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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

Sushma Swaraj: Inhumane Pak used meet as PR ploy

Cries of “shame! shame!” could be heard from treasury benches even as Swaraj made her statement in Lok Sabha.

29 Dec 2017 12:40 AM

Jadhav's mother Avanti and wife Chetna met him face-to-face in Islamabad after 22 months of his captivity. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Jadhav programmed like parrot; family ‘horrified and depressed’

The meeting across a glass screen and through intercom, tightly controlled by Pak officials, has left the family 'horrified and depressed'.

28 Dec 2017 1:22 PM

Addressing the Rajya Sabha, Sushma Swaraj said, 'The family wished to meet Jadhav and we arranged for it. Even Pakistan agreed for it this month. This could have been a step forward for both countries, but that wasn't to be.' (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Pak’s behaviour disgusting; will expose them: Sushma on Jadhav-kin meet

Sushma Swaraj said Jadhav in the meeting, first inquired of his father's health as he saw no mangalsutra on her.

28 Dec 2017 11:57 AM

Friends of Kulbhushan Jadhav upset at Pakistan

The duo was allowed to interact with Jadhav, who sat across a glass screen, with the help of an intercom for 45 minutes.

28 Dec 2017 1:40 AM

Kulbhushan Jadhav meets his wife and mother at the foreign ministry in Islamabad. (Photo: AP/File)

Pakistan sends Kulbhushan Jadhav wife’s shoes for forensic exam

India had on Tuesday objected to the seizure of shoes of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife ahead of the Sunday meeting.

28 Dec 2017 12:37 AM

Remark on Kulbhushan Jadhav triggers row

Agarwal further added “Our nation should also treat terrorists in the same way, in a tough manner.

28 Dec 2017 12:17 AM

Before her meeting with husband Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan, Chetankul’s (left) shoes were kept for inspection, while all other belongings were returned. (Photo: AP)

Metallic object in shoes of Jadhav's wife: Pak probes if it was camera or recording chip

The Pak Foreign Office had earlier made no mention of ‘metallic substance’ and said there was ‘something’ in the shoes.

27 Dec 2017 5:00 PM

Naresh Agarwal said that India would, does and should treat anybody it considers a terrorist, as Jadhav has been treated by Pakistan. (Photo: PTI/File)

Jadhav a terrorist, Pak treated him accordingly: SP's Naresh Agarwal

Agarwal also wondered why the media was talking about Jadhav when there are scores of other Indians in Pak jail.

27 Dec 2017 2:36 PM

Shiv Sena strongly condemned the fact that Jadhav's mother and wife were not allowed to speak to him in their native language Marathi. (Photo: File)

Shiv Sena slams Pak over harassment of Kulbhushan's mother, wife

Sena has said that it Pak has 'an incorrigible habit of demeaning our country, no matter how dignified treatment we give them.'

27 Dec 2017 11:29 AM

Jadhav's mother and wife did not respond to any of the posers by Pak media and in the footage it was seen that they turned away from the media and went inside. (Photo: Screengrab)

'Qaatil beta', 'khooni pati', Jadhav's mother, wife sledged by Pak media

Jadhav's mother and wife faced the verbal assault as they were forced to wait for their car after emerging from the Pak foreign office.

27 Dec 2017 10:40 AM

Calling Pakistan an 'envious and vengeful' country, he ruled out the possibility of other countries joining the conflict in the event of an Indo-Pak war. (Photo: PTI)

Homework to tear Pak into 4 pieces should begin right now: Swamy

Swamy reacted to the treatment meted out to Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother and wife by Pak, saying it was akin to 'Draupadi's vastraharan.'

27 Dec 2017 8:07 AM

A statement released by the foreign ministry said that if India was serious about the allegations, it could have raised it on the spot with the media, which was available at a safe distance. (Photo: AP)

No coercion; shoes of Jadhav's wife had 'something' in it: Pak

The foreign office spokesperson said that Jadhav's mother thanked Pak for the gesture and 'nothing more needs to be said on the issue.'

27 Dec 2017 7:44 AM

Kulbhushan Jadhav meets his wife and mother at the foreign ministry in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Pak media slams India for firing day after Jadhav meet

‘India returns Jadhav gesture by martyring 3 soldiers’.

27 Dec 2017 2:08 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Superpower-to-be that is forever ‘emerging’

The UN’s criticism of Kazakhstan’s curbs on most freedoms didn’t discomfit Mr Modi.

27 Dec 2017 1:45 AM

Jadhav's mother was not allowed to speak to her son in their mother tongue, despite this being the most natural mode of communication.(Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Jadhav ‘meeting’ with family was a mockery

The Pakistan government released a video that showed Mr Jadhav thanking Pakistan for its kindness.

27 Dec 2017 1:33 AM

Angry India slams Pakistan for harassing Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family

Remarks tutored, appearance raised doubts on health: India

27 Dec 2017 12:38 AM

Dalbir Kaur, Sarabjit's sister, also went to Pakistan in 2011 to meet her brother who was sentenced to death over terrorism charges. (Photo: ANI)

Kulbhushan's meeting with mother, wife cruel joke: Sarabjit's sister

Sarabjit's sister also said Pak is a black spot in the name of humanity and allowing Jadhav to meet his family was a well planned drama.

26 Dec 2017 8:08 PM

Pak made Jadhav kin remove bangles, mangal sutra before meeting him: MEA

According to MEA statement, Pakistan 'conducted the meeting in a manner which violated the letter and spirit of our understandings'.

26 Dec 2017 4:19 PM

A Pak Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that the glass partition was there for 'security reasons' and Jadhav and his family had been intimated about the same, prior to the meeting. (Photo: AP)

Kulbhushan's mother, wife meet Sushma Swaraj on return from Pak

Jadhav's mother and wife were allowed to see him across a glass barrier and talk to him on intercom after months of petitioning on Monday.

26 Dec 2017 2:24 PM

Congress leader Manish Tewari (Photo: File)

Does govt have determination to bring Jadhav back to India?

Jadhav on Monday met his wife and mother at the heavily guarded foreign affairs ministry building in Islamabad.

26 Dec 2017 1:46 AM

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