The Ministry of External Affairs Saturday announced that the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra for the current year will commence between June and August.
India on Saturday strongly condemned the abduction and brutal killing of a Hindu minority leader in Bangladesh and reminded the interim government in Dhaka to live up to its responsibility of protecting all minorities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia from April 22-23 at the invitation of Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Mohammed bin Salman.
The MEA said the neighbouring country should focus on protecting the rights of its own minorities instead of making unwarranted comments and indulging in virtue signaling.
India on Friday firmly rejected Bangladesh's remarks regarding the recent violence in West Bengal, calling them unwarranted and misleading.
Since Saturday, Tripura authorities have apprehended 29 individuals who entered through Bangladesh border without valid travel documents at two different locations.
Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan, IFS of the 1997 batch, is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said in a statement.
Commenting on the protests in the neighbouring country over a quota system for government jobs, the West Bengal CM had said she won’t hesitate to provide shelter to the "helpless people" from the neighbouring country seeking refuge in her state.
''Thus far, 778 Indian students have returned to India through various land ports. In addition, around 200 students have returned home by regular flight services through Dhaka and Chittagong airports,'' the Ministry of External Affairs said on Saturday.
India on Friday sought to play down US Ambassador Eric Garcetti's comments that there is no such thing as strategic autonomy following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Russia.
