India has agreed to increase cooperation in energy and transport with Myanmar, where India is keen to counter growing influence from China.\n\n
A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K M Joseph said that it was not their job to go into the issue of pricing of the fighter planes.
Sinha, who flew to Mumbai late on Saturday evening after attending a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, will travel to New York on Sunday morning before moving to Washington.
There is now a recognition of the contribution made by the diaspora and the role it can play in advancing India's interests, he said.
Secretary of State Colin Powell described the Vajpayee-Musharraf meeting as 'historic'.
Asking the European businessmen to shed their old image of India, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday said things have changed here and it is "now a happening place," opening bright prospects for a partnership with a "new India."
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 former finance minister also objected to the filing of a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against The Wire, which carried a story on Jay Shah's business.
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.
Yashwant Sinha explains where the Modi government has gone wrong in its handling of the economy.
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.
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.
Vajpayee had travelled to Lahore in a bus from India in 1999 and started a peace initiative with Pakistan in 2004.
It voiced optimism over the outcome of the three-day talks with Pakistan.
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