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US-INDIA nuclear technology pledge

The United States has pledged to provide India with nuclear technology and fuel under a just-concluded agreement. However, the final deal must still be ratified by the two nation's legislatures, and approved by the consortium governing the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Violent Clashes Erupt in Indian Kashmir

Kashmiri women shout anti-Indian slogans during a protest demonstration against the arrest of a girl by paramilitary soldiers during a raid in Maloora, in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Paramilitary soldiers fired [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

India has elected its first woman president

India has elected its first woman president. Results show a landslide victory for a long-time loyalist of the country's foremost political dynasty. But as VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi, the selection of Pratibha Patil for the fi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

India plans global warming roadmap by year-end

India took the first step towards developing a national plan to tackle the effects of global warming and assess its own greenhouse gas emissions on Friday, amid mounting international pressure. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Council on [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2007 | Comments : 0

Former Indian PM Chandrashekhar dies

Ex- Prime Minister of India Chandrashekhar is no longer with us and departed in New Delhi, early Sunday morning. The 80-year-old Lok Sabha MP and Samajwadi Janta Party leader was ailing from cancer and had been undergoing treatment at [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

Pakistan frees 50 Indian prisoners

Pakistani authorities Sunday freed 50 Indian prisoners from a jail in Karachi and they will be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border on Monday, an aid group said. The freed prisoners boarded vehicles for Lahore, the capita [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Japan, US, India hold joint Naval drills

India, Japan and the United States have conducted their first joint Naval drills in the Pacific Ocean, officials said. Japan sent four escort vessels to the drill off Japan's east coast, where two US destroyers and three Indian warships joi [...]