Seven managers convicted over the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster have appealed, a newspaper reported Tuesday as India said again it would urge the U.S. to extradite the company's former American boss.
President Obama is so intent on dispelling doubts about his commitment to India that he plans to attend a reception this week at the State Department for Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna.
BEIJING (Agence France-Presse) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here yesterday for talks with China's leaders as the two most populous nations look to turn their combined clout into a major force in global affairs.
NEW DELHI — Communist Party leaders say they are trying to keep U.S. influence at bay and protect India's poor from ruthless foreign enterprises by blocking a deal on nuclear energy with the United States.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — India celebrated the 60th anniversary of its independence from British rule today in a triumphant mood, with many here feeling the country is finally taking its rightful place as a major global player.
NEW DELHI (AP) — India is free to keep developing and testing nuclear weapons under its much-touted atomic cooperation pact with the United States, the country's prime minister said yesterday, defending the deal in front of lawmakers who noisily demanded it be scrapped.
NEW DELHI (AP) India is free to test nuclear weapons under a much-touted nuclear deal with the United States, the country's prime minister said today as lawmakers opposed to the pact noisily demanded the agreement be scrapped.
From combined dispatches
