The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said India remains steadfast in its resolve that fugitives of the country are brought back and all efforts would continue to bring back Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in a major banking fraud here. He (Choksi) is currently in the custody of Dominica where some legal proceedings are underway. We will continue to ensure that he is brought back to India, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters here at an online press briefing. He was replying to a batch of questions regarding Choksi, who had fled to Antigua but was recently found in Dominica.
Over the past year, India s relations with one of its immediate neighbours, China, has dramatically deteriorated due to a border standoff along the Line of Actual.
Pakistan categorically rejects Indian allegations of cross-border infiltration
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Pakistan has categorically rejected Indian allegations of cross-border infiltration, saying the movement against illegal occupation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir is indigenous.
In a statement, the Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said peace and security in the region is threatened on account of India s brutalization of Kashmiri people and refusal to resolve the dispute in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions.
The spokesperson issued the statement in response to media queries regarding the comments made by Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday.
Indian foreign minister Jaishankar reaches US to discuss Covid-related cooperation
Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Reuters file photo
UNB, Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today landed in New York, as part of his US visit, to meet with senior United States officials, and discuss Covid-related cooperation between the two countries, reports Hindustan Times.
Ambassador of India to the UN, TS Tirumurti, received Jaishankar on his first visit to New York after India joined the UN Security Council. Privilege to receive External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar on his first visit to New York after #India entered the UN #SecurityCouncil on 1 January 2021, Ambassador Tirumurti tweeted.