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India mounts pressure on UK to arrest Khalistanis for insulting Tricolour during October 2 protest at London embassy
Abhishek Awasthi •According to well-placed sources in the Indian High Commission, the MEA has reached out to its UK counterparts to goad the police for identifying Khalistani supporters from several video footages of the protest and arrest them on charges of hate crime
India sends fourth consignment of 2,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan
•Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, said, a total of 8,000 MTs of wheat has been sent to Afghanistan so far
From anti-immigration views to neo-Nazi far-right background, parties of many MEPs visiting Kashmir have hard stance on Islam
Fp Staff •While Italy's Fulvio Martusciello, Gianna Gancia and another member have voiced their opinion against immigrants, there's a parliamentarian from Poland who was sacked from the EU Vice-President's post for making a slur with Nazi connotations and a French lawmaker who supported the Russian annexation of Crimea
CIC directs MEA to disclose names of private persons who accompanied Narendra Modi on foreign tours
•In October 2017, Karabi Das approached the MEA seeking information on expenses incurred on the prime minister's foreign visits in 2015-16 and 2016-17, along with the list of people travelling with him. No satisfactory information was provided to the applicant, following which he approached the CIC
India welcomes US decision to designate 3 LeT militants as global terrorists, says move vindicates its stand on Pakistan
•The US designated three Pakistanis linked to the LeT, the outfit responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack, as global terrorists to shut down the militant group's financial network and curtail its ability to raise funds to carry out violent terrorist attacks.
AgustaWestland row: Italy refuses India's request to extradite middleman Carlo Gerosa
Ians •The CBI, which registered an FIR in the case on 12 March, 2013, has alleged that then Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi and the other accused received kickbacks from AgustaWestland to help it win the contract. The FIR mentioned charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Indian family of four goes missing in US; kin seeks Sushma Swaraj's help in India
•Sandeep (42), his wife Soumya (38), son Siddhant (12) and daughter Saachi (9) went missing in the US state of California on Thursday while travelling from Portland to San Jose.
India focused on providing humanitarian assistance to Rohingyas in Myanmar under 'Operation Insaniyat': MEA
Ians •India on Friday said its focus is on providing humanitarian assistance to displaced Rohingyas under "Operation Insaniyat".
Doka La border standoff: CPM welcomes end of tensions, urges Centre to strengthen ties with China
•The CPM on Monday welcomed India and China agreeing to "expeditious disengagement" of border personnel at Doka La.
External affairs ministry welcomes US move to brand Hizbul Mujahideen as foreign terrorist group
•India's external affairs ministry on Friday welcomed the US' decision to designate Kashmiri terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen as a foreign terrorist organisation.