Pranab Mukherjee

‘There is an old road linking India and Myanmar through Chittagong, why cannot it be restored?’

Pranab: India wants to improve connectivity with South Asian countries Kolkata: India is looking at improving connectivity with South Asian countries and has called on Bangladesh to open its old road and river routes to...

Amar Singh meets Pranab Mukherjee on Indo-US Nuke deal

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Monday night held talks with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the Indo-US nuclear deal in the wake of the standoff between the UPA government and Left parties that began a...

Calendar of events in Asia for July 2008

29-30/6 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits China. 30/6-3/7 - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej visits China. 1-2 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Tokyo. 2 - Third Ministerial-Level Meeting of Four-Party...

A perspective on India & China-India ties

China takes a positive view on India’s rise and considers the development of either side as a contribution to peace, stability and prosperity in Asia and the world, rather than as a threat. — Photo: AFP convergence: Manmohan...

Somen apprises Mukherjee of his meeting with Mamata

KOLKATA: Close on the heels of his meeting with Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee to float an anti-CPI(M) front in West Bengal, former PCC president Somen Mitra today met External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee here...