Padma Lakshmi debuts 3-week-old daughter Krishna
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Padma Lakshmi has finally given the world a look of her 3-week-old daughter Krishna.
The Top Chef host, 39, was photographed doting on her little girl while sitting on a NYC park bench on Thursday.
However, the model-cum-TV presenter has not revealed the identity of her father.
Last October, it was revealed that Lakshmi [...]
India believe 74 missing defence personnel in Pak custody
New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): The Union Government on Wednesday said that 74 missing defence personnel languishing in Pakistani jail.
Replying to questions in the Lok Sabha, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said: “According to available information, 74 missing defence personnel are believed to be in Pakistani jails.”
He also informed that these 74 also included [...]
I express deep condolences to Gurshan’’s family, says Krishna
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Friday expressed his deep condolences to the family of three-year-old Indian boy Gurshan Singh, who was found dead after vanishing from his Melbourne holiday home on Thursday.
“The Australian investigating agencies have confirmed that there was no external injury on the body of the [...]
I was apprehensive about abusive lingo in ‘Ishqiya’: Vidya
Mouthing expletives for her role in “Ishqiya” embarrassed Vidya Balan as she says she never uses foul language in real life.
“Oh! I was very apprehensive while using those slangs. I have never used them in my real life but I had to because the script demanded. When you will see this movie, you will understand [...]
India, Turkmenistan ink MOU on programme of cooperation
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Sep.18 (ANI): India and Turkmenistan on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a programme of cooperation.
The bilateral agreement was signed after delegation-level talks between visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna and his Turkmenistan counterpart Rashid Meredov
Both Krishna and Meredov signed the MOU.
Krishna also called on the President of [...]
Govt. to help grant 150,000 illegal Indian citizens Italian citizenship: Krishna
Istanbul (Turkey), Sep.18 (ANI): In a unique landmark exercise, the Indian Government has undertaken a massive action plan to help over 150,000 illegal Indian immigrants acquire Italian citizenship within the next fortnight.
Revealing this information exclusively to ANI TV, Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said the Italian Government has given New Delhi fifteen days [...]
Krishna in Belarus to strengthen bilateral ties
Minsk, Sept 17 (ANI): Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has arrived here to foster bilateral ties between the two countries.
Krishna is the first Indian External Minister to visit this country.
On Wednesday, Krishna visited the Victory Square Monument in [...]
No talks without action against 26/11 perpetrators: India
New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): The Indian Government has reportedly said that unless Pakistan takes, some sort of action against the 26/11 accused, the possibility of a resumption of dialogue is remote.
According to sources, India has provided enough evidence to Pakistan regarding the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks and the need is for Pakistan to act, [...]
India to sign two pacts with Belarus during Krishna’s visit
Minsk, Sept 17 (ANI): India and Belarus will sign two bilateral agreements during External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna’s two-day visit to that country.
During his visit, Krishna will call on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.
He will also hold wide-ranging talks with his counterpart Sergey Martynov. The agreements to be signed are one on Cooperation in [...]
Sonia Gandhi sets an example, flies economy class to Mumbai
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep.14 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday flew by economy class to Mumbai to attend a rally of party workers and also to hold discussions with the leadership of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Gandhi’s decision to fly economy class followed a similar act by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and an [...]
Malaysian spiritual seeker who ‘went through bad karma in India’ leaves for home
New Delhi, Sep. 11 (ANI): A Malaysian spiritual seeker, who landed in a Varanasi jail for violating Indian immigration laws, has finally left for home in Johor.
After being released from jail on August 27, Lim Soon Seng was waiting to obtain his exit certificate from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office in Delhi to leave India.
“I [...]
Indian HC meets Pakistan Foreign Secretary in Islamabad
Islamabad, Sep 11 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal on Friday called on Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir at the Foreign Office to discuss the agenda for foreign secretary level talks in New York.
Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in their meeting in New York are expected [...]
Deputy Commissioner Leh visits border areas
New Delhi, Sep 11(ANI): The Deputy Commissioner of Leh, Ajit Kumar Sahu, had visited the site where the Chinese intrusion was reported recently. He is undertstood to be sending a report to the Government.
Defence authorities had disclosed that China had intruded into [...]
Detained UAE aircraft takes off from Kolkata to China
Kolkata, Sep 10 (ANI): The China-bound cargo plane of United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) Air Force which was carrying arms and ammunition, finally took off from the Netaji Subhas Chnadra Bose International Air port on Thursday morning.
The UAE aircraft was detained by the Indian Security agencies after it found carrying huge cache of arms and [...]
Trane leads the way in building a green future
Hyderabad, Sep 8, (Business Wire India): In times of rapidly changing and challenging market conditions, the “green” concept is gaining tremendous importance in India. Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and comprehensive solutions, is committed to helping companies and building owners go “green” and increase their efforts in obtaining certification for efficient [...]
Mukherjee asks Krishna, Tharoor to shift to official residences from hotels
New Delhi, Sep 8 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday asked External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his deputy Shashi Tharoor to vacate their five-star hotel suites.
Krishna and Tharoor have been staying in five-star hotels in national capital for the past three [...]
Pak is losing ground on ‘insufficient evidence’ claim
Islamabad, Sep. 7 (ANI): Even as Pakistan continues to claim that India has not provided enough evidence in the Mumbai terror attack case, Interpol has suggested otherwise by issuing an arrest warrant against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed.
The world agrees with India that Pakistan is not showing seriousness in the matter of punishing the perpetrators of [...]
Nepal home ministry report says only 12 out of 110 armed groups political
Kathmandu, Sep 7 (ANI): According to a report prepared by the Nepal home ministry, only 12 out of 109 armed groups active in the country are political, while 70 of them are purely criminal groups.
The report entitled ‘Categorization of armed groups and suggestion on talks’ prepared after a close scrutiny of the armed groups for [...]
Nepal arrests kingpin of attack on Pashupatinath priests
Kathmndu, Sep 5 (ANI): The Nepal Government on Saturday arrested the Maoists leader who led the attacks on Indian priests and provided a personal security officer to the chief priest of the famous Pashupatinath shrine.
The Nepalese Government has also deployed an extra-armed platoon of security forces in [...]
Nitish expresses confidence in BJP’s capability to handle its crisis
Patna, Aug.30 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday expressed confidence that Bharatiya Janata Party, which is presently faced with an internal crisis, is capable of solving its crisis.
“Leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party is capable of finding a solution to its crisis. There is nothing for us to say in the matter. Besides, [...]



