100-member Indian youth delegation to leave for China

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Tuesday interacted with a delegation of people of Indian origin who have come to India to learn more about their ancestral homeland. Expressing their desire to know more about their roots, members of the delegation, mainly in the age group 18 to 26, said: We want to know more about the country, its freedom movement, life in urban and rural areas and its centuries-old civilizaton.

October 10th, 2009 CHENNAI - A delegation of Members of Parliament from Tamil Nadu left for Sri Lanka this afternoon for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in the relief camps. The ten-member delegation, led by former Union Minister T R Baalu, includes MPs from the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK), the Congress and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK).

October 10th, 2009 CHENNAI - A delegation of Member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu will leave for Sri Lanka today for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in the relief camps. A ten-member delegation led by former Union Minister T R Baalu includes MPs from the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK), the Congress and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK).

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a bid to look for bilateral economic ties that go beyond the energy sector, a 10-member business delegation is visiting Iran on a three-day mission starting Tuesday, coinciding with the Tehran International Fair. Vijay R. Kirloskar, chairman and managing director of Kirloskar Electric Co, is heading the delegation under the aegis of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with the larger agenda of pushing trade, economic and investment relations between the two sides.

July 23rd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Thousands of unemployed youth in Kashmir turned up at a recruitment rally by the Indian Air Force (IAF) here on Wednesday. The weeklong recruitment rally will conclude on July 27.

July 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - An Australian delegation, which is on a visit to India, has said that Australia has no tolerance for racist attacks and that overseas students should take precautions to keep themselves safe. Interacting with reporters here on Wednesday, Paul Evans, Assistant Commissioner for Victoria Police, said Australia has no tolerance for racial attacks and some of the offenders who have been detained would be dealt with severely.

July 4th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Australian lawmaker Michael Danby has said that Australia will hold a 'Harmony March' in Melbourne in solidarity with Indian students on July 12. Talking to reporters here on Friday, Danby, who is heading a six-member Australian parliamentarian delegation said, "We are joining the premier of Victoria in a march to express the views of the overwhelming majority of Australians condemning these attacks.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 16-year-old girl from Koraput, Orissa and a 17-year-old boy from Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, will be representing India at the Junior 8 summit in Rome this year. The J8 summit, to be held from 4-10 July, is now in its 5th year and takes place parallel to the annual G-8 summit.

March 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A Pakistani delegation on a nine-day goodwill visit to India Friday said the youth of both the countries are yearning to drop all the past barriers and learn more about each other. 'We are the representatives of the people and do not stand for any state or religion.

March 1st, 2009 JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir government has sought the help of European Union in addressing the unemployment problem in the state which has around 300,000 jobless youth. A delegation of the EU Commission led by its head Daniele Smadja is on a four-day visit to the state to study the situation post-2008 polls, which saw a massive turnout of average 60 percent people participating in the democratic exercise.

February 23rd, 2009 AMRITSAR - A group of eminent people from India on a peace mission Sunday crossed over into Pakistan from the Attari-Wagah land border checkpost between the two countries near here. Noted journalist Kuldip Nayar, film director Mahesh Bhatt, social activist Swami Agnivesh and others are part of this peace delegation.

February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reciprocating the 'message of peace' carried by a Pakistani delegation that visited the capital last month, an Indian group of artists, activists, academicians and journalists is set to go across the border on a similar mission. Concerned about the recent turn of events between the two countries in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the India delegation will meet civil society members, the media and politicians in Pakistan urging that the peace process should not be deferred under any circumstances.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A nine-member French delegation on a visit to India to study the Indian administrative system Wednesday met Delhi's Lt-Governor Tejendra Khanna at the Raj Niwas here. Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs Bernadette Malgorn is leading the delegation that is on a visit to a number of countries to study the system of governance as part of a initiative taken by the French government.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Indonesia Monday discussed the functioning of their parliaments when a 17-member delegation from the Southeast Asian nation called on Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Hamid Ansari.

January 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A youth suspected to be a member of the Indian Mujahideen terrorist outfit and of involvement in the Sep 13 serial bombings in New Delhi has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the police said Saturday. Though the arrest was made in Lucknow Friday evening, the police officially confirmed the arrest only Saturday.