Devyani Khobragade episode 'painful period' for bilateral ties, important lessons learnt: US
Fp Archives • 10 years agoDescribing the Devyani Khobragade episode as a "painful period" in Indo-US ties, the US has said the incident has led to "important learnings" and there is a determination to avoid such instances.
Home ministry rejects Khobragade's plea of dual citizenship for her children
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAfter coming to know that Khobragade's daughters were having US passport, the MEA had revoked the children's Indian passports and they challenged this in the Delhi High Court.
Pick symbols of national pride carefully: What (mis)adventures of Khobragade has taught India
Roy • 10 years agoDevyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat, who in 2013 became the symbol of all that was wrong with a weak-kneed UPA government unable to stand up to the American bully.
MEA questions Devyani Khobragade's integrity, says got passports for daughters by wrong means
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThe affidavit has been filed in response to the court issuing a notice to MEA on Khobragade's daughters' pleas challenging revocation of their Indian passports.
Devyani Khobragade reinstated as director in MEA's state division
Fp Archives • 10 years agoDevyani Khobragade, the 1999-batch IFS officer whose arrest and handcuffing in New York in 2013 over alleged visa fraud led to souring in India-US ties, has been reinstated as director in the ministry of external affairs, a few months after she was stripped of her duties and placed on "compulsory wait".
Not just Ravi Thapar: 27 other foreign diplomats under government scanner
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAt least 27 Indian diplomats posted overseas are facing charges related to corruption, harassment and dereliction of duty over the last year
IFS officer Devyani Khobragade meets PMO officials to discuss appeal against her in US
Fp Staff • 10 years agoDevyani Khobragade on Friday met Prime Minister's Office (PMO) officials to discuss her appeal against her indictment in the US.
Delhi High Court refuses contempt notice against Khobragade's ex-maid
Fp Archives • 10 years agoKhobragade, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, was arrested on charges of making false declarations in a visa application for her maid, Sangeeta Richard, and was later released on a $250,000 bond.
In relief to Devyani Khobragade's children, HC stays govt order on revoking their passports
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThe Delhi High Court on Friday stayed a government order revoking Indian passports of the daughters of Devyani Khobragade, an IFS officer and former Deputy Consul-General of India in New York, for having US passports.
Indian diplomatic staff in Pakistan "tailed" by intelligence agencies: Swaraj
Fp Archives • 10 years agoReplying to a question on "ill treatment of Indian diplomats", she referred to several incidents in Pakistan and other countries in the past few years.