R Sampanthan, leading the delegation, expressed satisfaction over the discussions and hoped that CPI would help make a favourable public opinion about the Eelam issue.
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh inaugurated the 5-day long event.
"Taking note of this unreasonable stand of the Union government... it will now be open to the commission to draw its own inferences with respect to the (President's) letters (written to the then PM A B Vajpayee)'', the pnel said.
Buoyed by growth in exports and strong domestic demand, the Indian IT-ITeS industry has recorded $39.6 billion in revenues in 2006-07, up 30.7 per cent against a projected growth of 27 per cent, according to Nasscom.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during the NAM Summit in Havana in mid-September.
The Commission has not given any time frame for the President's office to give the letters.
The CIC order came on an appeal filed by a citizen in February this year invoking the Right to Information Act.
The prime minister said he would hold bilateral meetings, among others, with Philippines President Gloria Macpagal Arroyo, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
India's National Security Advisor says that the US just can't to afford to ignore the Pakistan-based militant outfit.
From farm to kitchen: Nestle reveals Maggi's secret recipe.
A high alert has been sounded and security beefed up in public places and markets across Delhi on Tuesday in the wake of serial grenade attacks in Srinagar and blasts in Mumbai.
The comic punches in Dishkiyaoon are too few and far between, plot twists make little sense and are saddled with glaring loopholes, writes Nishi Tiwari.
The notices ask the UPA government to clarify its stand regarding the letters of late former President K R Narayanan to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee regarding the deployment of troops in Gujarat where large-scale riots had taken place in 2002.
Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj and Tripura Governor Devanand Konwar will retire on Saturday and governors of Tamil Nadu and Mizoram have been given the additional charge of the two states respectively.
A Delhi court on Monday dismissed a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Indian Police Service officer R B Sreekumar against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh and two others for allegedly launching a malicious campaign against him in connection with the 1994 Indian Space Research Organisation spying case.
United States President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump will be visiting India -- Ahmedabad and Delhi -- on February 24 and 25 on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Let's assess earlier American presidential visits to India.
With the ceasefire with United Liberation Front of Asom in Assam expiring at midnight on Wednesday, a high level meeting in New Delhi on Thursday reviewed the peace process with the banned group.
'We have shown them what we are going to do. That we are willing to separate the civilian and military nuclear establishments.'National Security Adviser M K Narayanan in an exclusive interview.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has started fresh questioning of the cousins of former IAF chief SP Tyagi in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal in light of claims by alleged middleman Guido Haschke that he had paid money to them.
The two sides are looking to move forward in mutual understanding.
'If the US does not wish to end up playing second fiddle in a global orchestra, it is very, very clear what she needs to do. And who she needs to do it with.'
Pakistan not doing enough to stop cross-border terrorism: India
After his visit to Sri Lanka, Norway's top peace envoy Erik Solheim on Saturday said the situation in the island nation was "dangerous".
The IAF and USAF would begin a 12-day exercise at Kalaikunda base from November 7 and West Bengal's ruling CPI (M) has threatened to mobilise 30 lakh activists in statewide protests against the event.
Release of top ULFA leaders figures in Centre-PCG talks
A couple of years ago, Dr Singh had celebrated his birthday on a flight between Frankfurt and New York.
The commission had time and again requested Rashtrapati Bhavan to send copies of the letters to the commission, but the President's office had citied 'privilege' and refused to part with the concerned documents.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, who is also its special representative, will hold the fifth round of boundary talks with his Indian counterpart National Security Advisor M K Narayanan.
'President Bush seems to have been impressed with the candour, the credibility, the honesty of purpose of the prime minister.' National Security Adviser M K Narayanan in an exclusive interview.
No conclusive end was reached in the talks.
Nasdaq-listed Cognizant Technology Solutions on Monday announced Rs 115 crore investments in Chennai for setting up a training academy and two software development blocks, which can accommodate 3,500 employees.
On a six-day official visit at the invitation of President A P J Abdul Kalam, Gayoom and Dr Singh exchanged views on important regional and global issues of mutual concern.
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