Anti-KNPP protests are gimmicks: Russian envoy Protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project that have led to delay in its commissioning are 'gimmicks and ames' of those who do not want to see India emerge stronger, Russian ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin has said. He also said Friday night the first KNPP unit is almost ready and second one will be ready within six months. ...  
01:36 PM, Dec 15, 2012

LK Advani says he doesn't want to be PM New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has made it clear that he no longer has any ambitions of becoming the Prime Minister. Advani said the party has given him all he wants and that it is much more than becoming the Prime Minister. "The party has given me so much that it is much more than becoming the prime minister," Advani said as he turned 85...  
12:28 PM, Nov 08, 2012

Russian Ambassdor warns Indian govt on Sistema The Sistema - Shyam telecom license cancellation threatens to cast a long shadow over India-Russia ties. CNBC TV18s Siddharth Zarabi caught up with Alexander M Kadakin, the second time Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India. In his first exclusive TV interview on the recent developments, Kadakin warned that Russia would not allow its taxpayers money to go waste due to Indias internal politics, adding that while Sistema and Russia...  
06:35 PM, Jul 21, 2012

Kudankulam: Expert panel to meet today New Delhi: A four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will meet on Friday for the first time. The committee is headed by former Atomic Energy Commission chief MR Srinivasan. Interestingly, the meeting comes two days after the Russian Ambassador to India blamed "vested interests" for protests against the Indo-Russian joint venture project. The panel would visit Tirunelveli district and interact with district officials. The other three...  
07:30 AM, Feb 17, 2012