Pranab Mukherjee

India to boost oil, defence ties with Ecuador

ONGC Videsh team to leave for Ecuador soon for negotiations of contracts Ecuador signs contract to buy Dhruv Bright prospects for defence exports — Photo: PTI/Atul Yadav PUSH FOR TIES: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee...

EGoM meet on Nov 20 to decide RIL-RNRL gas pricing dispute

Even as the Bombay High Court has adjourned the hearing on the dispute between RIL and RNRL over the KG D6 gas pricing, the empowered group of ministers headed by the external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee has convened its...

External affairs minister to visit Nepal

Marking fourth high-level contact with the three-month-old government of Nepal, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will travel to Kathmandu on 24th November to push the engagement between the two countries.

Sri Lanka: Students of JNU voice for Tamil Eelam

The Democratic Students' Union (DSU), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in a statement on Sunday demanded unconditional declaration of ceasefire from the Sri Lanka government and a stop to the genocide of Tamils. Based on...

India, Germany FMs to discuss global financial crisis

NEW DELHI, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will come to New Delhi for a three-day visit starting Wednesday, to discuss the role of emerging economies in the wake of the global financial...

After Kalam, Nepal awaits Pranab visit

Kathmandu, Nov 17 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is arriving in Nepal on a three-day visit next Monday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said. 'The visit is part of ongoing high-level bilateral...

India, Ecuador sign MoU on agricultural Cooperation

India's News.Net Monday 17th November, 2008 (ANI) New Delhi, Nov 17 : India and Ecuador signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Agricultural Research and Education and Cultural Exchange Programme for 2009-11 here today....

Pranab heads to Nepal Nov 24

With the democratic process still evolving in Nepal, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee heads to Kathmandu Nov 24 on a three-day visit that will seek to firm up bilateral ties under a new Maoist dispensation in that...

Such filthy delay

Sanitation is the cornerstone of public health and a tool for social inclusion of marginalised classes. Only 23.7 per cent of Dalit households and 17 per cent of tribal households have access to toilet facilities, writes Kumkum...

Bias against women worries Prez

By Our Special Correspondent New Delhi Nov. 16: Concerned over discrimination against women in sections of society, President Pratibha Patil said political and social institutions should work together to help them realise their...