Nuke deal on, Obama to visit India next year
"India today is a rising and responsible global power. So I believe that the relationship between the United States and India will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century," Obama said at a joint press conference with the Indian leader after their delegation-level and one-on-one talks at the White House. President Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaffirmed their "full and complete" commitment to implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Images: Obama, PM at White House
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Tuesday given a rousing welcome at the White House where he was received by President Barack Obama before they sat down for bilateral talks during which the two countries are expected to take their strategic ties to a new level. Sunil Raut held for attacking Marathi channel
Shiv Sena activist Sunil Raut was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly masterminding the attack on the office of Marathi news channel IBN-Lokmat in Mumbai, the police said. India is indispensable for US: Obama
'As leading economies, the United States and India can strengthen the global economic recovery, promote trade that creates jobs for both our people, and pursue growth that is balanced and sustained,' Obama said, while making opening remarks following the welcome ceremony for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur at the East Room of the White House. Drizzle fizzles out Indian Americans' party
A damp and dreary morning in Washington DC put paid to the elaborate pomp and circumstance that was to mark the arrival of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur Tuesday to the White House during the former's first state visit under the Obama Presidency. Eyewitness: How the Babri Masjid was felled
In the wake of the Liberhan commision'sreport being tabled in Parliament, Rediff.com's Sharat Pradhan recounts the day the Babri Masjid was felled. The Action Taken report of the Liberhan commission
The Action Taken report of the Liberhan commission Rain pushes PM's White House reception indoors
Compared to the South Lawn that can accommodate over 400 people, the East Room has a much smaller capacity which would obviously result in a very restricted and truncated ceremony for the visiting leader in terms of who all can get inside Tarun Vijay: Barack Obama, us and the US
'India will have to fight its own battles. It cannot expect the US to help us fight them.' Image: Obama, PM at the White House
In a brief speech, United States President Barak Obama has welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Liberhan comes down heavily on Vajpayee, Advani
A B Vajpayee and L K Advani head a list of 68 leaders of the Sangh Parivaar and bureaucrats held culpable by the Liberhan Commission for leading the country to the "brink of communal discord" over the Ayodhya issue. How India can prevent another 26/11
In his new book Mumbai 26/11: A Day of Infamy, B Raman takes a typically incisive look at last November's terror carnage in Mumbai, which he believes was truly an attack by Pakistan on India, and suggests ways we can prevent a recurrence of such attacks. Chargesheet against those named by Liberhan: Cong
"Certainly, absolutely, totally...Supplementary chargesheet can and will be filed," party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said when asked whether such an action will be taken against all those who have been named in the Commission's report but against whom there are no FIRs. Pak army kills 21 militants in Khyber
Ground forces of paramilitary Frontier Corps spearheaded the assault to strike the militants of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam group, a Taliban ally in the restive Bara region through which passes the main highway to Afghan capital Kabul Progress, reform urgently needed in UN: PM
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday once again called on the United States and other developed countries to take a leadership role in ensuring that reform takes place in the United Nations and its Security Council. Exclusive: Ex-NSG chief's stunning disclosures
'Since I felt there could be more, I had told the local authorities to screen every hostage carefully, since we felt that some could have been staying as guests.' Former NSG director general J K Dutt in an exclusive interview. 'After 26/11 I think that good deeds pay'
Star Chef Hemant Oberoi looks back on the Taj's night of terror. GaneshaSpeaks inherits Daruwalla's legacy
Renowned astrologer Bejan Daruwalla annointed India's largest astrological webportal, GaneshaSpeaks, as the successors to his astrological legacy. He has been associated with it right from its inception in 2003. 'Consider setting up criminal justice panel'
The Liberhan Commission has recommended to the government to examine the desirability of establishing a Criminal Justice Commission. 'PM's trip holds promise of realistic partnership'
Former diplomat M K Bhadrakumar talks to Sheela Bhatt on what the Obama-Singh summit holds for India. Government accepts Liberhan report in full
The government on Tuesday said it has accepted all the recommendations made by the Liberhan Commission in the backdrop of the Babri Masjid demolition and 'positive action' would be taken on them. 'Mumbai terror attacks continue to haunt us'
'There is much that India and the United States can do together to reduce the global risks of nuclear proliferation, including by building a new global consensus on the way ahead. The negotiation of a verifiable Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament will be a significant contribution.' 'I don't want Kasab to be given a death sentence'
A year ago, Kia Scherr lost her husband and 13-year-old daughter in the Mumbai terror attacks. Yet, reports Arthur J Pais from Virginia, USA, they remain a constant presence in her life, as she channels grief into service. Can this lead to another 26/11 attack?
Will lax coastal security, corruption among the Customs, Fisheries department and the local police lead to another 26/11 kind of terrorist attack on India? 26/11: Questions that need to be posed, answered
Strategic expert B Raman on the 17 critical question that he wants answered on the Mumbai terror attacks.