According to latest political news, the External Affairs Minister SM Krishna resigned just before the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet scheduled on Sunday.
Source said, SM Krishna, 80-year-old, basically from Karnataka, is believed to have sent his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the afternoon.
It is said in reports, as the Assembly elections are expected to be held in May next year in Karnataka, SM Krishna might get a party assignment in the state. Read more
The West Bengal Congress unit has requested External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to take steps to ensure that a US-based couple’s child is returned to them at the earliest.
US authorities took the one-year-old boy under their care after he suffered head injuries. The parents have limited access to him.
Debasish Saha, 28, an engineer based in New Jersey, said his son Indrasish fell from bed Aug 9 and hurt his head. Debashish, whose father Nirmal Saha lives in Balurghat in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district, shifted to New Jersey July 22. Read more
India’s External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who is on a three-day visit to Pakistan, arrived here Sunday amid tight security.
Krishna is scheduled to meet Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. He will also interact with the civil society members.
He arrived in Lahore from Islamabad where he met his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar Saturday. An agreement on a liberalised visa regima was signed by him and Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Read more
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Saturday said that by December Pakistan and India would complete a trade normalisation process which would ensure that traders from India are treated like those from any other country.
Addressing a joint press conference with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, she said: “We will treat traders from India as traders from anywhere else.”
“By the end of December, we would complete a trade normalisation process that would ensure that India was treated like any other trade partner.” Read more
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