With the bitter India-US row over the arrest of an Indian diplomat defused with her departure for India, both sides are hoping to bring the “important” relationship back on track in the weeks ahead. One sentiment encountered during the discussions to work out a deal over the treatment of Devyani Khobragade, India’s then deputy consul […]
The US State Department said Friday that it “deeply” regrets that a US diplomat in India has to leave the country at India’s request in the wake of the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York. “We deeply regret that the Indian government felt it was necessary to expel one of our diplomatic […]
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade arrived here Friday night following her indictment by a US grand jury for alleged visa fraud. She arrived by a US Airlines flight at after 10 p.m. India has expelled an American diplomat in a reciprocal gesture. Khobragade, 39, who was India’s deputy consul-general in New York, was arrested on Dec […]
Indian diplomat Devyanni Khobragade, whose arrest in the US sparked protests from India, has been formally indicted by a US grand jury. However, prosecutors said that Khobragade, 39, had also been granted immunity and that US officials had asked her to leave the country, BBC reported Friday. She was arrested Dec 12 in New York […]
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was given a G1 visa with full diplomatic immunity Jan 8 and is on her way back to India. The external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted: “Devyani Khobragade was given G1 visa with full diplomatic immunity on 8 Jan, 2014. Airborne on way back to India.”
After Secretary of State John Kerry and Ambassador Nancy Powell, it was the turn of a celebrated school choir from the US to express regret at the ugly turn of events that led to the humiliation of an Indian diplomat, an incident that caused a major downturn in Indo-US ties at the end of last […]