The Opposition said Lok Sabha could function only if Sonia and Natwar resigned.
The Volcker panel had named Natwar Singh, who was divested of External Affairs Ministry, and the Congress party among the non-contractual beneficiaries of the oil-for-food programme in Iraq.
The title Inquiry Authority as against Commission had been used since that was the expression used in Section 11 of the Act to Parliament.
'It is in the interests of everybody, including those named in the report, to have the truth established,' says UN Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor.
During his tenure, Dayal will also act as the special envoy of the government of India and hence liaise with the united Nations to go into the depth of the allegations made by Volcker.
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh briefed the leaders on the high-profile visits at an hour-long meeting.
Demilitarising Kashmir cannot be unilateral: India
Shaukat Aziz is a former banker who spent most of his professional life in the US before Musharraf, after seizing power in October 1999, handpicked him for the job of finance minister.
Pakistan's foreign secretary has said that both India and Pakistan remain committed to solving the issue.
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran firmly ruled out any change in borders.
The two countries will also revive after 16 years the Joint Commission under which cooperation in the fields of trade, energy, telecom, security, visa and consular access to detained nationals of the respective countries will be covered.
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque conveyed his country's position when he met External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly's session in New York on Saturday.
President Chandrika Kumaratunga made an appearance at the Independence Square Park where the Tamil leader was cremated.
Houses were adjourned for the day over the breach of privilege issue.
India and Pakistan propose to start the rail link between Khokhrapar and Munnabao connecting Sindh and Rajasthan from October 2, 2005, External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh announced on Thursday.
The government has taken this decision after a perceived threat to them.
The two-day talks will decide on the terms of reference for a joint survey of the disputed boundary.
In their first ever 'standalone' trilateral meeting, foreign ministers of India, Russia and China will hold talks in Russia's far-eastern port city of Vladivostok next week on a whole spectrum of issues.
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing stressed the need for strengthening cooperation.
I did not authorise Jagat to represent Youth Congress in Iraq: Surjewala
Tang Jiaxuan, State Councillor and former Foreign Minister, will hold wide-ranging discussions with Indian officials.
Jagat hands over Congress letter on Iraq visit to ED
Gujarat: 11 get life imprisonment for post-Godhra riot
Abbas arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on a two-day visit. This is his first top-level political contact with the Indian leadership after he was elected to the key post, earlier held by Yasser Arafat.
The PM asserted that no one who was guilty will go unpunished.
Jaitley warned that without filing an FIR, the Swiss court would not entertain any probe in the matter as in the case of Bofors.
Indian envoy arrives in New York to probe findings of Volcker panel
Annan's visit comes at a critical juncture with the Millennium Review Summit to be held in New York in September, the External Affairs Ministry said on Saturday.
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