between India and the Arab world is based on enormous goodwill and cooperation that has stood the test of time and will continue to do so in the years to come.
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India ready to engage with Pak to resolve differences on Indus dispute
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 13 (ANI): External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Tuesday said India remains fully conscious of its international obligations and is ready to engage in further consultations with Pakistan on the matter of resolving current differences over the Kishengan
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Sushma recovering steadily, shifted out of ICU: AIIMS
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 13 (ANI): Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, who underwent kidney transplant operation on December 10, has shown steady recovery and has been shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences here on Tuesday.
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FICCI moots joint task-force with MEA and Arab League
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.13 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar is leading the Indian delegation to the 5th India-Arab Partnership Conference in Muscat, Oman from December 14-15, 2016.
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