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October 15, 2009 6:31 PM

Situation not conducive for re-starting Indo-Pak dialogue: Farooq Abdullah

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah said today that the present situation is not conducive for re-starting Indo-Pak dialogue. Talking to reporters at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, there has been an attack on Indian mission in Afghanistan after the Mumbai terror attack last year and the armed mili...

October 15, 2009 6:31 PM

India to verify reports of China building dam on Brahmaputra

New Delhi today said it is verifying whether China is building a large dam on Brahmaputra, which may divert the river water and affect the socio-economic life in India. The External Affairs Ministry said India has earlier<br/><br/>conveyed its reservations to building of such a d...

October 15, 2009 6:24 PM

Partnership with India real key to global order and prosperity: Burns

The United States has said that its partnership with India is one of the real keys to global order and prosperity in the 21st century . Speaking briefly to reporters after his talks with the External Affairs Minister Mr S. M Krishna , in the New Delhi today the US Under Secretary of State for Politi...

October 15, 2009 5:09 PM

Indo-US Council to be set up for cooperation in Education

The Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal today said a number of American institutes are keen on investing in India and a joint Indo-US council will be set up to take forward bilateral cooperation in education. Ahead of his visit to the United States next week, Mr. Sibal held a meeti...

October 15, 2009 4:57 PM

India and Russia to extend military and technical cooperation

India and Russia will sign an agreement to extend military and technical cooperation till 2020. The agreement will be signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Moscow in December. A broad protocol in this regard was agreed to during Defence Minister A K Antony's three-day visi...

October 15, 2009 2:25 PM

Economic success will defeat terrorism: Rajpaksa

The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajpaksa has assured that speedy resettlement of the war Displaced Persons is the highest priority of the government.<br/><br/>In his Keynote Address at the inauguration of the 8th Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting, in Colombo t...

October 15, 2009 1:38 PM

Private-Public partnership Conference begins in Colombo

Representatives of more than 40 American companies, as well as about 30 companies from India and other parts of Asia held a meeting in Colombo with Sri Lankan and U.S. government officials to launch a 'Public-Private Partnership' to explore business opportunities in Sri Lanka. The conference coincid...

October 15, 2009 12:57 PM

US begins squeezing funding & flow of money to Af-Pak region

The US has begun to squeeze the funding and flow of money to terrorist organisations in the Af-Pak region including the Taliban, al Qaeda, the Haqqani network and Laskhar-e-Taiba, and keeping a tab on hawala transactions. <br/> The U.S.Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohe...

October 15, 2009 12:57 PM

Private-Public partnership Conference geins in Colombo

Representatives of more than 40 American companies, as well as about 30 companies from India and other parts of Asia held a meeting in Colombo with Sri Lankan and U.S. government officials to launch a 'Public-Private Partnership' to explore business opportunities in Sri Lanka. The conference coincid...

October 15, 2009 12:48 PM

Barack Obama celebrates Diwali by lighting traditional lamp at White House

Barack Obama celebrated Diwali by lighting the ceremonial lamp at the White House amidst<br/>chanting of Vedic mantras seeking world peace. He became the first US President to personally grace the occasion. <br/> This is for the first time that a US President attended and celebra...

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