EU commissioners to visit India Wednesday for talks

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Vietnam will expand their political and business ties during the five-day visit of Vietnamese Vice-President Nguyen Thi Doan that began here Wednesday. Accompanied by senior ministers and officials, Doan arrived here in the evening.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will arrive here Tuesday for a five-day visit - his first trip to India after becoming premier. Nepal is expected to hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

August 14th, 2009 KATMANDU - Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday hinted that Nepal and India may reach an agreement on starting some new projects during his visit to India. Saying that his visit is aimed at strengthening mutual understanding and bilateral ties, he urged everyone not to view his visit with suspicion.

July 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Denying any rift or complications in postponing his trip to India, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said he would be going back to New Delhi by mid-August. "There were no complications.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's maiden visit to India in her capacity as America's top diplomat is being keenly observed by experts and analysts all over. They believe that Indo-Pak ties would be a key topic of discussion on Clinton's agenda during her talks with the Indian leadership.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Wednesday assured India that it should have no apprehension that the G-8 decision to put a bar on helping non-NPT countries to reprocess uranium would throw the India-US civil nuclear deal off track. "I don't think there should be any apprehension about the future of the civil nuclear agreement," Assistant Secretary for South Central Asian Affairs Robert O.

July 10th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go to the US later this year while US President Barack Obama will visit India next year. The invitations were exchanged and accepted by the two leaders at a brief "pull-aside" meeting during the G8-G5 summit meeting in this quake-hit Italian town Thursday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Germany Thursday held talks on non-proliferation issues and underlined their commitment to nuclear disarmament, officials said here. Germanys Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control Peter Gottwald met Vivek Katju, Special Secretary (Political and International Organisations) in the external affairs ministry, and held talks on a range of nuclear issues.

June 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has said that the resumption of composite peace talks with India is in the interest of both countries, and that it should not be looked at as a favour by one country to the other. Addressing a regular briefing here, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that the bilateral dialogue between India and Pakistan is in the mutual interest of both the neighbours, and it is very important for ensuring peace and stability in the region.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will convey its concerns over Pakistan's "inaction" against the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage when US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns comes here Wednesday on a four-day visit that will prepare the ground for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit here in July. Burns will be the first senior US official to visit New Delhi for formal talks during the second tenure of the Manmohan Singh government.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Election commissioners are leaving for West Bengal and Orissa later Wednesday to review poll preparedness in the two states. The three members of the Election Commission (EC) - Chief Election Commissioner N.

March 6th, 2009 PATNA - A three-member Election Commission team, headed by Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami, Friday began a two-day visit of Bihar to assess poll preparedness in the state.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would hear March 20 a lawsuit seeking the removal of Navin Chawla, who is set to become the chief election commissioner following N. Gopalaswami's retirement April 20.

March 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - India's three election commissioners arrive here Wednesday evening to kickstart preparations for the general elections, beginning with Uttar Pradesh that sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha. Soon after they land here, Chief Election Commissioner N.

February 12th, 2009 LONDON - The man responsible for devising the policies that run London's financial centre is to visit India for talks on how to further develop India's financial services, the City of London Corporation announced Friday. Stuart Fraser, chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee at the City of London Corporation, is travelling to Mumbai Saturday to attend the City's Advisory Council for India.