”nuclear energy deal” News

Iran's president visits India for gas pipeline talks

NEW DELHI - A $7 billion gas pipeline that would link Iran and India topped the agenda Tuesday as the Islamic republic's president made his first visit to New Delhi , despite strong U.S. objections to the project.
04 30 2008 4:01PM (...more)

India counts votes from Gujarat election

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - India began counting votes on Sunday in the bitterly fought Gujarat poll that will seal the future of hardline Hindu leader Narendra Modi and is expected to have a national impact on the fortunes of the parties involved.
12 23 2007 3:47PM (...more)

Russia offers to help Libya in pursuit of nuclear energy

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia offered Wednesday to help Libya in its pursuit of nuclear energy and announced a visit to the former pariah state this weekend by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , a report said.
12 21 2007 11:59AM (...more)

Gujarat set to seal Modi's fate

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A final phase of voting began on Sunday in Gujarat in an election that will decide the fate of its controversial chief minister and could influence the timing of national polls.
12 16 2007 3:34PM (...more)

Indian MPs slam government over U.S. nuclear deal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian lawmakers opposed to alandmark nuclear energy deal with the United States slammed thegovernment in parliament on Wednesday, saying it was misleadingthe country and compromising national interest.
11 29 2007 2:13PM (...more)

India's global ambition and the nuclear deal

Cambridge, Mass. - For three decades, India has craved a nuclear energy deal that would bring prestige and advanced technology. Yet when the coalition government declared this week that it would move ahead with one, it triggered a crisis and a no-confidence motion in Parliament, which it had to scramble to survive.
07 26 2008 12:54AM (...more)

Left-wing parties storm out of Indian coalition

NEW DELHI (AFP) - A bloc of Indian left-wing and communist parties announced Tuesday they were pulling out of the country's coalition government in protest against a nuclear energy deal with the United States.
07 8 2008 10:34PM (...more)

India's government preparing for confidence vote

NEW DELHI - What does it take to secure the vote of an Indian lawmaker these days? Six million dollars, says a top politician. And that's not all that's being offered.
07 18 2008 10:30AM (...more)

Naval drill begins in Indian Ocean, Indian communists protest

PORT BLAIR, India (AFP) - A massive naval drill kicked off in the Indian Ocean Tuesday with warships from the US and four other nations teaming up in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
09 4 2007 11:11PM (...more)

High oil prices pose risk for India policy, economy

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India 's foot dragging over ways to limit losses at state-run oil refiners who are selling cheap fuel at a time when global crude is at giddy new highs poses a risk for public finances and the booming broader economy.
11 7 2007 1:08AM (...more)