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 is made out to be, in her book Rice has claimed that Manmohan Singh had been sceptical of the nuclear deal in the run-up to the July 2005 joint statement as he was unsure of its impact on domestic politics.
Rice has gone on to claim that it was then external affairs minister Natwar Singh who had pushed for the deal and convinced the Prime Minister.
"Natwar was adamant. He wanted the deal. But the Prime Minister wasn't sure he could sell it in New Delhi," Rice said in her book....
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12:18 PM, Oct 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions filed by former Union Minister Natwar Singh and his son seeking supply of documents of Volcker and RS Pathak Committees, which had probed their alleged role in Iraq's oil-for-food scam. A bench comprising Justices B Sudarshan Reddy and SS Nijjar said the petitions seeking documents are delaying tactics on the part of the former Congress leader and his son Jagat...
02:24 PM, Oct 05, 2010
Indian middleman, Aditya Khanna, engaged by the banknote firm 'Securency', is related to senior politician Natwar Singh. ...
08:40 AM, Aug 16, 2010
Sydney: A Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) currency firm engaged an Indian middleman implicated in the Iraq oil-for-food scam, a revelation that can change the course of inquiry into a bribery scandal in the country. The agent, Aditya Khanna, engaged by the banknote firm 'Securency' - which is the subject of Australia's biggest foreign bribery investigation - is related to senior politician Natwar Singh, and has been raided by Indian...
07:46 AM, Aug 16, 2010
Natwar Singh's son Jagat had been expelled earlier by the BSP. ...
04:35 PM, Nov 18, 2008
Colombo: Having lost both the five-match ODI series 4-1 and one-off Twenty20 International, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said that the inconsistency was the main reason behind his team's dismal performance against India. Following a dominating 4-1 triumph in the One-dayers, India to beat Sri Lanka by 39 runs last night in the one-off T20 International also at Pallekele. We lost our grip in the game just when it seemed...
06:34 PM, Jun 14, 2008
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board will send its own curators to the UAE to supervise the preparation of pitches for the Test and one-day series against England next month. Pakistan's former captain and coach, Intikhab Alam has also been told to travel to Dubai and Abu Dhabi and inspect the preparation of pitches for the coming series in which three tests, four ODIs and two T20 matches are scheduled to ...
12:48 AM, Mar 29, 2008
Beginning with the first Test at Lord's, England will try to topple India and achieve their ambition of becoming No. 1. ...
02:01 AM, Feb 14, 2008
London: Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has taken a lie-detector test as part of his bid to help root corruption out of cricket. Waugh believes making players submit to examination by lie-detectors, or polygraphs as they are also known, could help drive cheats from the game. As a member of the world cricket committee of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which owns Lord's, Waugh volunteered to undergo a test to confirm...
04:01 PM, Feb 13, 2008
The ED had initiated proceedings against them for violation of the FEMA. ...
05:29 PM, Aug 06, 2007
It was Jagat Singh's second marriage and was a strictly private affair. ...
10:25 PM, Jul 07, 2007
Congress is upset that Singh is supporting NDA's presidential candidate. ...
11:09 PM, Jun 26, 2007
The Congress says it will move to disqualify Natwar Singh from Rajya Sabha. ...
08:02 PM, Jun 26, 2007
After CNN-IBN exposed the story a hawala operator laundering black money, the Vigilance Bureau has spoken up. ...
07:45 PM, Jun 16, 2007
A CNN-IBN report on a hawala kingpin and Natwar Singh's money laundering operations caused ripples on Saturday. ...
05:19 PM, Jun 16, 2007
Investigation now suggests that Chetan Gupta may have bought the Mercedes with black money given to him by Jagat Singh. ...
11:02 AM, Jun 16, 2007
Alleged hawala dealer Chetan Gupta says he was involved in money laundering operations for Natwar Singh and his wife. ...
07:57 AM, Jun 16, 2007
Natwar Singh said Sonia Gandhi is no more an electoral asset and that the PM needs to pull up his socks. ...
12:00 PM, Feb 27, 2007
Suspended Congress leader Natwar Singh on Monday said he would oppose Congress in the forthcoming UP Assembly polls. ...
10:54 PM, Feb 19, 2007
Natwar Singh alleged that he was removed from his post under US pressure and hinted at joining the Samajwadi party. ...
04:37 PM, Feb 06, 2007
