Manmohan-Gilani meet, decide to intensify dialogue
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani met here on Tuesday and said the two countries had charted the right path to resolve their issues and decided to i
Barack Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help
Trying to muscle North Korea toward peace over provocation, President Barack Obama is broadening his squeeze play from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influe
Seoul asks India for N-plant sites
Clearly undeterred by the widespread public prote-sts in India against the Koodankulam and Jaita-pur projects, South Korea on Sunday expressed interest in building nucl-ear reactors for India.
Uncertainty over PM-Gilani meet
An air of uncertainty hung around a possible meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart, Yousaf Raza Gilani, both of whom are here to participate in the Second Nuclear
Delhi, Seoul to boost defence ties
It’s a bilateral engagement that appears to be going from strength to strength.
Guns, gates and guards do not make N-plants secure: India
India is expected to stress that guns, gates and guards do not make nuclear plants secure at the Nuclear Security Summit which began here as 58 world leaders on Monday began discussing measures to sec
PM to Rajapakse: We ensured UN ‘balance’
In a bid to perhaps assuage any hurt or anger that Sri Lanka might feel following India’s vote against it at the UN Human Rights Council, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to President Mahinda Rajapakse hoping ties between the two nations will “continue to grow from strength”. Dr Singh has also affirmed to the Sri Lankan leader that New Delhi had introduced “an element of balance in the language of the resolution”.
PM to Lanka: Keen to maintain ties
The Prime Minister in his letter to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse wrote: “Our two governments have, over the last three years, engaged intensively in the immediate tasks of relief and rehabilitation for those displaced by the conflict, as well as the more long-term effort of reconstruction of national infrastructure.
India voices concern on Pak N-plan
As India and Pakistan work to bridge the “trust deficit” that exists between them, India has once again voiced concern about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear programme and materials. The concern has been expressed as the Prime Ministers of the two nations prepare to participate in the second Nuclear Security Summit which kicks off in the south Korean capital on Monday.
India worried about Pakistan’s nuclear programme, terrorism
India on Saturday questioned the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear material and raised concerns about nuclear terrorism ahead of the second Nuclear Security Summit that will start in the South Korean capit