Arindam Bagchi

India hopes Canada to take action against extremist elements, says MEA spokesperson

Addressing a weekly media briefing on Thursday, the MEA spokesperson said India has always highlighted that the core issue remains the space given to extremists, terrorists and anti-India elements in Canada.

India got consular access to Nikhil Gupta on three occasions: MEA

The US federal prosecutors have charged that Nikhil Gupta was working with an Indian government employee in the foiled plot to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

India supportive of free movement of commercial shipping, will continue to monitor situation in Red Sea: MEA

India has deployed two warships - INS Kochi and INS Kolkata - off the coast of Aden as part of maritime security in the northern Arabian Sea

We take the threat seriously, but terrorists have tendency to want media coverage: MEA on Pannun

Earlier this week, SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannu released a video message in which he threatened to 'shake the very foundation of Parliament' on 13 December — the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament

Indian ambassador got consular access to meet all 8 ex-Navy men on death row in Qatar: MEA

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Indian ambassador got consular access to meet all 8 of them in prison on 3 December

Canada consistently has given space to anti-India extremists: MEA on Nijjar row

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India expects the Government of Canada to live up to its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

Matter of concern, will look into all relevant aspects: MEA on US claims on Pannun murder plot

The nexus between organised crime, trafficking, gunrunning an extremists at an international level is a serious issue for the law enforcement agencies to consider and it is for that reason a high-level inquiry committee has been constituted and we will be guided by its results, said MEA spokesperson

Operation Ajay: 1200 people, including 18 Nepal citizens, flown to India from war-hit Israel, says MEA

Operation Ajay was launched on October 11 to facilitate the return from Israel of those Indians who wished to come back home

We have expressed concern over civilian casualties, humanitarian situation: MEA on Israel-Hamas conflict

Bagchi said, 'We have also expressed our concern at the civilian casualties and the humanitarian situation. We would urge the strict observance of international humanitarian law'

MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi appointed India's Permanent Representative to UN

In March 2021, Bagchi took over as spokesperson. The COVID-19 pandemic, the confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, India's hosting of the G20 Summit in September of this year, and the accelerated pace of India's contacts with numerous partners all occurred during his eventful tenure