State For Political Affairs

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due to travel to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US "bridging proposal" for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has lamented the sorry state of affairs in the country where political leaders like him languish in jail and said all that is left for the powerful military leadership was to "murder" him.

The Congress on Saturday set up the election committees for eight states, including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, and others.

The video of a tribal woman being stripped in public and paraded naked through a village in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh has triggered a political whirlpool in the state that is prepping for assembly polls in the coming months.

Ahead of the Rajasthan assembly polls, the Congress on Wednesday set up a 35-member political affairs committee for its state unit with AICC in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa as its chairman.

Maliwal has been invited by the United States Harvard University to address their annual conference. Her file was sent to the MEA for political clearance but, according to her, she has not received any response from the ministry.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said he held a "good discussion" with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on issues like ways to expand bilateral ties, Indo-Pacific and the Ukraine situation.

The predecessor government at the Centre kept the Naga negotiations lingering but PM Modi is eager to resolve the Naga political issue and initiated the Framework Agreement, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said.

BJP MP from Bengal John Barla after taking charge as Minister of State for Minority Affairs said people of Bengal are scared of the state government and that peace will come through development and the Centre will bring an environment of peace.

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar's statement, calling for an investigation into the personal life of all 225 members of the state assembly to find out how many of them have had illicit or extra-marital relationships, created a flutter in political circles on Wednesday.

Congress behaved like Ladakh's stepmother for 70 years and gave only corruption and dynasty politics, said Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy in Leh's Nubra Valley.

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena for records into his "transparently political misuse" of department resources.

India and the US on Tuesday deliberated on a host of bilateral, regional and global issues during an online meeting between Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, saying he was "irrelevant" in politics.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday dismissed media reports that claimed award-winning athlete Anju Bobby George had joined the BJP at an event in Bengaluru. Mr Muraleedharan told reporters there was nothing political about the meeting that took place on Saturday.

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due to travel to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US "bridging proposal" for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has lamented the sorry state of affairs in the country where political leaders like him languish in jail and said all that is left for the powerful military leadership was to "murder" him.

The Congress on Saturday set up the election committees for eight states, including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, and others.

The video of a tribal woman being stripped in public and paraded naked through a village in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh has triggered a political whirlpool in the state that is prepping for assembly polls in the coming months.

Ahead of the Rajasthan assembly polls, the Congress on Wednesday set up a 35-member political affairs committee for its state unit with AICC in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa as its chairman.

Maliwal has been invited by the United States Harvard University to address their annual conference. Her file was sent to the MEA for political clearance but, according to her, she has not received any response from the ministry.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said he held a "good discussion" with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on issues like ways to expand bilateral ties, Indo-Pacific and the Ukraine situation.

The predecessor government at the Centre kept the Naga negotiations lingering but PM Modi is eager to resolve the Naga political issue and initiated the Framework Agreement, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said.

BJP MP from Bengal John Barla after taking charge as Minister of State for Minority Affairs said people of Bengal are scared of the state government and that peace will come through development and the Centre will bring an environment of peace.

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar's statement, calling for an investigation into the personal life of all 225 members of the state assembly to find out how many of them have had illicit or extra-marital relationships, created a flutter in political circles on Wednesday.

Congress behaved like Ladakh's stepmother for 70 years and gave only corruption and dynasty politics, said Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy in Leh's Nubra Valley.

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena for records into his "transparently political misuse" of department resources.

India and the US on Tuesday deliberated on a host of bilateral, regional and global issues during an online meeting between Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, saying he was "irrelevant" in politics.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday dismissed media reports that claimed award-winning athlete Anju Bobby George had joined the BJP at an event in Bengaluru. Mr Muraleedharan told reporters there was nothing political about the meeting that took place on Saturday.