Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal scrap kilns operating in Aravallis, 22/01/2025. The application was registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing in the Tribune dated 28.12.2024. The news item relates to significant environmental challenges …
A day after formally severing ties with the UPA, Left parties on Thursday attacked the Government for approaching the IAEA Board of Governors without proving its majority in Parliament, dubbing the move as a "shocking betrayal of moral commitment' made to the country. They vowed to make it "politically' impossible …
Echoes assurances given by PM to House; clears right to strategic fuel reserve New Delhi, July 10: Two days after it lost the support of its key allies from the Left on this very issue, the government today finally took the lid off the safeguards agreement it's negotiating with the …
NEW DELHI: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Wednesday said the Indo-U.S. nuclear civil cooperation deal was very much in the interest of the country as rising energy prices of fossil fuel had made it mandatory to tap other sources of energy in order to meet the …
K. Venugopal Reviewing Progress: U.S. President George W. Bush with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the G8 summit in the resort of Toyako on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Wednesday. The two leaders discussed many issues, including the nuclear deal. Mr. Bush said "it was a …
Siddharth Varadarajan The government feels vagueness keeps international critics at bay. Following the formal withdrawal of Left support to the United Progressive Alliance, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its three partners have issued a statement challenging the government's decision to keep the text of the safeguards agreement negotiated …
Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Contrary to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's assurance that the process of finalising India's safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency would begin only after the United Progressive Alliance won a vote of confidence in Parliament, the government has given the go-ahead for the draft …
Mounting possibly his strongest defence yet of the Indo-US nuclear co-operation agreement, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar on Wednesday said India was negotiating the pact from a position of strength and called attempts to isolate the country's nuclear programme from the world "foolish'. Armed with a brief powerpoint presentation …
K. Venugopal ASIAN GIANTS: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao arrive for the G5 meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Sapporo, Japan, on Tuesday. Sapporo: On a day when the Left parties announced the withdrawal of support to the government over the nuclear deal, …
Left announces withdrawal of support, to meet President today : SP makes it official: will support Govt and deal Ending their tempestuous relationship of over four years, the Left parties today announced withdrawal of support to the UPA over the Indo-US nuclear deal and asked the President to direct the …
Sapporo (Japan)- Despite the Left's decision to withdraw support to the UPA government over the nuclear deal, an unfazed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear today that there was no threat to the stability of his government. In fact, he lobbied hard with leaders of China and South Korea …
ON BOARD PM'S AIRCRAFT : Buoyed by the turn of events on the political front for the Indo-US nuclear deal, an upbeat Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made it clear that India will go to the IAEA with the safeguards agreement "very soon' and that he did not expect elections …
The die has been finally cast. The UPA government has decided to approach the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to finalise the India-specific Safeguards Agreement. Although there is a huge amount of support within the country for the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, one wished the government had been a little wary …
Even as the Indian government seemed set to move ahead with the stalled nuclear deal with the US, a top American daily has underlined there was no reason for Bush administration to rush as it had given away too much and got far too little. President George Bush, who was
K. Venugopal "Once we decide, the U.S. will have to fulfil its promises' Sapporo (JAPAN): Hinting that the government was ready to take the next step on the nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that he expects to rally international support from countries, including China and Australia, when he …
HK. DUA's front-page editorial, "India must not go back on nuclear deal' (June 20) gives a pertinent account of India's potential to acquire some degree of parity in the world's nuclear power club with uranium and high technology on terms honourable for it. The Left's reservations on the deal are …
N-deal exposes comrades' old mindset by Amulya Ganguli How deep is the Left's commitment to the national cause? A look at the case for prosecution may be worthwhile. For a start, it is necessary to remember that the communists have spawned insurgent groups like the Naxalites or the Maoists, which …
Manmohan's Envoy Saran Says He's Optimistic About N-Deal Clearing NSG Hurdle TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: It's finally out in the open. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will indeed go to the G8 summit in Japan on July 7. This first official confirmation of the PM's visit came from none other …
Indrani Bagchi | TNN New Delhi: With the nuclear deal getting a fresh lease of life in the twilight of the Manmohan Singh government, there appears to be a reignited buzz on both sides of the Atlantic. US undersecretary for political affairs, William Burns, who succeeded Nicholas Burns on the …
