Hamid Ansari: Seasoned diplomat and scholar, respected leader (Profile)
July 14th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, who was Saturday chosen as United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) candidate for a second term in the post, is a ... Read more...
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With India’s profile growing, foreign service strength will double: S M Krishna (Interview)
June 10th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) With more countries supporting New Delhi's quest for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council and its global profile growing, India will expand its ... Read more...
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IFS officer to be tried for human trafficking
June 9th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday framed charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and three others in a 2005 human ... Read more...
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Diplomatic travails, airlines & odd balls on bookshelf (IANS Books this Week)
May 26th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) This week's bookshelf is way off the often-walked track, full of unusual tales and surprises. Browse with IANS...1. Book: "The Ambassadors' Club: The Indian Diplomat ... Read more...
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More money for Indian diplomacy (Lead)
March 16th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) With India's global profile growing, and opening of more missions planned in Africa and Latin America, the government Friday hiked budgetary outlay for the external ... Read more...
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Syed Akbaruddin is new spokesperson of India’s Foreign Office (Lead)
December 7th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Syed Akbaruddin, a senior diplomat who has served in key capitals, will be the next spokesperson of India's external affairs ministry.Akbaruddin will succeed Vishnu Prakash, ... Read more...
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India wins election to UN panel on racial discrimination
December 1st, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, Dec 1 (IANS) India's nominee Dilip Lahiri has been re-elected to serve on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for a three year term, ... Read more...
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Bhagwati India’s next envoy to London?
November 28th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The jockeying for India House, the seat of the Indian high commission in London, seems to be over with the government apparently zeroing in on ... Read more...
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Diplomat delights with poetry of promise (IANS Book Review)
November 7th, 2011 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Book: "Candling the Light", Author: Abhay K., Publisher: Yash Publications; Price: Rs.350; Pages: 120"Candling the Light", an anthology of verses by young poet, diplomat and artist Abhay K., shows the pressures ... Read more...
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IFS woman’s inter-caste marriage puts family under threat
November 2nd, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani (Haryana), Nov 2 (IANS) For a state notorious for illegal diktats of its Khap panchayats (community courts), a family in Haryana's Bhiwani district has been provided police protection after ... Read more...
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31 senior officers face corruption charges
August 3rd, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Thirty-one senior officers in the government have been charged with corruption in 2010 and 2011, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday.Minister of State in the ... Read more...
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Ranjan Mathai takes charge as foreign secretary
August 1st, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Ranjan Mathai, India's former ambassador to France, Monday took over as India's foreign secretary."The foreign secretary is as much an institution as an individual. So ... Read more...
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Ranjan Mathai to take charge as foreign secretary Monday
July 31st, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Ranjan Mathai, India's former ambassador to France, will assume charge as India's foreign secretary in his South Block office Monday morning.Mathai will hold office ... Read more...
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Nirupama Rao named India’s next ambassador to US
July 16th, 2011 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Days before India and the US hold their second strategic dialogue, the government Saturday formally announced the appointment of Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao as its ... Read more...
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Narendra Sarila, Mountbatten’s aide and diplomat, passes away
July 8th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Narendra Singh Sarila, former aide de camp to Lord Mountbatten, India's last viceroy, and former ambassador to France, died Friday after a prolonged illness at ... Read more...
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Not enough women in Indian justice system: UN Women official
July 7th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) There aren't enough women in the Indian judicial system and police and that is "disappointing", says UN Women assistant secretary general Lakshmi Puri calling for ... Read more...
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Ranjan Mathai named India’s new foreign secretary (Second Lead)
June 27th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Ending weeks of speculation, the government Monday appointed Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France, as the next foreign secretary. He will succeed Nirupama Rao.Mathai will ... Read more...
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Ranjan Mathai to be new foreign secretary (Lead)
June 27th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Ending weeks of speculation, the government Monday appointed Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France, as the next foreign secretary.He will hold office for a two-year ... Read more...
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Ranjan Mathai is new foreign secretary
June 27th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Ending weeks of speculation, the government has decided to appoint Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France, as the next foreign secretary.Mathai will succeed Nirupama Rao, ... Read more...
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Indian to lead UN change management team
June 1st, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, June 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Atul Khare of India to spearhead efforts to implement a reform agenda aimed at streamlining and improving the efficiency ... Read more...
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Four Jamia students make it to UPSC
May 13th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Four students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have cleared the 2010 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, an official said Friday.Saurav Kumar Suman, Rai Mahimapat ... Read more...
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Afghanistan to provide more protection to Indian sites: Karzai
May 12th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 12 (IANS) Describing attacks on Indians and Indian projects in Afghanistan as "tragic, unfortunate and criminal", Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday promised to provide more protection to ... Read more...
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Ostracise corrupt colleagues, PM tells bureaucrats
April 21st, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday asked Indian civil servants to set the "highest standards" of probity in their work and ostracise colleagues who indulge ... Read more...
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K.L. Saigal, a musician of the masses (With Image)
April 7th, 2011 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Some voices refuse to fade from memory. Legendary musician K.L. Saigal, the musician of the masses and the enduring face of "Devdas" on the Hindi ... Read more...
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Farewell Jassal
March 16th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Mar.16 (ANI): Nobody quite tied his pagdi (turban) as perfectly as Raminder Jassal. Each pleat ran parallel and was tucked tight, and even at the end of a ... Read more...
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Turkey flying in Indian envoy’s body
March 12th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) In a gesture underlining closer ties with India, the Turkish government has provided a military plane to ferry the body of the deceased Indian ambassador ... Read more...
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Woman power: MPs get dose of Speaker Meira Kumar’s anger
March 8th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) She is often heard pleading for order in the Lok Sabha in her soft voice, but Tuesday - when the world celebrated International Women's ... Read more...
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India assures action against diplomat for flight incident (Second Lead)
January 19th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/United Nations, Jan 19 (IANS) India's external affairs ministry has recalled its diplomat Alok Ranjan Jha from the UN and said Wednesday that "follow-up" action would be taken against him ... Read more...
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Rakesh Sood set to be deputy national security adviser
December 23rd, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Belying speculation about his recall in a section of the media, India's Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood is set for an upgrade as the country's deputy national ... Read more...
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Media reports regarding recall of Rakesh Sood unfounded: MEA
December 10th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said the media reports regarding recall of Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood are unfounded, and added that the ... Read more...
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‘Animal Farm’ is back, this time with elephants and dragons
December 5th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, Dec 5 (IANS) George Orwell's famous novel "Animal Farm" is back, this time with elephants and dragons in it.Farhat Ajnabi's documentary "The Elephant and the Dragon" (TEATD), which was ... Read more...
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Delhi Police books Indian diplomat for maid’s rape in Kenya
December 4th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.4 (ANI): Delhi Police have booked an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer after his domestic help claimed that he had sexually assaulted her in Kenya where he was working at ... Read more...
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Venu Rajamony handpicked for Finance Ministry post
October 6th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee has selected senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and former Consul General of India in Dubai Venu Rajamony for the post of Joint ... Read more...
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PM’s wife attends Tharoor’s wedding reception
September 3rd, 2010 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not make it but his wife Gursharan Kaur was among those who attended Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar's reception ... Read more...
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Bridging the India-Pak chasm, literally
June 24th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashIslamabad, June 24 (ANI): An India Pakistan joint press conference is a rarity. Nobody can recollect when it happened last.So quite naturally there was a lot of excitement when ... Read more...
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