New Delhi: All issues, including the boundary question, would be on the table when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet in New Delhi on Sunday evening for talks. Li, who arrives in India Sunday afternoon on a three-day state visit, and Manmohan Singh are also likely to discuss the proposed border defence cooperation agreement during their talks, sources said Saturday.
Li's visit comes days after the 20-day India-China border stand-off was resolved on May 5. A platoon of Chinese troops had made made incursions about 19 km inside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) - the disputed border - on April 15 and pitched tents.
The row was resolved after several rounds of negotiations - military as well as diplomatic - with both sides reverting to the position that existed before April 15. China proposed a border defence cooperation agreement on May 5, and India has made some suggestions to be included in the draft.
Talks are ongoing on the draft, said the source, adding "it will continue to be discussed". The draft "essentially consolidates and brings together" earlier protocols and agreements....
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07:58 PM, May 18, 2013
Tokyo: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Tokyo later in May to expand India's strategic partnership with Japan and discuss a bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. He will visit Japan from May 27-30 for talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The two leaders plan to hold a summit on May 29, Kyodo news agency quoted a Japanese government source as saying. They...
01:47 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: There have been speculations of the growing rift between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. After CNN-IBN reported the inside story of how a section of the Congress wants the Prime Minister to make way for new leadership, the Congress clarified that Dr Manmohan Singh will be the Prime Minister till 2014. "There is absolutely no rift between the party and the Prime Minister. Prime...
07:50 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take a final decision on Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Sources say Sonia Gandhi feels that the damage must be controlled and spoke to Manmohan Singh on Thursday. The Congress Core Committee will meet on Friday and a decision is likely. This comes even as reports say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is...
09:34 AM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party on Tuesday declined to comment on BJP's demand for the Prime Minister's resignation over the coal scam issue, saying "every party has its own opinion". "We have said it earlier also. The CBI director himself has admitted it so what is there to say?" SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav told reporters outside Parliament. He was asked to give his party's view on BJP's demand for resignation...
03:15 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of embarrassing comments against the government by the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said any action required will be taken after he studies the observations made by the top court. "I have not studied the Supreme Court's observations. Whatever action is called for will be taken after studying it," the PM told reporters. His remarks came when asked to comment on the embarrassment faced...
03:12 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Left parties on Tuesday termed as "meaningless" the demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the coal allocation issue but asked him to face Parliament as he "owes an answer" to the country. CPI(M) also dubbed the disruption of Parliament as "match fixing" between BJP and Congress. "Demanding resignation of the government is meaningless and it does not happen," CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters outside Parliament....
02:59 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday said the "public spat" between the Attorney General and the Additional Solicitor General reinforces its view that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should own up "responsibility" in the coal scam and step down. "The public spat between the Attorney General and the Additional Solicitor General on how, who pressurised whom on the CBI report on coalgate is not only saddening but also very, very regretable," BJP...
02:20 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Terming it a "massive breach of trust" and a matter that has "shaken its foundation", the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday took a very serious note of the CBI affidavit on the coal block allocation scam and asserted that the probe agency must be "liberated" and should not be controlled by "political masters". The apex court also slammed the probe agency for having kept the court in...
12:07 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will tell the Supreme Court on Tuesday that changes were made in the status report on the coal block allocation scam after a meeting between the probe agency and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, sources said. The probe agency is not going to hide anything from the apex court, according to CBI sources. The CBI had on Friday filed its affidavit on the...
10:56 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to step in to end the political deadlock over coal scam. Sources said the PM is likely to call an all-party meet to break the logjam in Parliament and try and pass the Land Bill and the Food Security Bill. A temporary truce on the Finance Bill was achieved on Monday and the Bill will now be taken up post noon. It...
10:24 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath ruled out the possibility of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigning over the coal scam affidavit. ...
06:30 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: A day after Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was thrashed inside a Lahore jail in Pakistan, he continues to be critical and in ICU. Two prisoners have been charged and two officials suspended. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has condemned the attack and called it a 'very sad incident'. Police on Saturday registered a case of attempted murder against two prisoners for brutally assaulting Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who was in...
01:30 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday ruled out the possibility of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigning over the coal scam affidavit. "There is no question of the Law Minister resigning. The matter is in court and subjudice. Opposition should allow Parliament to function. We are making a mockery of the system. The whole world is laughing at us," Manmohan Singh said. This comes even as the Opposition continues...
12:50 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: With CBI admitting that it had shared its status report on coal block allocation scam with Ashwani Kumar, BJP on Friday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging that he was using the Law Ministry to save himself from the probe in the case. "CBI today has stated that its affidavit was filed after interference by the government and this proves that the Law Minister was...
02:37 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The opposition on Friday raised questions over the meeting between Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Ranjit Sinha and said the probe agency is being "politicised". But the Union Minister has said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making an "issue out of nothing". "On the eve of the submission and such an important date if he (Narayanasamy) has...
11:24 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN revealed that the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) affidavit on coal block allocation scam says the Law Minister allegedly vetted the probe agency's status report on the scam, the main Opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) parliamentary party has decided that its MPs will continue to press for the ouster of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. The CBI's affidavit...
11:24 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Bangalore: In a scathing attack on ruling UPA, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Sunday accused the Congress-led government of being steeped in corruption and passing the blame on allies whenever it comes under attack for irregularities. "Congress sarkar ka bhrashtachar hawa, zameen aur pataal tak hai (The corruption by Congress govt has reached air, land and underworld)," Swaraj said at a BJP rally in Bangalore for the May five 2013...
03:20 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old minor girl continued for a second day in the national capital even as the accused in the case was produced in a court and remanded to judicial custody till May 14. ...
11:24 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday charged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government lack the courage and the sensitivity needed to deal with issues like security of women and increasing frequency of rape cases in the capital and the rest of the country. Addressing a public meeting in New Delhi, BJP President Rajnath Singh said the UPA government is inching towards "zero sensitivity" towards the plight of women. "The...
10:23 PM, Apr 21, 2013
