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Obama aims to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday for talks considered critical to showing Washington's commitment to New Delhi in a region where its rivals, China and Pakistan, are U.S. priorities. Obama's challenge will be to ...

Mosque attack report presented to Indian parliament

AFP South Asian Edition 7 hours ago

The Indian government on Tuesday presented to parliament the findings of a long-delayed inquiry into the 1992 demolition of a mosque which triggered religious riots that left thousands dead. The Liberhan commission report was tabled after details of its conclusions -- apparently ...

India-Pakistan ties struggle

AFP South Asian Edition 10 hours ago

Last year's Mumbai attacks ruptured a hopeful peace dialogue between arch-foes India and Pakistan and thrust their relations back into a bitter impasse that neither side seems able to break. Relations between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, which have fought three wars ...

Indian PM offers hand to Obama

AFP South Asian Edition 11 hours ago

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a hand to the United States to help build an "open and inclusive" Asia as President Barack Obama prepared to toast him Tuesday with his first state dinner. Singh said the world's two largest democracies had ...

CAPITAL CULTURE: 60 years of US dinners for India

AP News 12 hours ago

CAPITAL CULTURE: One measure of US-India relations? Trail of broken bread, crumbled Triscuits In the history of U.S.-India relations, there's been plenty of broken bread and even a few crumbled Triscuits. American presidents have entertained India's leaders over fine wine and even ...

In U.S., Indian PM touts nuclear deal, infrastructure

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 16 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday completing a 2005 U.S.-India nuclear cooperation deal would boost investment opportunities in his country, a hopeful sign for U.S. companies eyeing India's potential $150 billion market in power plants. Singh, speaking ...

Pelosi Singh US

AP News 16 hours ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speak to the media prior their meeting at her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Copyright 2009 AP News

Indian PM pitches for growing US ties

AFP South Asian Edition 19 hours ago

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday appealed for wide-ranging cooperation with the United States on areas such as climate change and defense as he started a high-profile state visit. President Barack Obama invited Singh on the first full-fledged state visit since ...

India tests nuclear-capable missile: defence official

AFP South Asian Edition 20 hours ago

India carried out a night-time test of a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile off its eastern coast on Monday, a defence official said. The surface-to-surface Agni-II, which can deliver a nuclear warhead to targets within a range of 2,500 kilometres (1,560 miles), was ...

India tests nuclear-capable missile after sunset

Reuters US Online Report World News yesterday

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - India's army tested a nuclear-capable Agni missile after sunset on Monday for the first time to demonstrate it could be fired whenever required, defense officials said. The surface-to-surface Agni II missile is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead ...

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