Will the finance minister present a legacy-seeking Budget?
The Indo-Asean FTA provides an opportunity for India to be more engaged with the region, says Sanjaya Baru.
New Delhi can be neutral in the dollar-euro-yen dance, but it has a stake in a stable US currency.
The beauty of the relationship between the two countries is that they agree to disagree and perhaps that is the strongest bond between the two governments and their relationships, notes Rup Narayan Das.
His trip is now expected to take place after the Presidential polls on July 19.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh continues to be unwell, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has postponed his visit to Australia by a day and Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Prakash Karat has warned that the Left will withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance government by Wednesday if the UPA continues to pursue the India-US nuclear deal.
A soccer team in north-east Malaysia may be forced to play all their home matches at a neutral venue in future following a spate of crowd violence at its Kota Baru stadium. The latest violent incident followed Kelantan's 1-0 defeat in the first leg of their FA Cup semi-final on Tuesday, after which the visiting Negri Sembilan were trapped in their dressing room for two hours as fans ran amok.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday underwent an eye surgery for cataract removal at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi. Dr Singh, 75, underwent an intra-ocular lens implantation in the right eye after a brief surgical procedure, PM's media advisor Sanjaya Baru said.
"The prime minister has had some preliminary and exploratory discussions on this matter with some political leaders. News reports mentioning specific names are speculative and premature," PM's media adviser Sanjaya Baru clarified.
The author of a definitive guide to the Kashmir crisis speaks with Managing Editor Aziz Haniffa.
The prime minister wished her well during the telephonic talk, his media adviser Sanjaya Baru said. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee also spoke to Bhutto and condemned the dastardly act.
H Y Sharada Prasad, freedom fighter, columnist and the speech writer of three Prime Ministers of India, passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday. Dr Sanjaya Baru, former media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, remembers the man who was famous for a book that he never wrote.
Singh accepted Bush's invitation to visit the US again and said a mutually convenient date would be worked out.
Rahul Gandhi, along with a dozen Congress leaders, had met the prime minister on Wednesday to demand that the scheme, which guarantees 100 days employment to each rural household, be extended to the entire country.
During her visit to India, Nancy Pelosi, the first ever woman speaker at the US house of representatives, is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with whom she is expected to discuss the Indo-US nuclear deal, and Congress president Sonia Gandhi. She is also expected to visit Dharamsala with actor Richard Gere, where she will meet the Dalai Lama.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is convalescing at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences after a prostate surgery.
"The procedure was performed to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy of the prostate (benign enlargement of the prostate gland)," Prime Minister's Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru said.
Earlier opposing the government's decision to disinvest 10 per cent of its equity in Neyveli Lignite Corporation, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam had threatened to pull out of the UPA government.
Operations in the Neyveli Lignite Corporation remained paralysed as the indefinite strike by its workers protesting the Centre's decision to disinvest 10 per cent shares in the public sector company entered the third day on Thursday.
In view of the persisting differences, negotiators of the two sides have said a political push would be required to break the logjam.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday instructed the Central authorities to extend all medical care for Trinamool Congress chief Mamta Bannerjee in view of deterioration in her health.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist also congratulated Mayawati and said it was now clear that the electoral college was in favour of a secular candidate in the upcoming presidential election.
In a full-scale offensive, Narendra Modi on Sunday charged that Sonia Gandhi's "blind love" towards her son Rahul Gandhi had left the country in "ruins" and the United Progressive Alliance government was "remote-controlled" by her.
He apologised to Asma Jehangir whose hotel room in New Delhi was searched by police without any warrant.
"Dr Singh will reach Arunachal Pradesh on the evening of January 30 and will return to Delhi the next day," Dr Sunjay Baru, information advisor to the Prime Minister, told rediff.com on Thursday evening. However, the details of Dr Singh's visit are still being worked out.
Taking note of the inordinate delay in carrying out amendments by the labour ministry in laws concerning women, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the ministry to expedite the process.
This approval was given after a meeting of the Trade and Economic Relations Committee in New Delhi, Media Advisor to the PM Sanjaya Baru.
They discussed the legislation on the N-deal.
France-based infotech consultancy company Capgemini on Friday acquired US-based Kanbay International for $1.25 billion to accelerate its growth in India and better its position in finance consulting in North America.
'What matters is meeting the needs and expectations of the people who have voted to provide governance for the country.'
His stupendous run in the Asian Badminton Championship came to an end on Saturday as he went down to Olympic Champion Taufiq Hidayat of Indonesia in the semifinals.
'These reports are baseless, wholly fabricated, factually incorrect and mischievously speculative,' Sanjay Baru, media advisor to the PM, said.
Buoyed by the progress in implementation of United Progressive Alliance government's Common Minimum Programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday
Baru, who has held top editorial positions in several dailies, said trade creates greater security through interdependence and prosperity is a necessary condition for power.
The issue figured in the talks between External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who visited India recently.
Noted strategic affairs analyst K Subrahmanyam will head the group.
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