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
New Delhi: An Indian man who had walked a distance of 1,000 km over a period of two years to attend court proceedings in Dubai just to obtain a flight ticket to home has been brought back. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Tuesday said government has helped Jagannathan Selvaraj, whoContinue Reading
New Delhi: The 39 Indians, who have been held as captives by the dreaded ISIS in Iraq since June 2014, are believed to be still alive, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told Lok Sabha today, as she asserted the government is making all efforts to bring them back. Out of theContinue Reading