India hopes for forward movement (The Hindu)
PARIS: On the eve of India and Pakistan s first substantial official interaction since last November s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Indian side accepts that Islamabad has taken some steps to address its concerns …
G-8 Stand On ENR Not To Affect India: Indian Minister (INO News)
(RTTNews) – The Indian government Monday said that it is not worried by the G-8 countries’ pledge to curb transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology and items to countries that have not signed the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), reports say.
India adds 8.9 mln GSM mobile users (CIOL)
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Indian GSM mobile operators added 8.89 million users in June, taking the total user base to 315.8 million, according to data from the Cellular Operators’ Association of India.
No G8 worry as India and France discuss nuclear trade (New Kerala)
By Minu Jain, Paris/New Delhi, July 14 : The G8 declaration on inhibiting the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technologies (ENR) to those countries who have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would have no effect on India, Indian officials said here ahead of the meeting between Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday.
India an emerging power: Manpreet (The Hindu)
New Delhi: Riding high on recent success of the Indian boxers in international circuit, the country is fast transforming itself into a force to reckon with, feels pugilist Manpreet Singh. India s decent performances in …
India studying Mumbai dossier before Manmohan-Gilani talks Thursday (New Kerala)
By Minu Jain, Paris, July 13 : India was still studying the dossier on the probe into the Mumbai terror attack handed to it by Pakistan, a senior official travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Monday, a day before the foreign secretaries of the two countries are to meet in Egypt.
India is guest of honour at France’s Bastille Day parade (EARTHtimes.org)
Paris – The annual Bastille Day military parade, celebrating France’s national holiday, began Tuesday on the Champs Elysees in Paris with India as the guest of honour. With Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sitting in the reviewing stand next to F…
India’s BHEL gets $130 mln power plant order (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
MUMBAI, July 14 (Reuters) – Indian power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals said on Tuesday it had won an order worth 6.4 billion rupees ($130 million) to build a 270 megawatt capacity power plant in eastern India.
India looks forward to building defense, nuclear partnership with France (People’s Daily)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said that the country would look forward to building a strategic partnership with France in the field of nuclear energy and defense, as he embarked on a visit to the European nation to attend the Bastille Day’s celebrations. “India and France enjoy a close and wide ranging strategic partnership. Our relations with France encompass a large number of …
Indian gov’t takes steps towards heritage preservation before development (People’s Daily)
The tourism industry for man-made and cultural heritage in India is picking up once again after showing a considerable decline in the wake of the global meltdown and the Mumbai terror attacks, said Indian Tourism Minister Kumari Selja in an interview here on Monday. The government of India recently identified 22 heritage sites for mega tourism destination development. And the first step it took …
