- Ministry of External Affairs asks diplomats to ensure welfare of domestic helps taken abroad
The circular was issued after the latest incident of a domestic staff complaining of assault by the wife of India's High Commissioner to Ne...
MEA mulls stricter vigilance of erring officers posted in Indian diplomatic missions abroadThe MEA is particularly active on complaints or allegations received from the members of Indian community and expats in any particular coun...
Devyani Khobragade episode impact: Junior diplomats in US can’t hire maids from IndiaKhobragade, former Indian deputy consul in the US, was arrested and strip-searched in the US last December on allegations of visa fraud
Devyani case: Why Indian-American sympathy appears to lie with narrative of the housekeeperThere are very few people of Indian-origin who have had a good experience dealing with Indian embassies and missions anywhere in the world.
US 'colluded' with domestic help to frame Devyani KhobragadeIndia continues to insist that the diplomat's domestic help, Sangeeta Richard, had conspired to exploit US immigration laws and that this w...
Government weighs ending Indian maid services to diplomats in US, Western EuropeGovt is mulling an option to discontinue the system of domestic helps for officials as a last ditch measure to avoid Devyani Khobragade-typ...
Several maids have fled homes of Indian diplomats in USSources said the number of such maids from the Indian Embassy in Washington could be at least a dozen in the past decade.
Spats over maids’ wages in US not newIndian deputy consul general Devyani Khobragade's New York arrest story has taken on more dimensions beyond mere wage dispute.