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Grateful that PM Modi has highlighted Baloch plight, says Naela Quadri
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct. 12 (ANI): Baloch nationalist leader Naela Quadri Baloch has said that she is grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for highlighting the plight of the Baloch people globally.
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Khurshid corners govt., backs Chidambaram's assertion on Operation Gi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 10 (ANI): In the wake of the escalation of a war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress following a revelation that the Indian Army had conducted a surgical strike on Pakistani military outposts earlier in 2011, former external affairs mini
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Not entirely true that there's complete gap between armed forces and
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.10 (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has rubbished suggestions of their being a complete gap or lack of communication between India's armed forces and the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
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India to take up with China the issue of blocking of Brahmaputra tributary
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said India would take up with China the issue of blocking of Brahmaputra tributary and other relevant issues that occurred after the last meeting will be taken up at the next meeting of the expert level mechanism.
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Surgical strike: Desired result obtained, intended message conveyed, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): With a section of leaders demanding proof of the Indian Army's surgical strike at Pakistani terror launch pads, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said what the government puts out or not is determined solely by the national security and
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Sharif's statement on Wani depicts Pakistan's implication with t
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): Commenting on Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's comments describing Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, who was killed on July 8, Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that the former acts depicts Pakistan's implication with
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UN is expected to proscribe JeM chief under 1267 sanctions regime: India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): With China extending its veto on India's move in the United Nations to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said they convey to the United Nations that it is expected
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India, Pak NSAs' meeting: India has maintained its commitment to PM S
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): Although the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday refused to give a direct answer to a question on whether the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of India and Pakistan had held a meeting after the Indian Army's surgical strike, the MEA said India has
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Govt. leaving no stone unturned to try to free ISIS-held Indian hostages:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met the families of 39 Indian nationals held captive in Iraq, and assured them that they are alive. She said the government is leaving no stone unturned to reach out to the stranded people there.
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MJ Akbar slams Pakistan for blocking Afghan trade into India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Oct. 5 (ANI): Asserting that peace is essential to development and terrorism is anathema to development, Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar hit out at Pakistan for becoming an obstacle in the path of trade relations between India and Afghanistan.
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Surgical attack on LoC indicates end of India patience towards Pakistan, s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept. 30 (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister and former Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna on Friday said the surgical strike at the Line of Control (LoC) which took place late night on Wednesday was a message to Islamabad that India's patience has
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Fully support Centre, should be prepared for next step: Salman Khurshid on
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.30 (ANI): Extending his support to the Central government over the surgical strike carried out by the Indian Army, former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said that many more steps need to be taken and hoped that the government is equipped to take concret
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