Pranab Mukherjee

India now top import source for Bangladesh

Dhaka, Nov 10 (IANS) India has regained the top position as Bangladesh's importing source, beating China, having exported rice worth $874 million last year. Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee flew in to...

Obama's victory symbolises end of racial conflict: Gordimer

Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) US president-elect Barack Obama's victory would symbolically represent an advancement in recognising the human tribe as one, Nadine Gordimer, Nobel prize-winning South African writer and political...

RIL told to supply LNG to Dabhol power project

The government has asked Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to supply natural gas from its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields to the beleaguered Dabhol power plant in Maharashtra as importing LNG is costing the

Russia sees hope of missile progress with Obama

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes for constructive talks with the next U.S. administration on Washington's planned missile defence system in Europe, Russian media quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Sunday.

Coming to terms with Barack Obama

When the world community feels relieved that the U.S. neo-conservative dogma has become a relic, why are Indian thinkers sulking and panicking? Mr. Obama’s historic pole-vault over the great American racial divide caught public...

3G on fast track: Ministries work out compromise formula

New Delhi, Nov. 9 With just two months left for 3G auction, the Ministry of Communication and the Defence Ministry are putting together a plan of action for getting the spectrum vacated by the armed forces in a phased manner.

Taiwan Oppn wants talks with ruling party on China!

Taiwan`s main pro-independence opposition said on Sunday it has called for dialogue with the ruling party following a landmark visit by a top Chinese envoy that sparked mass protests in the capital Taipei.

India would take cautious approach towards Obama: Pranab!

Kolkata, Nov 09: India is going to take a cautious approach towards the US President-elect Barack Obama, as was obvious from the reaction of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Kolkata today. Mukherjee made it clear...

Obama leaves India call waiting

THE failure by Barack Obama to include Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his initial rounds of calls to at least 15 world leaders after his election was causing raised eyebrows in New Delhi last...

Efforts on to get spectrum vacated by defence forces

NEW DELHI: The shortage of spectrum in some telecom circles, including Delhi and Mumbai, might hit the smooth rollout of 3G (third generation) mobile services there and even make advanced mobile services costlier. However,...