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India, Russia move closer,
sign 10 agreements
What is India News Service,
Saturday, 4 December 2004, 1700 hrs IST
India and Russia today moved
closer vowing to reconcile their positions on two contentious issues of
Russian entry into the WTO and New Delhi according market economy status to
Moscow.
Visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin after his summit-level talks with
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also signed a Joint Declaration emphasising the
strategic partnership between them. The two countries also signed 10 agreements
and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in
banking, energy, space exploration, navigation and visa sectors.
On his part, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured Putin that India would
support Russia\92s early entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and
accord it the market economy status for the purpose of anti-dumping measures.
Besides, India and Russia also agreed to resolve within five months the
intellectual property rights (IPR) with regard to defence supplies. The two
countries had already agreed on the broad principles. The IPR would be respected
with regard to all future defence equipment supplies, Dr Manmohan Singh said in
his joint Press conference with Mr Putin. However, the existing agreements would
run their course as agreed earlier.
Spotlight
Putin in India
To
watch Dhruv flight: Putin will witness the prowess of Dhruv (the
Advanced Light Helicopter), Tejas (the Light Combat Aircraft) and the
Intermediate Jet Trainer in Bangalore.
'Dangerous
to reconstruct world on unipolar principles': Without naming any
country, the Russian President cautioned against unilateral action and
dictatorship in international affairs even if it was "in a beautiful
package of pseudo-democracy."
Putin,
Singh in bilateral bhai-high: India and Russia on Friday
made all the right bilateral noises as Russian President Vladimir Putin
touched base with the new Government in New Delhi. While Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh assured the Russia's side of India's support to Russia's
early entry into the WTO and commitment to accord Russia its long-sought
market economy status, Putin too hailed India as Russia's privileged and
strategic partner and reiterated support for India's candidature for a
permanent membership of an expanded UN Security Council.
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KANCHI
CASE UPDATE
Drama,
confusion mark hunt for Appu, businessman: It was a day of drama,
suspense and confusion in the chase for the two prime accused in the
Sankararaman murder case \97 Appu alias Krishnasami and Ravi Subramanian.
Jayakumar, who was appointed as the SPP in 2002 for the POTA cases against MDMK General Secretary Vaiko, Tamil magazine 'Nakkeeran ' Editor R R Gopal and others,
has been asked to handle cases relating to the
acharya.
OPINION
Will the Chief Minister have a look at what is happening?:
Twentyfour hours later it turns out that Usha is a cancer patient for 15 years and has undergone radiation therapy 130 times, yes 130
times! By S Gurumurthy |
5 jawans killed as
ultras storm CRPF camp: Five CRPF personnel were killed in a suicide attack
on their camp at Sopore in north Kashmir.
'Masjid demolition was an act of God':
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Friday retracted his earlier statement that a conspiracy had been hatched by BJP president LK Advani and other senior party leaders to demolish the disputed Babri Masjid structure.
Reserve
3 pc cent jobs for the challenged, says Kalam: Urging government
institutions to reserve three per cent jobs for the differently-abled persons as
per the Disability Bill, President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday said a
\93charter of missions\94 should be drawn up for empowering the disabled.
SC
disposes of petition on judges\92 mass leave:
The
Supreme Court today disposed of a PIL petition on the issue of Punjab and
Haryana High Court judges mass leave over alleged differences with its Chief
Justice B. K. Roy in April this year, saying the petition had become infructuous.
Kashmir
still a core issue, says Pervaiz Elahi: \93Peace
is not a choice but a must. It can only be ensured if certain core issues,
including Kashmir, are settled at the federal level,\94 says visiting Chief
Minister of West Punjab, Pervaiz Elahi, hoping that a satisfying solution would
be found to this problem through continuous dialogue.
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Centre to set
up wage board for journalists: Newly appointed Union Labour Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao today said the government would immediately set up a wage
board for journalist and non-journalist employees of newspapers and news
agencies.
Prayers
mark 20th anniversary of Bhopal tragedy:
Prayers, assurances and anguish marked the
20th anniversary of the MiC gas leak from the Union Carbide pesticide factory
which killed thousands and inflicted grievous injuries on lakhs of others.
Railways
to recruit 20,000 RPF personnel:
The Railways proposes to recruit 20,000 personnel for the Railways Protection
Force (RPF) to ensure safety of freight and rail property.
States
Trinamool
Congress defied HC, observes bandh:
Mamata Banerjee ignored the high court\92s order and observed a 12-hour Bangla
bandh today which evoked a partial response.
In West Bengal, red carpet still means a chakka jam:
For all of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee\92s impassioned
pleas that things are changing in his state, some things just don\92t. Like the
bandh. The city\92s calendar of big-ticket events is crowded like never before.
G.K.
Gandhi to be West Bengal Governor:
Mahatma Gandhi\92s grandson Gopal Krishna Gandhi has been appointed Governor of
West Bengal. He will replace Viren J. Shah, who is retiring tomorrow after
completing his term.
Pipped
at Council count, Maha Cong cries foul: Even before they can resolve
their differences over the controversial appointment of former Karnataka Chief
Minister SM Krishna as Maharashtra Governor, another serious rift has surfaced
between the ruling Congress and its alliance partner, the Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP).
AP
to try novel steps against AIDS:
Andhra Pradesh, a state with high incidence of AIDS, is thinking out of the box
in its fight against the dreaded disease. While a senior minister advocated the
distribution of condoms among school students to promote AIDS awareness, the
Andhra Pradesh AIDS Control Society took up novel methods such as involving
religious leaders in the campaign.
British Airways to operate three
London-B\92lore flights every week: British Airways (BA) has been granted the right to operate three direct flights to Bangalore every week from London.
India\92s twin
hopes in film fest: India\92s hopes of cornering honours at the 35th
International Film Festival of India rest on two films, one English and one
Marathi, which are the official entries into the Asian competition section. The
first is \93Bow Barracks Forever\94.
Rahul
to venture out of Amethi: Having confined himself to his constituency so
far, Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi is preparing to venture out of Amethi
and take on a more proactive role in the party\92s revival plans for Uttar
Pradesh.
AP govt may toughen stand on Naxalites:
The government has told the police not to spare the Naxalites if they resorted to unlawful activities.
Neighbours
For
average Pakistani, sati is still practised in India:
Back
home, do you touch one another?\94 innocently asked the stringer of an
Islamabad-based Urdu daily at Mirpur in \93Azad Kashmir\94.
Aziz
says he discussed banking
with China, India discussed: Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat
Aziz told top bankers on Friday that during his recently concluded visit to
India, the idea of reciprocal banking between the two countries also
featured.
View from abroad
Bush,
Musharraf to discuss Indo-Pak relations: The war on terror, bilateral
relations and the Indo-Pak "situation" will figure in the talks
between US President George Bush and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to be
held at the White House today, an official said.
Portugal Supreme Court rejects Monica Bedi's petition:
Underworld don Abu Salem\92s girlfriend has completed her two year prison sentence in Portugal and faces trial in India for securing a fake passport.
Overall
India, Russia moved closer: Russian President Putin's India visit
has been an occasion for signing ten major agreements.
Confusion marked search for Appu: One of the main accused in the Kanchi
case was reported arrested, but policemen were confused about the details.
Trinamool Congress defied High Court: Her party observed a bandh in
Kolkata despite a High Court directive against it.
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