NEW DELHI - India’s veteran Foreign Minister SM Krishna announced his resignation Friday in a move that clears the way for a long-awaited reshuffle of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s beleaguered government.The gaffe-prone Krishna, whose political career stretches back nearly half a ...

S M Krishna, who resigned as Indian external affairs minister, today said it was "time up" for him to make way for younger blood and appeared to keep his options open on playing a role in Karnataka politics."...the flavour of the season is that youngsters must take over the reins of responsibility ...

LAHORE – Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said on Sunday that he was very much impressed by the hospitality extended to him and members of his delegation by the Lahorites.“I am delighted to be here in Lahore. It was my earnest desire to visit this historical city; and for ...

LAHORE - While giving assurance that India wanted to see a ‘stable, peaceful and progressive’ Pakistan, the visiting Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna on Sunday reiterated his stance that one or two meetings were not enough to resolve the issues between the two countries and the ...

External affairs minister SM Krishna will undertake a three-day visit to Pakistan from September 7 to review the second round of the bilateral dialogue process with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar. Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal met Pakistan's foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani ...

India's foreign minister said Wednesday that a "trust deficit" with Pakistan was shrinking as he headed for a regional summit, in a clear sign of warming relations between the neighbours. "The trust deficit with Pakistan is shrinking," S.M. Krishna said on board his flight to the South Asian ...

India on Sunday said it was for good that the U.S. recognised the link between the Haqqani network and the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI. We have always been saying it. I am glad US finds it is also suffered under the ISI, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said here in New Yourk, PTI ...

MANASH PRATIM BHUYAN (Agencies) - Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has advised a cautious 'wait and watch approach to evaluating any change in Pakistans attitude towards India. Speaking to reporters on his way back from a two-day trip to the Maldives on Friday evening, Mr Krishna said ...

NEW YORK - The age gap of 45 years between Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India, who are scheduled to meet in New Delhi on July 26th, is seen as a problem of sorts by a major American newspaper. Hina Rabbani Khar, who has become the first Pakistani woman Foreign Minister, is 34-years-old while ...

Patna - Seeking to push forward the Indian governments initiative of improving ties with Pakistan, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue visa to Pakistani painter Md Awan, whose application was rejected earlier this year, reported Indian ...

A day after he inadvertently read out bits of the Portuguese foreign minister's speech at a Security Council debate, Indian external affairs minister S M Krishna on Sunday said that these things happen because many of these speeches make the same initial points. "There was nothing wrong in it," ...

India Monday said the meeting between Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries had laid a ''solid foundation'' for sustained engagement aimed at building ''bridges of trust and mutual confidence''. Arriving here in Thimphu to attend the 33rd meeting of SAARC Council of Ministers, Indian External Affairs ...

KABUL (Agencies) - In a clear pointer to Pakistan, India on Sunday said that any external interference in the transition process of Afghanistan will be detrimental to both its success and the future of the Afghan people. Echoing Indias views, Afghanistan said the peace process cannot succeed ...

Sri Lanka's relationship with India is not at risk over expanding ties with China or other nations, India's foreign minister said on Friday. Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna is on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa, sign trade and financing deals and ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India Wednesday dismissed the possibility of a swap with the US on Kashmir problem for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council and said that Washington feels that it is an issue to be sorted bilaterally with Pakistan, Zee News reports. Indian External Affairs Minister SM ...

Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi have met in a "chance enco unter" at the UN headquarters parking lot here while coming out of two separate meetings. Both ministers yesterday greeted each other warmly and made inquiries about their stay ...

DISAPPROVING the comments made by Indian Home Secretary GK Pillai on the eve of Indo-Pak talks, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Wednesday said his whole visit to Islamabad was 'underpinned by the remarks, the timing of which was 'very unfortunate. Clearly unhappy with Pillais statement ...

Indian Minister for External Affairs S M Krishna Wednesday ticked off Home Secretary GK Pillai for spoiling the atmosphere ahead of the talks between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers, saying it would have been wiser if he had not made his comments "on the eve of my visit". Krishna was ...

Indian External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna termed terrorism as biggest obstacle in normalizing of ties with Pakistani. During a press briefing after returning to Delhi on Friday, Krishna said that he had an extensive and serious discussion with Qureshi in which all issues of mutual interest were ...

A week before he meets Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Thursday struck a realistic note, saying one should not pre-judge the outcome of the new initiative that seeks to bridge trust deficit, reported Indian media. Let us not pre-judge the ...

Rejecting Pakistans charge that its players were snubbed for IPL at the behest of India, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday said it should draw a line between government programmes and private events. Government has nothing to do with IPL, on selection of players and various ...

India on Thursday accused Pakistan of fabricating evidence about New Delhis alleged support to insurgents active in Balochistan.Two statements of the Pakistani foreign minister read together make it evident that Pakistan is fabricating evidence (of Indias alleged role in Balochistan), Indian ...

India is not too keen to have a Foreign Ministerial meeting with Pakistan even though both S M Krishna and his counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi are here to attend an international summit. Sources said though India is not averse to talks with Pakistan at any level, but these serve no purpose on the ...

Terrorism will be the single most important issue for discussion between Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart during their meeting here on Sunday. Terrorism is the single most important issue from our side, Mr. Krishna said ahead of his meeting with Pakistani ...

Ahead of his meeting with Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that Pakistan has a vested interest in blocking the inquiry into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and is safeguarding terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed. "It's an orchestrated voice emanating ...

India on Wednesday said its stand on Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeeds involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks had been vindicated with Interpol issuing a Red Corner Notice against him. Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice for Saeeds involvement. It is a vindication of the stand the ...

Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has said that New Delhi will not resume dialogue with Pakistan till punishment to the perpetrators of Mumbai terror strikes. According to Indian media reports Indian minister said that "we expect Pakistan to come out with certain concrete measures which ...

India on Wednesday indicated that it would take up with Pakistan the issue of spoofing of terrorists' satellite phones which hamper efforts to track them. "We always take up (issues) whenever something bothers us or Pakistan. We always take up (issues) mutually," External Affairs Minister S M ...

India on Sunday ruled out resumption of dialogue with Pakistan until it takes "concrete measures" to prevent terrorism directed against this country. "We will not unless they (Pakistan) take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from the soil of Pakistan aimed against India," ...