Tony Blair is expected to make an announcement in this regard when he appears before the Commons Liaison Committee.
The Bush Administration recently approved the sale of 18 new F-16 fighter jets with an option of an additional 18 to Islamabad as part of a $ five-billion-dollar deal.\n\n
"He will not want to leave it unresolved for his successor," the sources were quoted as saying to The Times.
Dr Singh said he told Bush that upon his return to India after his previous trip, he had obtained the approval of Parliament.
Singh said he was surprised that Vajpayee had been sharply critical of it.
Pakistan should have the same access to United States civilian nuclear technology that President George W Bush has proposed for India, according to Jehangir Karamat, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States.
The Bush administration has said that it considers Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf as an "absolutely essential ally" in the war on terror and it would continue to work with him.
Although Washington has concerns about political continuity in a post-Musharraf Pakistan, it needs to push ahead with the war on terrorism -- and is not interested in rocking the boat at this time.
CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said India needs to follow an independent foreign policy.
Conceding that the present conditions in Iraq were not something expected, Bush said, "This is not the fight we entered in Iraq, but it is the fight we are in."
The President's Volunteer Service Award is the highest honour given in recognition of those who contributed to help those in need.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has condemned the assassination of Sri Lanka's foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar as a 'senseless murder and vicious act of terror' and urged Sri Lankans not to let it lead to resumed civil war.\n
Citizens of eight of 10 nations polled by leading newspapers oppose the re-election of George W Bush as president.
'The support Pakistan has given to terrorist actions in Kashmir -- official or unofficial -- must cease.' John \n\nKerry, in an exclusive interview to rediff.com
'I will make sure criticism of business practices which harm American workers doesn't generate a backlash against Indian Americans, the same way trade disputes with Japan in the 1980s led to incidents of anti-Asian bigotry,' says John Kerry.
'I will work closely with New Delhi to strengthen a relationship built on shared values and interests.' John Kerry, in an exclusive interview with rediff.com
Frustrated by Democrats, United States President George W Bush will on Monday circumvent the Senate and install embattled nominee John Bolton to be ambassador to the United Nations, a senior administration official said.
A trial date has been set for June 26.
An Indian student in the United States has been arrested for posting violent messages on an Internet bulletin board urging readers to kill President George W Bush and his family.
Bush said he would discuss it with the visiting Chinese premier.
Threats posed by terrorism and cooperation in civilian nuclear energy are expected to be high on the agenda of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with United States President George W Bush in Washington on Monday.
The problem with the nuclear deal is that the US and India are seeking to achieve different objectives.
This is the first time President Bush has gone on record saying that US forces were `stressed' in Iraq.
Bush Sr is in Japan for business meetings.
An ABC News/Washington Post study has found that 62 per cent of Americans disapprove of President George W Bush's overall job performance. Also a new high of 70 per cent disapprove of his handling of the war in Iraq.
India and the US on Monday signed an agreement for New Delhi's participation in the prestigious $950 million FutureGen project
'Our relationship with India exists on its own merits, and is independent of our relationship with Pakistan,' President Bush tells rediff.com in his first interview to any South Asian media outlet.
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