As Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here Sunday on her maiden visit, India said her trip offered a ‘historic opportunity’ to build ‘a new and forward-looking relationship’ and hoped that its security concerns would be addressed.
Signalling a new spring in their bilateral ties, India and Bangladesh will ink five agreements, including three [...]
Expressing its resolve to strengthen its ‘traditional and historical close links’ with Dhaka, New Delhi Sunday hoped that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit would prove to be path breaking in strengthening bilateral ties.
New Delhi also looked forward to conferring the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on Hasina and [...]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrived here Monday for the annual bilateral summit with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh that will focus on expanding economic and strategic ties between the two countries.
Hatoyama flew in here from Mumbai where he met the victims of 26/11 terror attacks and interacted with top [...]
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Winds of change are steadily sweeping through the home ministry ever since P. Chidambaram took over last December. First he introduced the biometric attendance system in North Block to ensure punctuality. Then he began revamping the Intelligence Bureau by setting up the Multi-Agency Centre to analyse intelligence inputs on a [...]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The government Wednesday assured the Organising Committee (OC) of the 2010 Commonwealth Games of smooth passage for the Queen’s Baton Relay that is currently in Africa.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao made the assurance during a visit to the Games headquarters here during which she met OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, an OC [...]
Copenhagen (Denmark), Dec.19 (ANI): Talks between the Prime Ministers of India and China – Dr. Manmohan Singh and Wen Jiabao on Friday at the Radisson Blu Hotel here focused on the joint stand taken by the two countries on climate change-linked issues and how to take strategic [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) The leaders of India and China reiterated Friday that outstanding issues between them would be solved through dialogue and meanwhile ‘peace and tranquility’ would be maintained along their disputed border.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, meeting over breakfast on the sidelines of the Copenhagen climate summit, reiterated that [...]
Copenhagen (Denmark), Dec.18 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohaningh, arrived here on Thursday night at 8.36 p.m. (local time). He was received at the Copenhagen International Airport by India’s Ambassador to Denmark, Mr. Yogesh Gupta and officials of the Danish foreign ministry.
The Prime Minister is being accompanied by senior officials, including Foreign Secretary Nirupama [...]
Copenhagen, Dec.18 (ANI): China respects India on the basis of equality and the China-US joint statement on South Asia did not target India, said Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao after a meeting of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the [...]
(On special aircraft with Prime Minister to Copenhagen), Dec.17 (ANI): Ahead of the meeting of the all Heads of States, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan is likely to hold a meet with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao in Copenhagen.
Indian and Chinese leadership is likely to discuss [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has finally left for Copenhagen on a two-day visit from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport for the Heads of States meet on climate change, after a delay of about three hours.
Dr. Singh, along with his [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s special flight to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he is scheduled to attend the Heads of States meeting on climate change has been delayed due a technical snag.
Dr. Singh, along with his team of delegates, [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s special flight to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he is scheduled to attend the Heads of States meeting on climate change, has been delayed by at least two hours due a technical snag.
Dr.Singh’s flight was [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) India should push for a ‘fairer and juster’ global climate deal, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said Thursday while stressing that the country should accept some mandatory obligations although it is a minor polluter.
‘India needs to push for a fairer and juster deal on climate change,’ Sen said at a conclave [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday said the government has sought a preliminary report from the Indian consulate in Chicago on the alleged disappearance of visa papers given to Mumbai terror conspirators David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana.
‘We have asked for a preliminary report from the consulate general in Chicago [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will leave for a two-day visit to Copenhagen today to attend the Heads of States meeting on climate change where he is expected to push for a balanced and equitable outcome.
Dr. Singh is expected to make an intervention at the plenary [...]
(On special aircraft with Prime Minister to Copenhagen), Dec.17 (ANI): Ahead of the meeting of the all Heads of States, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan is likely to hold a meet with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao in Copenhagen.
Indian and Chinese leadership is likely to discuss [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Negotiations over a crucial reprocessing pact, a prerequisite for nuclear trade to start between India and the US, may take longer than expected with Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao Wednesday saying the two countries are ‘well within the timeline’ to conclude it before July 2010.
‘It will certainly be done within [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Indian government Wednesday said it has sought a report from its Chicago consulate on the alleged disappearance of papers related to visas given to Mumbai terror conspirators, David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana, and said it will seek access to the duo at some stage.
The government, however, declined to [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) India Wednesday said that the commitments by developed countries for assistance to developing countries in adopting green technology and mitigating climate change have been ‘disappointing’.
‘The numbers put on the table so far are disappointing,’ Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told reporters here.
She said the core issue was how to protect sustainable [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) India has sought a report from its Chicago consulate on the alleged disappearance of papers related to visas given to David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana, accused by US authorities of being part of the 26/11 conspiracy, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said Wednesday.
‘I have sought a factual report from our [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Against the backdrop of deepening rifts between developed and developing countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Copenhagen Thursday to renew India’s pitch for ‘a balanced, equitable and ambitious outcome’ at the UN climate summit.
Manmohan Singh will be among a handful of visiting leaders who will Friday speak at the [...]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Moscow, Russian ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin Monday said the final price for the refurbishment of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov has been finalised.
‘Talks were successful. Talks have concluded,’ the Russian envoy said when asked about the final price at which Russia has [...]
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) On a wintry day in Moscow, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a reason to exchange warm smiles that signalled a new warmth in bilateral ties that went through a period of cold shouldering when both countries ended their Cold War alliance to diversify their strategic [...]
Onboard Air India One, Dec.8 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the rise of China and the complexities surrounding ties with Beijing.
While interacting with reporters on the Prime Minister’s Special Aircraft, Foreign [...]
Onboard Air India One, Dec.8 (ANI): India sensitized Russia about its fears on the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.
Briefing reporters onboard the Prime Minister’s special aircraft, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said: “We have on many occasions spoken and expressed our hope and expectation that Pakistan will continue [...]
Onboard Air India One, Dec.8 (ANI): Commenting on the latest investigation report provided by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on US-based terror suspects David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, India has described them as “incriminating evidences” that prove Headley’s involvement in [...]
Onboard Air India One, Dec.8 (ANI): Giving a call to tackle the situation in Pakistan effectively, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Tuesday said that India and Russia have shown unanimity in seeing no difference between ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’ Taliban.
“Russia and India are on the same side, when it [...]
Onboard Air India One, Dec 8 (IANS) The interrogation of suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley, who is in US custody, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed ‘incriminating’ leads about involvement of Pakistan-based conspirators in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said Tuesday.
Rao, who accompanied Prime Minister [...]
Onboard Air India One, Dec 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day official visit to Russia was ‘extremely successful, productive’ and reinforced a ‘rock solid’ strategic partnership between the two countries, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said Tuesday.
‘The three-day trip has been extremely successful and very, very productive by any definition,’ Rao told reporters onboard [...]
