India, EU expected to make ‘meaningful’ progress on FTA talks in 2025: diplomats

India, EU expected to make ‘meaningful’ progress on FTA talks in 2025: diplomats

Representative image | Photo Credit: PTI “Meaningful progress” on the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected in 2025, said senior European diplomats in New Delhi, as Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal began his three-day visit to Brussels on Saturday. An EU-India strategic road map is also taking shape, as part … Read more

Timeline: What led to India, Canada expelling top diplomats?

Timeline: What led to India, Canada expelling top diplomats?

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a news conference on the investigative efforts related to violent criminal activity occurring in Canada with connections to India, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on October 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Canada has expelled six Indian diplomats and consular officials in relation to an investigation of … Read more

Hope for reviving Afghan embassy in India, after Afghan diplomats appear divided on closing the mission

Hope for reviving Afghan embassy in India, after Afghan diplomats appear divided on closing the mission

The Afghan Embassy in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: AP  After weeks-long absence of clarity in India’s relation with Afghanistan, it is becoming apparent that India is progressively inching closer to a pro-engagement policy with the Taliban dispensation in Kabul. This policy is gaining ground with the fact that a part of the Afghan … Read more

After U.S., U.K., Australia, Five eyes member New Zealand too criticises India on order expelling Canadian diplomats

After U.S., U.K., Australia, Five eyes member New Zealand too criticises India on order expelling Canadian diplomats

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India. | Photo Credit: AP Close on the heels of U.S., U.K., and Australia, New Zealand on October 26 criticised India’s demand for 41 Canadian diplomats to leave or face a revocation of diplomatic immunity. New Zealand, the … Read more

Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to allegations around Sikh killing, official says

Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to allegations around Sikh killing, official says

The allegation of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh Canadian is based on surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada, including intelligence provided by a major ally, a Canadian official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on September 21. The official said the communications involved Indian officials and Indian diplomats in Canada … Read more

Indian diplomats in Germany meet baby Ariha, parents say they have been denied visitation rights

Indian diplomats in Germany meet baby Ariha, parents say they have been denied visitation rights

File picture of Dhara Shah, whose baby girl Ariha, has been living in a foster care in Berlin for over 20 months, during a demonstration requesting German authorities to allow her daughter to celebrate the Independence Day with Indian community in Germany, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi | Photo Credit: PTI Indian diplomats in … Read more