Russia to build up to 16 nuclear reactors in India (Nine O’Clock)
NEW DELHI – Russia will build up to 16 nuclear reactors for power stations in India, Russia s deputy premier said on Friday during a visit to India with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to reaffirm decades-old ties.
26 students, teachers killed in bus accident in India (China Daily)
NEW DELHI – Twenty-six college students and teachers were killed while 29 were injured in a bus accident early Monday morning in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, reported local TV channel CNN-IBN.
Another suicide attack in Pakistan kills 13 (USA Today)
A suicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 13 people, injuring 52 and underscoring the nation’s relentless security threat.
PhosAgro Signs $1.5Bln India Deal (The Moscow Times)
NEW DELHI PhosAgro , Russia’s largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizers, said Friday that it agreed on a $1.5 billion three-year supply deal with India to compete with North American producers.
18 injured in Bangladesh-India border clash: Dhaka (AFP via Yahoo! News)
At least 18 villagers were injured during a two-hour firefight between Indian and Bangladeshi troops across the troubled border, a security official in Dhaka said Monday.
India, Russia to build 12 nuclear plants (Daily News)
INDIA: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described on Friday as very fruitful a brief visit paid to New Delhi by his peer from the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in which six agreements were inked.
Russia, India Consider Joint Moon Mission (The Moscow Times)
NEW DELHI Russia and India may join forces in exploring the moon, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday, touting the two countries’ potential for cooperation on high-technology projects.
Putin Touts Defense Ties in India Visit (The Moscow Times)
NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday that Moscow and New Delhi had completed several important and long-pending defense cooperation projects, emphasizing that ties between the Cold War allies remained close.
Pakistan should rein in Lashkar-e-Taiba: US (New Kerala)
Washington, March 13 : Welcoming India-Pakistan dialogue stalled since the Mumbai terror attack blamed on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the United States has asked Islamabad to rein in the terror group with ‘increasingly global ambitions and global scope.’
Backlash from Taliban attacks pushes Pakistan to act, says US (New Kerala)
Washington, March 15 : The backlash from Taliban attacks on places from Kashmir to Karachi has led to greater Pakistani cooperation with the US in the Afghanistan war, says the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Lashkar has 320 global targets 20 in India US Congressman (Hindustan Times)
Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has identified as many as 320 targets across the globe, 20 of which are in India, a top US lawmaker has said.
