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Why a politician, not a career diplomat, may be India’s next envoy to Dhaka| India News

Why a politician, not a career diplomat, may be India’s next envoy to Dhaka| India News

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The post of the Indian high commissioner in Bangladesh, once the preserve of doyens of the foreign service such as Subimal Dutt, Muchkund Dubey and Krishnan Srinivasan, is now expected to be filled by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former lawmaker Dinesh Trivedi. Dinesh Trivedi, who had stints in the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC), will be the first political appointee to hold the key post in Dhaka in many decades (PTI) Trivedi, who had stints in the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC), will be the first political appointee to hold the key post in Dhaka in many decades. Before this, the handful who could be considered political appointees included Subimal Dutt and Samar Sen, the first two officials to be given the post after the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, but even they belonged to the erstwhile Indian Civil Service (ICS). For the Indian Foreign Service, a stint in Dhaka as the envoy often led to greater things, with several high commissioners going on to become foreign secretary. The latest in this line …

EAM Jaishankar invites Bangladesh counterpart Khalilur Rahman to visit India| India News

EAM Jaishankar invites Bangladesh counterpart Khalilur Rahman to visit India| India News

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Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma met Bangladesh’s new foreign minister Khalilur Rahman in Dhaka on Sunday and extended an invitation from external affairs minister S Jaishankar to visit India at an early date, reflecting New Delhi’s efforts to rebuild bilateral ties. Indian high commissioner to Dhaka, Pranay Verma, with Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman in Dhaka on Sunday. (X) The move came less than a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to his Bangladeshi counterpart Tarique Rahman to visit India. India has signalled its intention to repair relations, which had fallen to their lowest point in decades under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. During the meeting with Khalilur Rahman, Verma expressed the Indian government’s “readiness to work closely with the new government of Bangladesh to further advance bilateral cooperation”, according to a readout from the foreign ministry in Dhaka. Verma extended Jaishankar’s invitation to Khalilur Rahman “to undertake an official visit to New Delhi at an early date”, the readout said. Khalilur Rahman “indicated Bangladesh’s intent to build a forward looking and …

Indian envoy dismisses Canada’s allegations on Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing| India News

Indian envoy dismisses Canada’s allegations on Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing| India News

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Ottawa: Indian High Commissioner Dinesh K Patnaik has dismissed Canada’s allegations linking New Delhi to the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, asserting that the case is against four individuals and not against the government of India. Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in June 2023. In an interview with CBC News on Tuesday, Patnaik also pointed out how the investigation into the Air India bombing has still not yielded anything and not a single person has been convicted of it, despite New Delhi talking about terrorism in Canada for the last 40 years. The remarks by Patnaik, who took charge in September 2025, coincided with British Columbia Premier David Eby’s visit to India on a trade mission amid the improving relationship between New Delhi and Ottawa. The ties between India and Canada strained after the then-prime minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations in September 2023 of a “potential” involvement of Indian agents in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing outside a gurdwara in Surrey city on June 18 that year. India, which had designated Nijjar as a terrorist …

India summons Bangladesh envoy over border fencing row: All agreements being followed | India News

India summons Bangladesh envoy over border fencing row: All agreements being followed | India News

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A day after the Bangladesh government summoned the Indian envoy in Dhaka, New Delhi on Monday summoned the Bangladesh Acting High Commissioner to India Nural Islam over “security measures at the border, including on fencing”. An official statement from the Ministry of External Affairs said that it was conveyed that with regard to “security measures at the border, including on fencing, India observed all protocols and agreements between the two governments and between the Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh”. The statement said that India reiterated its “commitment to ensuring a crime-free border by effectively addressing the challenges of cross-border criminal activities, smuggling, movement of criminals and trafficking”. In this context, it said that “barbed wire fencing, border lighting, installation of technical devices and cattle fences are measures for securing the border.” It said that India conveyed its “expectation that all earlier understandings will be implemented by Bangladesh and that there will be a cooperative approach to combating cross-border crimes”. On Sunday, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin had summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay …

Bangladesh Top Envoy Summoned By Foreign Ministry A Day After Dhaka’s Move

Bangladesh Top Envoy Summoned By Foreign Ministry A Day After Dhaka’s Move

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New Delhi: The Foreign Ministry today summoned Nural Islam, Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, to discuss the escalating tensions between New Delhi and Dhaka. On Sunday, the Bangladeshi Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma following allegations that India was attempting to construct fences at five specific locations along the 4,156-kilometre Indo-Bangladeshi border. These actions were said to be in violation of a bilateral agreement governing border activities. Mr Verma arrived at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Dhaka around 3:00 pm local time. His meeting with Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Jashim Uddin lasted approximately 45 minutes, according to the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) news agency. “Dhaka and New Delhi “have understandings with regard to fencing the border for security. Our two border guard enforcements – BSF and BGB (Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh) – have been in communication in this regard. We expect that this understanding will be implemented and there will be a cooperative approach to combating crimes along the border,” Mr Verma said. Diplomatic ties between …

India calls on Bangladesh to implement existing border management understandings | Latest News India

India calls on Bangladesh to implement existing border management understandings | Latest News India

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New Delhi: India on Sunday called on Bangladesh to implement existing understandings for border management and to adopt a cooperative approach to combating crimes on the frontier against the backdrop of escalating tensions along the international boundary. Security personnel of India and Bangladesh during a Joint Retreat Ceremony, at Land and Customs Station Fulbari on the outskirts of Siliguri on January 12, 2025. (PTI) Tensions have mounted in recent days after the Border Security Force (BSF) acted to deter Bangladeshi smugglers and Dhaka contended that the Indian side had violated a bilateral agreement by trying to build a fence at five locations along the border. New Delhi’s position on the issue was conveyed by Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma during a meeting with Bangladesh’s foreign secretary Mohammad Jashim Uddin at the foreign ministry in Dhaka. Emerging from the meeting that lasted a little more than 30 minutes, Verma told reporters: “We expect that understandings will be implemented and there will be a cooperative approach to combating crime.” Verma said he met Bangladesh’s foreign secretary to discuss …

Indian envoy to UK, other dignitaries meet Nitish in London | Latest News India

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Patna, Mar 10 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is currently in London, was on Sunday paid a visit by Vikram K Doraiswami, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. HT Image Others who came to meet Kumar, who has been abroad for about a week, included Baba Mohinder Singh, the Jathedar of UK Seva Dal, a body of Sikhs, and a number of people from Bihar settled in Britain. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. According to the office of the chief minister, during the “courtesy call” from Doraiswami, Kumar shared with the envoy his impressions about the renowned science museum in London, which he had visited a few days ago. Kumar also told Doraiswami that a “science city” was coming up in Patna, and it has been named after former president APJ Abdul Kalam. The science city would, among other things, “highlight the contributions in science of ancient India”, including the city of Pataliputra, the name by which Patna was known in the distant past. Kumar …

India Australia On His Last Day In Canberra Indian High Commissioner Manpreet Vohra Plays Tennis With Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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Manpreet Vohra bid farewell to Australia and said that he was returning with amazing memories. (File) Canberra: The Indian High Commissioner to Australia, Manpreet Vohra, made the last day of his tenure extra special by playing tennis with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday. He bid farewell to Australia and said that he was returning to India with amazing memories “On my last day in #Canberra, honoured to play tennis with H.E. Prime Minister @AlboMP. It has been a privilege to serve as High Commissioner to #Australia. I return home with amazing memories, of which today’s will be extra special! Thank you, Sir Farewell, Australia,” Vohra posted on X (formerly Twitter). On my last day in #Canberra, honoured to play tennis with H.E. Prime Minister @AlboMP.It has been a privilege to serve as High Commissioner to #Australia. I return home with amazing memories, of which today’s will be extra special!Thank you, Sir🙏Farewell, Australia🇮🇳🤝🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/iQ3Qa1287U — Manpreet Vohra (@VohraManpreet) December 30, 2023 Earlier on Friday, Nicholas McCaffrey commenced his tenure as Australia’s Deputy High Commissioner …