Indian Politics News
Pranab in US buys time for N-deal
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee met US president George Bush at the White House to discuss the nuclear deal which is weighed down by domestic political opposition.Bush, who sees the nuclear deal as his “major” foreign policy centrepiece on the lines of Nixon’s overture to China, may get cold comfort from Mukherjee’s dull visit. When […]
Mr Modi, there’s a Supreme Court
The post-Godhra communal riots in Gujarat are back to haunt Narendra Modi Government with the Supreme Court on Tuesday deciding to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the major cases.
A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam said that the 5-member SIT will comprise former CBI director RK Raghavan, […]
Partly Loaded
With the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal in a sling just like visiting US defence secretary Robert Gates’ injured shoulder, the Bush administration’s focus has shifted to the business of doing business. And India seems willing. The political route to herald a special relationship has clearly proved tortuous, so the calculation is, the military road paved […]