Khurshid arrives in Saudi; 'Nitaqat', terror to be discussed

With thousands of Indians set to return from Saudi Arabia due to the 'Nitaqat' law, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said state governments have been "forewarned" so that the situation does not become "unmanageable". Khurshid, who is ...

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday left on an official visit to Saudi Arabia for talks on a range of issues, including the controversial 'Nitaqat' law, energy security and counter-terrorism cooperation.Khurshid's visit, from May 24-27, would be the first by an Indian external affairs minister in the last five years. In 2008, the then foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee had visited the GulfKingdom.Khurshid will hold discussions with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal on ...

A group of ministers (GoM), which was constituted by the Prime Minister to prepare a draft law to insulate CBI from external influence and a draft affidavit to be presented in the Supreme Court, held its first meeting on Thursday. The governments move to ...

Citizens seeking an appointment at the Passport Seva Kendra in Mundhwa now have an additional 5,950 slots to choose from, with the passport appointment cycle revised to 21 days, from the earlier cycle of 14 days. With the additional slots, the total number of ...

SPAV students showcase their theses for external evaluation The subject of architecture is not about just designing buildings and model townships, it is about life and the way that you design and plan your life. This was the expression given out by Anirban ...

KARACHI - Economic observers foresee substantial ease in the country's troubled external account as the change of guard in Islamabad has started to emerge with Saudi Arabia taking the lead in extending an olive branch to the newly-elected Sharif-led ...

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao went against the suggestion of a majority of external members of the central bank's monetary policy committee that recommended no change in the policy repo rate at a May 3 policy meeting, according to minutes of the meeting seen by Reuters.The RBI cut the key policy repo rate for a third straight time in 2013 to 7.25 per cent, pulling it to a two-year low, in a bid to revive decelarating growth, and taking into account benign inflation ...

will take "cautious and incremental steps" in the peace process with Pakistan because of past experiences, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday. "We have had some bitter experiences in the past, and so it is necessary to be cautious while ...