The PM is supposed to meet the Pak President at the NAM summit.
No nation has achieved greatness when governed by a self-centred, self-absorbed and grasping elite, says Shyam Saran.
US President George W Bush and West German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday agreed to "consider" supporting Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for the post of the UN secretary general to succeed Kofi Annan.
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will resign, a senior US official said on Friday.
Australia's new government on Tuesday said that it will not sell uranium to India until the country signs the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Last year, the previous federal government struck an in-principle agreement with India to sell uranium to the country. The deal was to be subject to strict conditions, including guarantees that the uranium would be used for power generation only, despite India not being a signatory to the NPT.
With his administration focusing on alternative sources of energy so as to reduce dependence on fossil fuel, US President Barack Obama wants to build Indo-US renewable energy partnership which would end up in benefiting not only the two countries, but also the entire world.
Ahead of talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, India Friday pitched for consensus among the island nation's main political parties to salvage the fragile truce.
India and the US Wednesday held intensive discussions on energy, particularly focussing on civil nuclear cooperation and signing of three memorandum of understanding on cooperation in oil and natural gas sector.
The Indian side is likely to stress that Pakistan is not doing enough to end terrorism being perpetrated by groups based in that country and needed to do much more if the peace process was to continue.
The government on Monday expressed willingness to set up a mechanism to resolve the stand-off with Left parties over the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Communist Party of India leader A B Bardhan said.
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran will head the Indian delegation at the two-day talks with his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan.
India to discuss N-separation plan with US
India and the United States on Wednesday held the fourth round of dialogue on cooperation in high technology, with New Delhi
The decision is significant as it comes in the midst of India's efforts to lobby support in the international community for its civil nuclear energy ambitions.
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran is heading the Indian delegation while Bangladeshi side is led by his counterpart Mohammad Hemayatudin.
The prime minister suggested steps like increased transportation linkages between India and Pakistan and more people-to-people contact.
The aim of the dialogue is to broaden the scope of the blooming bilateral relationship, allowing both sides to exchange notes on global and regional security issues.
He replaces Shyam Saran, who has been designated as India's special envoy for the Indo-US nuclear deal.
She held preliminary talks with external affairs ministry officials and later met Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran.
There were warm handshakes and smiles as Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Khokhar posed for photographers at the majestic Hyderabad House before the negotiations.
India on Friday expressed confidence that its nuclear deal with the United States would win US Congress approval following the Bush administration's pledge to support a bi-partisan legislation on the pact.
India on Thursday said it will scale up nuclear energy production to 60,000 megawatts by 2030 after signing the pending N-deals with more countries.
A Congressional recess is coming up, meaning the deal will be delayed.
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