External Affairs Committee

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will head the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs and veteran leader Digvijaya Singh will head the panel on education, party sources said on Thursday.

An executive committee member of BJP Jharkhand unit on Friday filed a complaint against former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid for allegedly making inflammatory statements about developments in neighbouring Bangladesh, police said.

According to the committee, the terror attacks in India can only be controlled by dismantling all terrorist networks and safe havens.

ndia has constituted an inquiry committee to look into the inputs received from the US as these have a bearing on the country's national security, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that India will contribute $500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter Terrorism this year to aid capacity-building support to member states in combating terrorism.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka. He said "unanimous support" is needed to stand with Sri Lanka in its difficult time.

A Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs has submitted its report where it has expressed concern "with the delays in extradition of fugitives" and said the "process should be expedited in each case".

India today described as "highly condemnable" Pakistan's decision to transfer the management of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara from a Sikh body to a separate trust, saying it runs against the religious sentiments of the Sikh community.

Congress leader KC Venugopal on Wednesday said that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has provided information that the government has taken the reports of surveillance of Indians, including of political leaders, by a Chinese firm seriously and constituted an expert committee to assess its implications within 30 days.

Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjinder Singh Sirsa met External Affairs Ministry officials and claimed that he had been assured that 600 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan will be issued visas by India in the coming days.

A meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs should be called at the earliest and briefed by the foreign secretary, defence secretary and other top officials on the violent face-off with China in which 20 Indian soldiers died, several panel members from the opposition parties said on Sunday.

Congressman Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was not aware of the inclusion of non-member Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and two others to the list of lawmakers to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Washington DC last week, sources told PTI.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in the US for 2+2 dialogue, has shared India's perspective on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's leadership in Washington.

In the report titled 'Nalanda University', the Ministry of External Affairs told the Parliament Committee that Singapore had promised to contribute 50 lakh to 1 crore USD for the construction of the university's library but no payment has been received so far.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has declined to be a member of the parliamentary standing committee on External Affairs, PTI sources said on Friday.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will head the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs and veteran leader Digvijaya Singh will head the panel on education, party sources said on Thursday.

An executive committee member of BJP Jharkhand unit on Friday filed a complaint against former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid for allegedly making inflammatory statements about developments in neighbouring Bangladesh, police said.

According to the committee, the terror attacks in India can only be controlled by dismantling all terrorist networks and safe havens.

ndia has constituted an inquiry committee to look into the inputs received from the US as these have a bearing on the country's national security, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that India will contribute $500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter Terrorism this year to aid capacity-building support to member states in combating terrorism.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka. He said "unanimous support" is needed to stand with Sri Lanka in its difficult time.

A Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs has submitted its report where it has expressed concern "with the delays in extradition of fugitives" and said the "process should be expedited in each case".

India today described as "highly condemnable" Pakistan's decision to transfer the management of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara from a Sikh body to a separate trust, saying it runs against the religious sentiments of the Sikh community.

Congress leader KC Venugopal on Wednesday said that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has provided information that the government has taken the reports of surveillance of Indians, including of political leaders, by a Chinese firm seriously and constituted an expert committee to assess its implications within 30 days.

Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjinder Singh Sirsa met External Affairs Ministry officials and claimed that he had been assured that 600 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan will be issued visas by India in the coming days.

A meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs should be called at the earliest and briefed by the foreign secretary, defence secretary and other top officials on the violent face-off with China in which 20 Indian soldiers died, several panel members from the opposition parties said on Sunday.

Congressman Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was not aware of the inclusion of non-member Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and two others to the list of lawmakers to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Washington DC last week, sources told PTI.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in the US for 2+2 dialogue, has shared India's perspective on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's leadership in Washington.

In the report titled 'Nalanda University', the Ministry of External Affairs told the Parliament Committee that Singapore had promised to contribute 50 lakh to 1 crore USD for the construction of the university's library but no payment has been received so far.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has declined to be a member of the parliamentary standing committee on External Affairs, PTI sources said on Friday.