The US welcomes India’s greater involvement in East Asia and is committed to working with New Delhi as it increases ties with US allies in Southeast Asia and Japan, a senior US official has said. “Ultimately, we think that India’s role in the Asian-Pacific region stands to be one of the most important new developments [...]
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US welcomes emerging India’s role in Asia Pacific
February 3rd, 2011 |
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Afghanistan president to visit India
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is leaving for a two-day visit to India where he is to meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other senior officials, his spokesman said Wednesday. “President Karzai’s visit is aimed to discuss regional economic capacity development with the Indian authorities,” Seyamak Herawi said. “He will also meet with the [...]
Question of PMK-DMK alliance doesn’t arise now: Karunanidhi
February 2nd, 2011 |
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DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi Tuesday said the question of PMK being part of a DMK-led alliance to fight the ensuing assembly elections does not arise now. Karunanidhi’s remark came on his return from New Delhi. Asked if PMK would be a part of the DMK alliance, Karunanidhi told reporters that the [...]
India, US plan several high-level visits ahead of April dialogue
February 2nd, 2011 |
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India and the US plan to exchange a series of high level visits ahead of the April round of their strategic dialogue in New Delhi to keep up the momentum built during President Barack Obama’s India visit. The dialogue headed by Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]
US justifies radio tags, says visa frauds serious
February 1st, 2011 |
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The United States has justified the use of radio ankle monitors on some students of a sham university in California, 95 percent of them from India, saying it takes charges of visa fraud “very seriously”. “We take these allegations of immigration and visa fraud very seriously,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters Monday when [...]
Cash controversy: Karmapa quizzed, misses prayer meeting
January 29th, 2011 |
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Tibetan religious leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has been questioned by the Himachal Pradesh police and other central government agencies over the recovery of currency worth nearly Rs.7 crore from the monastery. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Saturday he will take up the issue with the prime minister. The Karmapa, police sources said, was [...]
Menon meets Clinton to prepare for strategic dialogue
January 28th, 2011 |
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National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon is here to review implementation of initiatives launched during President Barack Obama’s visit to India and prepare the ground for the India-US Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi in April. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who would lead a high level US team to the dialogue co-chaired by Indian External Affairs [...]
BJP to go ahead with yatra, Nitish expresses disapproval
January 25th, 2011 |
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In a day of high drama, three top BJP leaders were prevented from leaving Jammu airport and later arrested to thwart the party’s controversial flag-hoisting in Srinagar on Jan 26. Even as the BJP dug in its heels, its top ally, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed open disapproval of the move. The stand-off between [...]
US lifts 12-year export controls on Indian space, defence cos.
January 25th, 2011 |
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The United States Monday lifted a 12-year-old export control ban on nine Indian space and defence-related companies, removing them from the so-called Entity List in a move expected to drive hi-tech trade and forge closer strategic ties with India. The companies removed from the export control list for sensitive items – mandatingput export-licence requirements on [...]
Four good films and profits – Bollywood gets 2011 kickstart
January 24th, 2011 |
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After a dull 2010, Bollywood has started 2011 on a high note. Four much anticipated films – “No One Killed Jessica”, “Yamla Pagla Deewana”, “Turning 30″ and “Dhobi Ghat” – have opened to good reviews and profits at the box office. “No One Killed Jessica”, the year’s first release Jan 7 that stars Rani Mukerji [...]
No dialogue till Pakistan stops terrorism: Gadkari
January 22nd, 2011 |
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Saturday said his party favoured resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue, but only after Islamabad dismantled all terrorist training camps in its territory and stopped cross-border terrorism from its soil. Speaking to Indian journalists in Beijing, Gadkari said Pakistan has failed to take action against the perpetrators of the [...]
55 Indian sports trainers arrive in Cuba
January 20th, 2011 |
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Fifty-five sports trainers from India have arrived in Cuba, signalling a fresh chapter in sports cooperation between the two countries. “Two groups of Indian trainers, one for high-performance sports and the other for community sports, will be here for the next six weeks to receive training and suggestions on how to transform India into a [...]
Sonia calls on PM, cabinet reshuffle likely
January 18th, 2011 |
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid speculation about an imminent reshuffle of the union council of ministers. Gandhi, the chief of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), met Manmohan Singh at his 7 Race Course Road residence in New Delhi for nearly two hours, party sources disclosed. She was accompanied [...]
Obama’s ‘embrace’ of India led to leap in economic ties : US
January 15th, 2011 |
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Describing US President Barack Obama’s November trip to India as a full “embrace” of India as a great power and partner, US officials say the trip resulted in a great leap in their economic ties. It “…was an extraordinary trip, to India, where we fully embraced India’s rise as a great power and a great [...]
Samjhauta blasts probe moving at snail’s pace: Pakistan
January 14th, 2011 |
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Pakistan has accused India of moving at “snail’s pace” in probing the 2007 Samjhauta Express train bombing, and said it hoped New Delhi will share details of the investigaton with Islamabad “at the earliest”. “We hope India will share details of their investigations with Pakistan at the earliest, as was conveyed to them formally two [...]
Gadkari slams UPA over corruption, says NDA will rule in 2014
January 8th, 2011 |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) began its two-day national executive here Saturday with party chief Nitin Gadkari launching a blistering attack on the UPA government on charges of rampant corruption, and pledged to work even harder to capture power in New Delhi in the 2014 general elections. “Congress under the UPA-II presides over an empire [...]
Bengal firing: Village tense, Mamata meets locals
January 8th, 2011 |
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Police raids were on in Netai village near this Maoist hub in West Bengal Saturday a day after seven people were shot dead and 12 wounded allegedly by Marxist-backed assailants. Groups of villagers were seen huddled together, mourning the deaths, while anxiety was writ large on the faces of those whose family members lay critically [...]
NRIs on electoral rolls soon, single card for diaspora: PM
January 8th, 2011 |
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India will merge the two visa facilitation cards that are issued to people of Indian origin and soon register non-resident Indians in the electoral rolls to help them exercise their franchise, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. “We recently reviewed the Overseas Citizenship of India Card and Person of Indian Origin Card. We have decided [...]
Massive security in Andhra ahead of Srikrishna report
January 6th, 2011 |
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Massive security arrangements have been made in Andhra Pradesh Thursday in view of the Srikrishna committee’s report on the Telangana issue that will be made public by the central government in the evening after an all-party meet in New Delhi. Police and central paramilitary forces were deployed in Hyderabad and nine other districts of Telangana [...]
Delhi people don’t stop to watch film shooting: Vidya Balan
January 4th, 2011 |
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Vidya Balan has discovered a new side to Delhi. During her extensive shoot in the capital for “No One Killed Jessica”, the Bollywood star walked through crowded streets and markets, even in old Delhi, and was quite surprised to find that people did not stop to watch the shooting. Delhiwallahs are as busy as Mumbaikars, [...]