President A P J Abdul Kalam left New Delhi on Saturday on a week-long visit to the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Bulgaria, his first foreign tour after assuming the high office.
The United States may lift restrictions imposed on exports of high-technology items to India, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said in London on Thursday.
'In order to sustain dialogue we need peace and it is that peace which is being impaired by cross-border terror,' he said.
He is also likely to meet his counterparts from key countries like Russia, China and Israel.
India also assured its neighbour that New Delhi was ready to remove any Pakistan-specific trade barriers.
The incident, involving a Chinese patrol, occurred in Arunachal Pradesh, on June 26, 2003.
The negotiations with Bangladesh for a free trade agreement will begin before October this year, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
India is optimistic that Pakistan would soon reciprocate by giving it the most favoured nation status, which would lead to a "win-win" situation for both countries.
India on Monday strongly advocated the establishment of "South Asian Union" as it sought to enhance the bilateral trade - with Pakistan - which had the potential to touch $6 billion.
India is expected to extend a $10 million credit to South Africa at the fifth joint commission meeting of the two countries that begins in Pretoria on Thursday.
The two sides signed nine accords, including one on simplifying visa procedures.
China on Monday pledged an investment of $500 million for infrastructure development and resource building in India and agreed to a plan of action for economic cooperation between the two countries.
Many in party believe that Advani will be left out as the group of veterans supporting him will not stick together for long.
If you love India, you cannot weaponise religion to stay in power, asserts Ramesh Menon, author, Modi Demystified: The Making Of A Prime Minister.
Pakistan, as Security Council president, cannot impose any issue on the world body, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri V Fedotov said.
'When it comes to the sustenance and the defence of the country, we would go to any extent,' Prime Minister Jamali said.
The defence minister also said that Pakistan 'has a habit of lying' when it comes to the Kashmir issue.
The US secretary of state said Washington was in "very close touch" with both Pakistan and India.
India had asserted that it reserved the right to launch a pre-emptive strike against Pakistan.
Droupadi Murmu scripted history on Thursday by becoming India's first tribal President in the one-sided contest, defeating Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha.
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday questioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper and summoned her for a second round of questioning in the case on July 25.
It voiced optimism over the outcome of the three-day talks with Pakistan.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday night for a general exchange of views ahead of a visit next week by a top Bush administration official to India.
Opposition members said the former finance minister had misled the Lok Sabha on the Calcutta Stock Exchange payment crisis and the UTI fiasco.
In a bid to boost economic and trade ties with energy rich Central Asia, India has agreed to actively participate in building trans-Afghanistan road and rail links between Uzbekistan's Termez to Iran's Chahbahar Port in the Gulf.
External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday discounted the 'junk' grading of the rupee by rating agencies like Moody's and S&P, saying it was based on a few 'weak' parameters rather than the overall macro-economic picture.\n\n\n\n
The external affairs minister said Pakistan should emulate the Sino-Indian model of not allowing one single issue to hold up progress in all other issues.
External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday said he did not see any pattern in the actions against Indian IT professionals in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Netherlands
