Sushma Swaraj to visit Bahrain
New Delhi, July 12 : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Bahrain on July 14-15 to co-chair the second High Joint Commission (HJC) meeting with Bahraini Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, it was announced on Thursday.
According to a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry, the meeting will cover a range of issues including, political, economic, security and cultural ties.
The first meeting of the HJC was held in New Delhi in February, 2015.
Sushma Swaraj will also meet with the Bahraini leadership to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.
According to External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, Sushma Swaraj will also meet members of the expatriate Indian community in that Gulf nation and inaugurate the new chancery-cum-residential complex of the Indian Embassy in Manama.
There are around 350,000 Indian nationals, the largest expatriate community in Bahrain, and more than 3,000 Indian-owned or joint venture companies.
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SC should take suo motu cognisance of Tirupati laddu adulteration allegations: VHP
Tirupati (AP)(PTI): The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday appealed to the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of Tirupati laddu adulteration allegations and launch a probe to identify the culprits.
The Kendriya Margdarshak Mandal of VHP met at Tirupati and took this decision. It was attended by VHP’s international secretary Bajrang Bagra and other pontiffs.
VHP's decision comes in the wake of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu recently claiming that the previous YSRCP government did not even spare Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple and used substandard ingredients and animal fats for making the popular Tirupati laddus, known for their unique taste.
"Supreme Court should take suo motu cognisance of this matter and investigate it in a definite time period to identify the culprits of this unforgivable crime and punish them stringently," said VHP in a release.
Further, it noted there is no room for negligence and delay in this matter as such a scenario could result in nation-wide agitations by Hindu community members, who are already impatient over this issue.
According to the VHP, allegations and counter allegations of the ruling NDA and opposition YSRCP in the southern state over the past 4-5 days on Tirupati laddus have caused immense consternation in the Hindu community.
It noted that these developments have hurt the sentiments of crores of Sri Balaji (Sri Venkateswara Swamy) devotees across the globe, observing that laddu prasadam (consecrated food) is considered and consumed as a divine blessing with utmost faith.
VHP said the allegations of laddu adulteration have 'horribly' insulted Lord Venkateswara Swamy devotees.
