New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday expressed gratitude towards the Emir of Qatar for facilitating the release of eight Indian ex-Navy veterans from Qatar. The Minister of State for MEA, Meenakshi Lekhi, acknowledged the pivotal role played by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this endeavour.While speaking to ANI, Minister of State for MEA Meenakashi Lekhi says, "The

New Delhi: International affairs experts have hailed Indian diplomacy after its major triumph helped secure the release of eight Indian Navy veterans who were detained by Qatar on espionage charges.Former diplomat Anil Trigunayat said the release of Indian Navy veterans was made possible by continued diplomacy, tremendous goodwill between the two nations as well as due to the friendship between

Bangalore: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge said that the state government will render all support to the US government for setting up a consulate in Bangalore.According to a press release, Kharge pointed out that a huge number of students and technology workers from Bengaluru visit the US on a regular basis and requested setting up a consulate in the city to facilitate their visa and other

New Delhi: The inauguration of the BAPS temple is a "key part" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during which he will also address the Indian community in the UAE at an event in Zayed Sports city in Abu Dhabi, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Monday."The inauguration programme of BAPS temple is one of the key parts of PM Modi’s UAE visit…as

New Delhi: Iranian Fishing Vessel (FV) Ameen, with six Iranian crew onboard, operating East of Duqm, sustained damages allegedly due to a collision with a merchant vessel.The FV sustained extensive damage, including a hull breach leading to water ingressResponding to the distress call from the Fishing Vessel, an Indian Naval ship, mission deployed in the North Arabian Sea for maritime security

Police fire teargas on supporters of Imran Khan amid turmoil as several parties claim they would be forming governmentPolice fired teargas to disperse supporters of Imran Khan as protests broke out across Pakistan amid allegations of widespread vote-rigging targeting the former prime minister’s political party and other nationalist groups in the general election.The results of the election, which