Beijing: North Korea has almost completed preparations for a third nuclear test, a senior source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters, which will draw further international condemnation following a failed rocket launch if it goes ahead. The isolated and impoverished state sacrificed the chance of closer ties with the United States when it launched the long-range rocket on April 13 and was censured by the UN Security...
02:03 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Pyongyang: North Korea said its much hyped long-range rocket launch failed on Friday, in a very rare and embarrassing public admission of failure by the hermit state and a blow for its new young leader who faces international outrage over the attempt. The isolated North, using the launch to celebrate the 100th birthday of the dead founding president Kim Il-sung and mark the rise to power of his grandson Kim...
02:37 PM, Apr 13, 2012
Seoul: Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence officials. The excavation at North Korea's northeast Punggye-ri site, where nuclear tests were conducted in 2006 and 2009, is in its final stages, according to a report by intelligence officials that was shared Monday with The Associated Press. Its release comes...
04:34 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Nagpur: Former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday revealed that former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao had asked him to make preparations for nuclear tests, which were subsequently conducted (at Pokhran) during the NDA government, headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Kalam was addressing the probationers at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) here. The former President said that in May 1996, he had received a call from Narasimha...
07:19 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Vienna: A report from the UN nuclear agency on Friday strengthened suspicions that, like Iran, North Korea turned to black market suppliers to set up a uranium enrichment plant revealed in 2010. The International Atomic Energy Agency report says the layout of equipment and other details observed by a visiting US group were "broadly consistent" with designs sold by a "clandestine supply network." The confidential report made available to The...
02:47 AM, Sep 03, 2011
United Nations: In a reference to countries like India, US and Pakistan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday said states that have not ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty should do so "as a matter of priority" as voluntary moratoriums are not enough to ensure a global ban on nuclear testing. In his message on the occasion of 'International Day Against Nuclear Tests', Moon said "we urgently need new progress...
09:27 AM, Aug 30, 2011
Success of Pokharan II nuclear test is not in doubt, says eminent scientist. ...
08:23 PM, Dec 13, 2009
Prime Minister on Tuesday said India is proud of its non-proliferation record. ...
12:36 PM, Sep 29, 2009
Kakodkar was Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 1998. ...
05:41 PM, Sep 24, 2009
More controversy is surrounding the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests. ...
01:08 PM, Sep 18, 2009
Gen VP Malik, the victor of Kargil, speaks on
Devil's Advocate. ...
10:02 PM, Sep 06, 2009
Homi Sethna says APJ Abdul Kalam is no authority on nuclear explosions. ...
10:27 AM, Sep 01, 2009
Controversy created by scientist's statement needless: Singh. ...
04:27 PM, Aug 29, 2009
Kalam says the device tested in 1998 produced the design yield. ...
12:36 AM, Aug 28, 2009
Use plural, India has thermonuclear bombs, says Kakodkar ...
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