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Sridhar Krishnaswami Washington, Sep 30 (PTI) Under mounting pressure after the rejection of the bailout plan by the House of Representatives, US President George W Bush today asked the

G Sudhakar Nair Paris, Sept 30 (PTI) With the Indo-US nuclear deal still winding its way through the US Congress, India today went ahead and signed a landmark civil nuclear cooperation

Paris, Sept 30 (PTI) After inking the first civilian nuclear agreement with France, India today assured its European partners that it plans to enter into similar pacts with them in future.

T V Sriram Colombo, Sept 30 (PTI) The Sri Lankan navy destroyed two LTTE boats off the northeast coast killing eight rebels on board as fighting in the embattled north killed 45 Tamil tigers

Washington, Sep 30 (PTI) Amid a row between the two allies over cross-border raids by the coalition forces in the restive tribal belt, the US has said it supported Pakistan's "territorial

Islamabad, Sep 30 (PTI) Amid intense US pressure to deliver on the war on terror, the chief of Pakistan's powerful ISI has been shunted out of Islamabad and replaced by Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha,

Anisur Rahman Dhaka, Sept 30 (PTI) Three days after former terrorist outfit Harkatul Jihad Al Islami (HuJI) reincarnated itself into a political group called Islamic Democratic Party, the

Paris, Sept 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed shock and grief over the death of 140 people in a stampede in the famous Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur.

G Sudhakar Nair Paris, Sept 30 (PTI) India and France today finalised a landmark agreement on civil nuclear cooperation that covered supply of reactors and atomic fuel in the first

Paris, Sept 30 (PTI) Contending that there is an upsurge of infiltration from Pakistan and increase in cease- fire violations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that only time can tell

Islamabad, Sep 30 (PTI) Confusion prevailed over the fate of Afghanistan's ambassador-designate to Pakistan Abdul Khaliq Farahi, who was kidnapped by militants last week, with the Interior

G Sudhakar Nair Paris, Sept 30 (PTI) India today said the EU must liberalise its visa regime to allow free flow of businessmen and skilled professionals from the country to the continent

Dharam Shourie New York, Sept 30 (PTI) Welcoming the United Nations General Assembly's decision to commence inter-governmental negotiations for expanding the powerful 15-member Security

Sridhar Krishnaswami Washington, Sep 30 (PTI) The Bush administration is confident that the approval legislation on the US-India civilian nuclear deal will be cleared by the Senate "most

G Sudhakar Nair Marseilles (France), Sept 29 (PTI) India and France today gave indications that they will sign a landmark civil nuclear deal tomorrow, which will be the first such

New York, Sept 29 (PTI) New Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he intends to "go after Taliban and other radical forces in his country" as well as "handle" powerful bodies like the

G Sudhakar Nair Marseilles (France), Sept 29 (PTI) India and the European Union (EU) signed a landmark pact on civil aviation which will work like an 'open skies' agreement encouraging more

Islamabad, Sep 29 (PTI) Pakistan and India are close to concluding an agreement on the Sir Creek maritime boundary dispute, which has been hanging fire for decades, with all issues having been

Islamabad, Sep 29 (PTI) Paksitani forces today claimed to have averted suicide attacks apparently aimed at NWFP capital Peshawar, when its two helicopter gunships intercepted and targeted three

Sridhar Krishnaswami Washington, Sept 29 (PTI) The Bush administration will pump-in a whopping USD 700 billion in a far-reaching three- stage bail out plan to rescue the nation's ailing