Geeta to be brought back to India very soon: Government

     New Delhi : Geeta, a deaf-mute Indian woman who has been stranded in Pakistan for over a decade, will be back in India soon, the government announced on Thursday.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: “Geeta will be back in India soon. We have located her family. She will be handed over to them only after the DNA test.#”read more...http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/geeta-to-be-brought-back-to-india-very-soon-government/

PM Modi praises Sushma Swaraj amid India’s aggressive posturing on Kashmir at UNGA

      Exchange of barbs between India and Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York and statements of leaders over the past few days have become shriller, signifying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif have lost faith in each other. The developments, thus, leave no scope for the early resumption of the dialogue process. Experts believe the squall at the UN signals a gathering storm on the horizon.read more....http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/pm-modi-praises-sushma-swaraj-amid-indias-aggressive-posturing-on-kashmir-at-unga/

Swaraj meets GCC ministers, pushes India-GCC Free Trade Agreement

       New York : India continued its mission to cement ties with the Arab world as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held talks with her counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) whose nations she said were “an extended part of our neighbourhood”.

At the meeting here on Wednesday, Swaraj called for the early finalisation of the India-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement and operationalising the India-GCC Framework Agreement.read more...http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/swaraj-meets-gcc-ministers-pushes-india-gcc-free-trade-agreement/

Sri Lankan PM to hold talks with Modi

    New Delhi : Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who arrived here on Monday on a three-day visit, is to hold talks, including on the fishermen issue, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday. Some agreements are also set to be inked.

Wickremesinghe, who is on his first overseas visit after becoming prime minister last month, and Modi are expected to discuss ways to boost bilateral ties and trade.read  more...http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/sri-lankan-pm-to-hold-talks-with-modi/

LIVE: Keep talks limited to terrorism, says Sushma Swaraj on NSA meet

    NEW DELHI: After Pakistan has cleared that it is ready to meet India and hold the NSA-level talks without any pre-conditions, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a press conference in New Delhi, will clear India’s stand on resumption of the dialogue between the two countries. read   more...http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/live-keep-talks-limited-to-terrorism-says-sushma-swaraj-on-nsa-meet/

Congress leader wanted me to help scam accused: Sushma

    New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said a senior Congress leader had pressed her hard to give diplomatic passport to a scam accused Congress leader.

“A senior congress leader was pressing me hard to give diplomatic passport to the coal scam accused Santosh Bagrodia,” Swaraj Swaraj tweeted, hours before the second day of monsoon session in parliament.read morehttp://www.vishwagujarat.com/politics/congress-leader-wanted-me-to-help-scam-accused-sushma/

International Yoga Day: Gujarat Govt plans 1 crore participation

    Gujarat’s main Yoga Day event will be a two-hour programme (6 to 8 am) at the 50 lakh-square-foot GMDC Ground in Ahmedabad. Each of the 33 districts will have its own main programme, while various events at public gardens and school grounds will add up to 29,000 locations.

Yoga events at these designated places, for 37 minutes from 7 am, will include prayer and meditation but not surya namaskar. An education department official said they are targeting the entire student strength of 1 crore. read  more http://www.vishwagujarat.com/gujarat/international-yoga-day-gujarat-govt-plans-1-crore-participation/

Gujarat to celebrate International Day of Yoga at over 29,000 locations

On Tuesday, The Gujarat Government Official said the upcoming ‘World Yoga Day’ on June 21 will be celebrated at more than 29,000 locations across the state.

Gujarat Education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said, State level event will be held at GMDC ground here and will be attended by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and Governor O P Kohli.read  more   http://www.vishwagujarat.com/gujarat/gujarat-to-celebrate-international-day-of-yoga-at-over-29000-locations/

US defence secretary meets Parikkar

New Delhi : On a three-day visit to India, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday met Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. The meeting took place at South Block after Carter, heading a high-level delegation, laid a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial at India Gate, the World War I monument. He is scheduled to call on Prime Minister...

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