May 15th, 2008 - 7:31 pm ICT by admin
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Moscow, May 15 (IANS) Advocating zero tolerance to terrorism, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has called for adoption of a new comprehensive United Nations pact on terror. Mukherjee, speaking at the Russia-India-China ministerial meet in Yekaterinburg, sought to push forward the stalled draft of the India-backed UN Comprehensive Convention on ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) India Thursday underlined its close ties with China and offered assistance worth $5 million to help victims of a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province, killing over 15,000 people. "Keeping in view India's close and good neighbourly ties with China, the government of India has ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by admin
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Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 15 (ANI): Raising concerns over the illicit drugs trade going on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the Russia-India-China troika in the joint communique has called for the creation of a security belt around Afghanistan to halt the spread of heroin.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Ahead of talks between India and Pakistan next week, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has struck an upbeat note saying both sides should "seize the opportunity to clinch all issues" and abolish the restrictive visa regime. Underlining cross-party consensus on building better bilateral ties, ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 15 (ANI): Talking tough on the issue of terrorism, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today told his Russian and Chinese counterparts here that there can be no justification for any terrorist acts, and added that there should be zero tolerance towards this ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yekaterinburg (Russia), May 15 (ANI): Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee reached the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Wednesday to attend a trilateral meeting of Foreign Ministers of India, Russia and China (RIC).
Mukherjee, who arrived here from United Arab Emirates, will first attend a trilateral ministerial meeting ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:32 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) India Wednesday renewed its offer of assistance to China, where over 15,000 people were reportedly killed Monday in Sichuan province after a massive earthquake. A devastating quake measuring 7.8 on the richter scale hit the southwestern chinese province Monday, damaging houses, roads and infrastructure that ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:23 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Stunned by the serial blasts in Jaipur that Tuesday killed at least 63 people and injured more than 200, India asserted Wednesday that "cross-border terrorism" was back on the agenda for talks with Pakistan. "Stopping cross-border terror is very high on our priority," said foreign ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by admin
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Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje Wednesday said the terror attacks that killed 63 people and injured over 200 would affect the tourism industry in the desert state. "The impact will be there. But we will be ensuring and taking all measures to minimise the impact," she ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yeketenberg, May 14 (ANI): The synchronized terror strikes which rocked pink city Jaipur, killing more than 70 people, will be discussed in the talks between the Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg.
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May 14th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi , May 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjees security was tightened today after Central security agencies learnt that militant groups were planning to carry out an attempt on his life.
Intelligence sources said that certain Pakistan and Bangladesh based militant outfits like Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Jaish-e- ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) US Ambassador to India David Mulford met Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon Wednesday morning and offered all assistance in investigations into the serial blasts that rocked the Rajasthan capital Jaipur the day before. According to a US embassy official, the half-hour meeting that began at ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) India will raise with Pakistan the issue of cross-border terrorism and the dramatic increase in infiltration across the Line of Control when the two sides hold talks in Islamabad next week, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here Wednesday. Unlike the July 11, 2006 Mumbai blasts, ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The synchronized bomb blasts Tuesday in Jaipur, preceded by an attack at the Samba garrison in Jammu and Kashmir two days earlier, has brought back "terrorism" to the centrestage of India-Pakistan talks scheduled for next week. "There is no doubt that terrorism will ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 14 (ANI): The issue of global food security is likely to dominate the agenda of the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg later this week.
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:34 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 13 (IANS) The projects being designed by various Dubai-based companies as part of their investment plans in India are tailor-made for Indian requirements, according to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The minister said this after going through a presentation on 'Dubai's growth and plans for the future and ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:26 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 13 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has called upon investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in India's infrastructure sector. "India invites companies of the UAE to play a major role in the development of its infrastructure," Mukherjee said in a speech on ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:23 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Dubai, May 13 (ANI): Dubai's Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammad al Gargavi on Tuesday said that Dubais flagship companies are all set to invest in Indian infrastructure in a big way.
Big players of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) like the Emaar, Dubai ports, Limitless, Jafsa will be ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 13 (IANS) India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to institutionalize the India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) dialogue process with regular meetings. The two sides agreed to institutionalize the dialogue process, which as of now is held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 13 (ANI): The issue of global food security is likely to dominate the agenda of the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg later this week.
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May 13th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, Tuesday called on President Pratibha Patil and discussed reforms in madrassa education in India. The Aga Khan, who is on a week-long trip to India, met the president for about half-an-hour.
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May 13th, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by admin
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Jammu, May 13 (IANS) Anti-Pakistan protests have returned to the streets of Jammu city after the terror attack near here Sunday, in which six people were killed. Activists of Hindustan Shiv Sena, a group claiming to represent the interests of the Hindu community in Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by admin
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Somerset West (South Africa), May 13 (IANS) India, Brazil and South Africa have expressed concern at the escalating violence in resource-rich Darfur in Sudan and asked all parties to work for peace, security and stability in the region. Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee met his counterparts, Celso ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by admin
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Agartala, May 13 (IANS) The central government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the recommendation by a reforms panel to abolish the Ministry for Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER). The second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), headed by former Karnataka chief minister and Congress leader ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 13 (ANI): Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that energy security and infrastructure are the main foundations on which the relations between India and UAE will forward.
Addressing a gathering at Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), Abu Dhabi on 'India's foreign ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 2:49 am ICT by admin
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By Fakir Hassen
Somerset West (South Africa), May 13 (IANS) The first IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) naval exercise that brought ships from the three countries together off the coast here was not any kind of precursor to a treaty, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Monday. "This type of joint ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 2:42 am ICT by admin
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Somerset West (South Africa), May 13 (IANS) There can be no meaningful reform of global democracy if the UN and the Security Council is not reformed, the foreign ministers of India, Brazil and South Africa said here at the end of the Fifth Meeting of the Trilateral Commission ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:14 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Foreign ministers of India, Brazil, Russia and China will hold their first meeting in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg Friday in an effort to enhance cooperation on global and economic issues among the four rapidly growing economies. The meeting will be the first stand-alone meeting ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:11 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Myanmar Monday told India that it was ready to accept international aid for cyclone victims after External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee requested his counterpart U Nyan Win to open the doors for global aid that was earlier viewed with suspicion by the junta. Mukherjee, who ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:48 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India is closely watching political developments in Pakistan after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party pulled out of the ruling coalition, triggering uncertainty in the neighbouring country. India is concerned that prolonged uncertainty and unstable government in Pakistan could slow down the peace process between ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:06 am ICT by admin
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Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) Infiltration of militants from across the border was a cause of concern, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday told Britain's High Commissioner to India, Sir Richard Stagg. "Infiltration of militants from across the border, especially during the past two months, was a serious ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:01 am ICT by admin
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Abu Dhabi, May 12 (IANS) Energy security and development of infrastructure are the foundations of India's new terms of engagement with the Gulf region, according to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Stating that India needed to maintain high economic growth rates every year for the coming 15-20 years, ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 12 (ANI): Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived here on Monday on a three-day visit to take bilateral interactions between India and the UAE forward.
Mukherjee, who arrived here from South Africa, was received by India's Ambassador to the UAE, Talmiz Ahmed, Consul-General in Dubai Venu ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India Monday requested Myanmar to accept international aid and reiterated its continuing assistance to the cyclone-hit country in the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts. The military-ruled country, in turn, expressed readiness to accept international relief and medical supplies. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by admin
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Ranchi, May 12 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha, was taken into custody on Monday after he led a demonstration of party workers outside the residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda here under an agitation programme to protest alleged non-governance in ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 12 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Dubai today as part of the ongoing high-level interactions between India and the UAE.
Mukherjee, who arrived from South Africa, was received by the Indian Ambassador to the UAE Talmiz Ahmed, Consul-General in Dubai Venu Rajamony and other officials.
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May 11th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The May 21 meeting between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers in Islamabad was to help push forward the peace process between the two neighbours but reports of the "plight" of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails may now cast a shadow over it. External Affairs ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 5:32 pm ICT by admin
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Cape Town, May 11 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has reached Cape Town to participate in the fifth meeting of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Ministerial Trilateral Commission, which is beginning today.
South Africa's Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Brazil's Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim will ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 11:53 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to propose new confidence-building measures (CBMs) to Pakistan during his forthcoming visit to Islamabad on May 21.
Mukherjee is to hold a review meeting with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the fourth round of composite dialogue ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi/Washington, May 10 (IANS) With the Left parties refusing to relent in their opposition to the India-US civil nuclear deal, the Manmohan Singh government has conveyed to Washington its "difficulties" but indicated that efforts were still under way to forge political consensus on the deal. External Affairs Minister Pranab ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by admin
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