Leader of Opposition (LoP) in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday urged the external affairs minister S Jaishankar to deny permission to chief minister Mamata Banerjee for future foreign trips.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said India is closely monitoring atrocities against the Hindus and other minorities in Pakistan and also raising the issue at the international level.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit India, his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday reiterated India's commitment to nurturing its ''deep-rooted'' friendship with Russia while his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov confirmed that President Vladimir Putin is set to visit.
"Sri Lanka has two laws -- the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act of 1996 and the Fisheries Regulation of Foreign Fishing Boats of 1979. Both these acts were amended in 2018 and 2023, providing for much stiffer sentences, bigger fines, and greater detention," he told the House.
When after a year, India’s external affairs minister S. Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on 4 July 2024 for a formal discussion on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, he said there is a “need to redouble efforts to achieve complete disengagement” in eastern Ladakh.
The conversation between the two leaders took place days after Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskyy condemned the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, calling it a “devastating blow to peace efforts”.
''India remains committed to strengthening this critical partnership (with Mauritius) that is so important for the future of the Indian Ocean region,'' he said at a joint address with Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth in Port Louis.
The visit marks one of the first bilateral engagements undertaken by Dr Jaishankar following his re-appointment and follows the recent visit of Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth to India for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet and the Council of Ministers.
''Climate change, natural disasters, poverty alleviation and healthcare are common challenges that we need to address together. And India is privileged to be a partner of the Pacific Islands in that regard,'' the Indian minister said on the occasion.
