New Delhi: India's nuclear deterrent is based on a credible nuclear doctrine and is sustained by a "systematic drive to operationalize" its various delivery components, including a sea-based one by 2015-16, Shyam Saran, chairman of the National Security Advisory Board, said in Delhi on Wednesday.
Countering critics of India's nuclear weapons programme that it was driven by notions of prestige rather than considerations of national security, Saran, also a former foreign secetary who was closely connected with the negotiation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, said India's nuclear doctrine is based on the current geopolitical environment, especially with Pakistan actively building up its nuclear arsenal and keeping its aggressive actions and strategies against India in mind.
Giving a talk on "Is India's nuclear deterrent credible?", at the India Habitat Centre, Saran said: "India does have a credible theory of how its nuclear weapons may be used and that is spelt out in its nuclear doctrine."
He said India's nuclear doctrine, which was formally adopted at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in Jan 4, 2003, and the regular checks that are held have strengthened the level of confidence in India's nuclear deterrent....
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04:20 AM, Apr 25, 2013
In what could be termed as an important development in the field of Indo-US nuclear cooperation, a top American official has said an early works agreement between companies of the two countries could be signed this year. Speaking at a Congressional hearing, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake noted that both India and the US continue to work on implementation of the civilian nuclear deal...
10:14 AM, Feb 27, 2013
India and France will seek to step their civil nuclear cooperation and intensify economic ties when External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid goes on a two-day visit to Paris starting Thursday. ...
02:45 AM, Jan 09, 2013
New Delhi: Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit in New Delhi, India and Russia are set to address some contentious issues like differences over civil nuclear liability, and discuss ways to intensify trade when Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin holds talks in New Delhi next week. Rogozin and External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Monday will co-chair the 18th session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic,...
12:59 AM, Oct 15, 2012
Washington: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Thursday said that the MoU inked between a US firm Westinghouse Electric and the Nuclear Power Company of India to install America's first nuclear reactor in Gujarat should end all speculations on the implementation of the 2008 Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Krishna also requested the US for access to the 26/11 attacks accused David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana. The US commended India...
08:09 AM, Jun 14, 2012
Suhasini Haider: Hello and welcome to Worldview with me Suhasini Haider. Tonight we're asking that big question - Have India-US ties plateaued? And we have a very special guest in our studio - Nancy Powell, the Ambassador to India. She's no stranger to the region; in fact, she's served in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh as well. Thank you for coming on Worldview. This is your first interview since you ...
11:52 PM, May 18, 2012
Once considered natural allies, the relations between India and US have now reached a plateau with a deadlock over various issues. Join CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar in the next episode of World View on Friday at 10 pm for a discussion with experts in the area. ...
04:42 PM, May 15, 2012
Washington: India underlined its commitment to implementing the landmark civil nuclear deal when Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on Wednesday met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and held a series of meetings. Clinton dropped by at a meeting between Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Mathai, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said. Clinton's meeting with Mathai was to "make clear that we support these consultations on the full range...
09:06 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Washington: A senior Obama administration official has said that India should ensure the full implementation of the India-US civil nuclear deal and that New Delhi is aware about this but has not done it yet. "The Indians know very well, how we feel about the necessity to get these things done and they assure us that they are but they are still not done," the Undersecretary of State for Arms...
04:04 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: India and the US are expected to make efforts to iron out irritants in the nuclear liability law for the implementation of civil nuclear deal during talks US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will have in New Delhi on Monday. The civil nuclear agreement, signed by the two countries in 2008, will top the agenda when Burns meets National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai...
09:28 AM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi/Washington: With the landmark India-US nuclear deal languishing even three years after it was signed, US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will hold talks with senior Indian officials on Monday in yet another diplomatic bid to iron out differences over the civil nuclear liability regime. Burns, who holds most powerful position in the US State Department after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, touches down in New Delhi Sunday...
04:43 AM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday said his yatras have been an invaluable education to him. Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi, Advani also appreciated the support he has got during his Jan Chetna Yatra. "Public support I received during this yatra is far greater", said Advani. The senior leader also stated that his yatras are part of India's yatra's into future and...
10:23 AM, Dec 03, 2011
Washington: Observing that completing the civil-nuclear deal is central to the long term prosperity of India-US relationship, the Obama Administration said ensuring a level playing field for its companies in India's civil nuclear industry is its top priority. "Completing the US-Indian civil nuclear cooperation partnership is central to both our nations' long-term prosperity and India's future energy security," the State Department said on Monday in a written response to a...
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11:56 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Washington: The Indo-US nuclear deal had virtually collapsed as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told President George W Bush it was not going to work and the entire administration had given up on it. "I called the President (Bush). 'It isn't going to work. Singh just can't make it happen,' I said. 'Too bad,' he answered and didn't press further. "Later that night Nick (Nicholas Burns-the then Under Secretary of...
04:09 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice's book 'No Higher Honor' may embarrass Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal issue when it releases later this month. The book is believed to present the first insider account of the negotiations leading to the India-US nuclear deal in 2005 and 2006. Indicating that the Prime Minister was not the champion of the Indo-US Nuclear deal, as...
12:18 PM, Oct 26, 2011
New York: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday asked India to ensure that its nuclear liability regime conforms with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage. She made the call in a 40 minute meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session with Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, according to a senior State Department Official. India's nuclear liability regime has become a sticking point...
09:10 AM, Sep 27, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday told a city court that the probe in the the 2008 cash-for-vote scam was nearing completion and it would file the chargesheet before it on August 25. The crime branch of Delhi Police told Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal that the probe report, in pursuance of the direction of the Supreme Court, would be filed soon. Earlier, the apex court had slammed Delhi Police...
07:44 PM, Aug 18, 2011
Seoul: India on Monday signed a civil nuclear cooperation deal with South Korea, allowing a framework for Korean companies to participate in atomic power plant projects in the country. The agreement was signed after a meeting between President Pratibha Patil with her South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-Bak. South Korea has become the ninth country which had signed nuclear agreement with India after it got the waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers'...
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