Speaking to reporters after his meeting Verma said that India and Bangladesh have a wide ranging and multifaceted relationship that cannot be reduced it to one issue.
Australia's Deputy High Commissioner in India, Nicholas McCaffrey, has said that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series has been to a "dream start" and expressed optimism that the Australian team will bounce back after a setback in the first Test against India.
In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, "The breach of premises at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala is deeply regrettable. Diplomatic and consular properties should not be targeted under any circumstances."
The Foreign Minister said that the reports of attacks on temples and puja mandaps also came to light during the recent Durga Puja festival. Jaishankar added that the Indian High Commission in Dhaka is closely monitoring the situation related to the minorities in Bangladesh.
BJP leaders and party workers including West Bengal Assembly LoP Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday held a protest march to the Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata against the arrest of ISKCON Bangladesh priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari by Dhaka police.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav was invited by the High Commission of India in the UK to a commemorative ceremony marking the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
West Bengal Assembly Leader of the Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said that BJP MLAs will march to the Bangladesh Deputy High tomorrow at 3 pm to protest the arrest of ISKCON Bangladesh priest Chinmoy Krishna Das by Dhaka police.
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday accepted credentials from the Ambassadors of Ethiopia, Japan, Korea and Romania and the High Commissioner of Grenada at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
G Balasubramanian, a 1998 Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Maldives. Currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Balasubramanian is expected to take up his new assignment shortly.