Close on the heels of the Indian flag incident, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has now received several complaints of Amazon selling flip-flops with Mahatma Gandhi’s image. Some Twitter users have tagged Swaraj in their tweets complaining that the beach sandals with Gandhi’s image were being sold on the AmazonContinue Reading
Amazon has been forced to remove a doormat depicting the Indian flag from its Canadian store after India’s top diplomat threatened to expel all foreign employees of the online retailer if it did not withdraw the product. External affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, used Twitter to demand Amazon “tender [an] unconditionalContinue Reading
Vijaita Singh After weeks of discussions, the Union government has decided not to take the U.S.-based Christian NGO Compassion International off the “watch list” after it was accused of funding Indian NGOs that were not registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA). The decision was conveyed by Foreign SecretaryContinue Reading
New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on December 27 reiterated that her department would not spare any effort to get the release of an Indian Catholic priest abducted in Yemen earlier this years. The promise came a day after a video appeared in social media depicting a beardedContinue Reading
Swaraj is leading a 12-member Indian government team at the canonizationContinue Reading
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will lead a 12-member delegation to represent India at canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa in Vatican on September 4. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said two delegations led by chief ministers had sought political clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs toContinue Reading
Mamata is scheduled to have an informal meeting with Swaraj after Teresa canonization in the VaticanContinue Reading
Fr Uzhunnalil’s relatives met the External Affairs Minister August 4 eveningContinue Reading
The official Indian delegation will be headed by Sushma SwarajContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Indian national Gurdip Singh, who was to be executed on Thursday on drug charges in Indonesia, has not been put to death, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. “Indian Ambassador in Indonesia has informed me that Gurdip Singh whose execution was fixed for last night, has notContinue Reading