B'desh Foreign Affairs Advisor-EAM Jaishankar discussed possibility of holding Yunus-PM Modi meeting: reports

IANS | February 17, 2025 3:14 PM

Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) Touhid Hossain, the Foreign Affairs Advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus, emphasised on the importance of starting the discussions for renewal of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty during his meeting with India's External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held in Muscat on Sunday, the Bangladeshi media reported on Monday.

Women, children in 2nd batch of deportees from US 'not restrained during flight'

IANS | February 17, 2025 12:14 AM

New Delhi/Amritsar, Feb 17 (IANS) Women and children onboard the second deportation plane of the US that landed in Punjab's Amritsar were "not restrained during the flight", sources said on Sunday. The assertion came in the backdrop of the furore that was created amid claims of "ill-treatment" meted out to the first batch of deportees from the US.

EAM Jaishankar meets former NATO chief in Munich, discusses global security architecture

IANS | February 15, 2025 6:08 PM

Munich, Feb 15 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Saturday held a series of significant meetings on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany, including with former Prime Minister and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg who has recently assumed the new role of country's finance minister.