Kathmandu, Sep 13 (IANS) Though Nepal’s first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” Saturday described his upcoming trip to India as a “goodwill” visit, yet he said he would be going to New Delhi with a draft that Nepal would like to replace the existing - and controversial - 1950 India-Nepal treaty of peace and friendship. (more…)
Moscow, Sep 13 (RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the US should improve relations with Russia marred by the Russian-Georgian conflict over South Ossetia last month. (more…)
Kathmandu, Sep 13 (IANS) When Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda begins his first official visit to India Sunday, it will be a homecoming of sorts, full of the memories of the days he spent incognito in this country off and on during the decade-long “People’s War” he led from the front. (more…)
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Prachanda’s maiden visit to India, starting Sunday, will provide “broad political direction to forge a 21st century relationship” and set at rest speculation about Nepal’s pro-China tilt, says Kathmandu’s India envoy Durgesh Man Singh.
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New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Brushing aside reports suggesting that the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will not have “full civil nuclear cooperation” with India, South Block has stressed it will go by official documents rather than by contents of “so-called secret pacts”. (more…)
Abhayapuri (Assam), Sep 13 (IANS) For just Rs.400, organised criminal networks smuggle Bangladeshi citizens to India despite the barbed wire fence that separates the two countries along much of their border, officials said Saturday. (more…)
Washington, Sep 13 (DPA) The United States has expelled the Venezuelan ambassador and sanctioned two Venezuelan officials close to President Hugo Chavez for aiding Colombia’s leftist rebels as tension escalated with Venezuela and its ally Bolivia. (more…)
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) The US Congress has set the ball rolling for fast track approval of the India-US civil nuclear deal with a key Senate panel set to review the implementing 123 agreement next Thursday. (more…)
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) Three Democrat lawmakers have cautioned the US Congress against rushing through with a vote on the landmark India-US civil nuclear deal “waiving US law through unorthodox procedure” to beat “an imaginary clock”. (more…)
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) The US government has expelled Venezuela’s ambassador here in response to the Andean nation’s expulsion of US envoy in Caracas, Spain’s EFE news agency reported Saturday. (more…)
