India’s Singh Hails ‘Most Important’ Russian Ties

MOSCOW news about: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday hailed unique relations with Russia, following informal talks with President Dmitry Medvedev at his Moscow residence.

“I assure you that relations with Russia are the most important for us and we do not have such relations with any other country,” Russian news agencies quoted Singh as saying.

Singh thanked Medvedev for meeting him “despite the weekend” during which over 100 Russians died at a fire in a restaurant in the Ural city of Perm.

“This couldn’t have been any other way, Russia and India are good friends,” Medvedev said.

Formal talks are to take place on Monday, including in the afternoon with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Singh’s two-day trip, his sixth to Russia as prime minister since 2004, is aimed at strengthening ties between the two long-time allies and finalising a deal to expand cooperation on nuclear energy.

India Vs Srilanka 2nd Test Live Streaming

India Vs Srilanka 2nd Test Live Streaming: news update, Today there is 2nd test match of India and Sri Lanka in Kanpur. The toss is won by India. The captain Manendra Singh Dhoni chose to do batting first. It is said that the pitch of Green Park is auspicious for Indian cricket team.

Team prescribed for this match is as follows:
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Indian Team: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha.

Srilanka Team: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera, Tharanga Paranavitana, Angelo Mathews, Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Prasanna Jayawardene, Muttiah Muralitharan,  Chanaka Welegedara, Rangana Herath

In this match India vs Srilanka 2nd test, there are two changes in Indian team. There is Ishant Sharma in place of Sreesanth and Pragyan Ojha in place of Amit Mishra.
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Sehwag is playing like ODI right now. You can check Ind vs SL 2nd test match live cricket score in the right side bar. India’s opening pair is playing very well right now. Match is coming live on Neo Sports and online live cricket streaming can be seen on Cricket Nirvana.

Sri Lanka Face In Indian Bowlers, Kanpur Test

Kanpur, kanpur test news update, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second cricket Test at Green Park stadium here Tuesday.
India made two changes to their side. Fast bowler Ishant Sharma has been replaced by S. Sreesanth while leg spinner Amit Mishra makes way for left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha who will be making his Test debut.
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Sri Lanka has brought in mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis in place of injured Dammika Prasad.

Teams Listing:

India
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, V.V.S. Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, S. Sreesanth
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Sri Lanka
Tillakaratne Dilshan, N.T. Paranavitana, Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Anjelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chanaka Welegedara

PM Asks World to Pressure Pakistan Attackers 26/11

Washington: news update, Warning of “phenomenal consequences” if the advance of terrorists in Pakistan was not controlled, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the world community to pressurise Islamabad to do much more to bring to book those responsible for the “horrible” 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
“We don’t want Pakistan to fail and emergence of democracy in Pakistan is something we welcome,” he said at the Council on Foreign Relations, a leading US think tank Monday. “But at the same time we have to recognise that there are forces at work in Pakistan that are with terrorists.”

“At least until now they were active only in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Now I think they hold direct on grip in several parts of mainland Pakistan.

“If that process is not controlled, it has I think phenomenal consequences for the security and stability of Pakistan as well as our own security,” he added.

Asked if he regretted not taking the military option in retaliation against the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the prime minister said he resisted enormous pressure at that time “and I think the decision that I took was balanced and right decision”.

“As regards future, I hate to speculate and sincerely hope that that sort of eventuality does not arise,” Manmohan Singh said. “And that’s why I believe world community has an obligation to impress upon Pakistan that it must use all its influence to curb the power of terrorist groups.”

The prime minister said Pakistan had done something to control the activities of Taliban terrorist groups in FATA, but “it has not acted as it should have acted in bringing the terrorists elements who are using their territory to target our country”.

Nor has Pakistan used all its machinery to bring to book all those murderers and those who perpetrated the horrible crime in Mumbai, he said, urging the world community to pressurise Pakistan to bring to book all those who are responsible for it.

There was now impeccable evidence that the conspiracy was planned in Pakistan with the active connivance of people still roaming about freely in Pakistan, he said. “Therefore I respectfully respect the world community to use all its influence on powers that be in Pakistan to desist from this sort of behaviour.”

Manmohan Says Willing to Resolve Kashmir Dispute

WASHINGTON News Update: India has enduring civilizational links with Afghanistan. India will continue to assist Afghanistan in building its institutions and its human resources.
With these two sentences, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday threw down the gauntlet to Washington, Islamabad and perhaps even Beijing and other world capitals that India would not be budged from pursuing its interests in Afghanistan — primarily of preventing the country from turning toxic under Pakistan’s malignant influence and American uncertainty.

He said we are ready to settle all disputes with Pakistan including Jammu and Kashmir row.

“The road to peace on Afghanistan will be long and hard. But given the high stakes involved, the commitment of the international community must be sustained by firm resolve and unity of purpose.”

Singh told Washington’s top policy wonks gathered to hear him at the Center for Foreign Relations, amid a continuing review by President Obama about U.S options in Afghanistan.

The remarks were clearly meant for the US President and his principals who have been bashing heads for several weeks now over next steps in Afghanistan amid charges of dithering on the crucial issue. Singh’s advice ahead of his meeting with Obama on Tuesday — Stay the course; we are going to be there.

Singh offered similar advice in an earlier address to US and Indian business leaders that the international community needs to remain engaged in Afghanistan and any “premature talk of exit will only embolden the terrorists.”

On the eve of the first anniversary of the Mumbai carnage, Singh also told the elite gathering, many of them regional experts keen to see India talking to Pakistan, that “for that to happen Pakistan must make a break with the past, abjure terrorism and come to the table with good faith and sincerity.”

He said his government had invested heavily in normalizing relations with Pakistan and “we are ready to pick up the threads of the dialogue including on issues relating Jammu and Kashmir.”

“We should not harbour any illusions that a selective approach to terrorism , tackling it on one place while ignoring it in others, will work,” Singh added.

Clearly, the Prime Minister too has taken a tough stand in the past few days on Pakistan even as Islamabad as reverted to its maximalist position on Kashmir, falling back on the long-lapsed UN Security Council resolution on the subject. The Prime Minister’s conditional offer of talks followed remarks in a television interview over the weekend in which he despaired about who to talk to in shifty Islamabad, where the civilian dispensation seemed to be overwhelmed by the country’s military.

Even on the nuclear issue, a confident Singh indicated India would not be overawed or intimidated by the Obama administration’s non-proliferation initiatives, welcoming talks on fissile material cut off treaty and while steering clear of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Much of what he said before the policy gathering seemed preparatory to his meeting with the US President tomorrow, their first bilateral encounter.

Singh showed the mildest sign of movement in New Delhi’s stand in the climate change talks saying India will not compromise the right of developing countries to develop and lift their populations out of property, but “we will do more if there is global support in terms of financial resources and technology transfer.”

India Can Not Take Unilateral Decisions on J&K: FO

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News Update: Pakistan Monday once again reminded India that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory and it should be resolved and settled in accordance with the resolutions of United Nations.

Commenting on Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s remarks about Jammu and Kashmir in an interview with a US news channel, Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit reminded India that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory awaiting settlement in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

The spokesman said, “India is only one of the parties to the dispute; it cannot, therefore, unilaterally change the status of the dispute or place preconditions in open contradiction to the right of self-determination of Kashmiris.”

India Does Not Change the Borders of Kashmir: Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI News: Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has reiterated that there is no question of New Delhi considering a proposal to redraw the international boundary that separates Indian occupied Kashmir and Jammu Kashmir.

In an interview given to the Editor of Newsweek International, Fareed Zakaria, in CNN’s Global Public Square (GPS) program here ahead of his four-day trip to Washington, Dr. Singh said: “I have publicly stated that there will be no redrawing of public borders. Our two countries can work together to ensure that peace is maintained, that trade is made free and ensure that encouragement is given for people-to-people contact.

He further said, “Pakistan has not done enough with regard to pursuing the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.”

He said, that almost a year after the attacks militants like Masood Azhar and Hafeez Saeed, and other terrorists continued to move around freely on Pakistan soil.

Presses, Manmohan Pakistan Amid U.S Visit

WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday started a high-profile state visit to the United States with a call on President Barack Obama to stay committed on Afghanistan and pressure Pakistan.

The Indian premier arrived at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington to kick off the first full-fledged state visit of Obama’s presidency, which will culminate in a swank black-tie dinner at the White House on Tuesday.

While a host of issues are on the table, experts say Obama’s main intention was to demonstrate his commitment to the world’s largest democracy after an early focus on working with its neighbors China and Pakistan.

But Singh made clear he would not shy away from offering advice on the top foreign issue for Obama — Afghanistan. Obama is wrapping up weeks of deliberation on whether to reinforce the 68,000 US troops who will be in Afghanistan by year-end.

“It is very important that both the US and the global community stay engaged in Afghanistan,” Singh said in an interview with USA’s The Washington Post and Newsweek, warning of civil war if US forces withdrew.

Singh also called for the Obama administration to pressure Pakistan to rein in Islamic extremists, saying that India’s historic rival has not done enough against militants blamed for last year’s chilling assault on Mumbai.

“We have been the victims of Pakistan-aided, -abetted and-inspired terrorism for nearly 25 years. We would like the United States to use all its influence with Pakistan to desist from that path,” Singh said in the interview.

“Pakistan has nothing to fear from India. It’s a tragedy that Pakistan has come to the point of using terror as an instrument of state policy,” he said.

He doubted that Pakistan and the United States had the same objectives in Afghanistan, saying that Islamabad’s main interest was to maintain a grip on its northern neighbor.

Al Qaeda Has a Control Over Parts of Pakistan: India PM

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has claimed in an interview Al Qaeda and the terrorists have a grip over several parts of Pakistan.

Talking to American news channel Manmohan said India was concerned about the rise of terrorism in Pakistan. He said terrorism would have very serious consequences for Indian security.

Replying a question the Indian prime minister said India sincerely hope the United States and the global community will stay involved in Afghanistan. A victory for the Taliban in Afghanistan would have catastrophic consequences for the world, particularly for South Asia, for Central Asia, for the Middle East.

Please Don’t Consider Me Future PM: Rahul Gandhi

Please Don’t Consider Me Future PM, Rahul Gandhi today asked people not to consider him as future prime minister saying nobody could predict the future.

“Please don’t consider me as the future prime minister. Nobody can predict the future and what lays in store. Anybody can become the prime minister,” he said interacting with about 1,500 students at a college here.

Rahul reacted in this manner when some students referred to him as the future prime minister.

He said the current prime minister Manmohan Singh was doing a good job.

Replying to a question on terrorism, the Congress said the country was dealing with the issue in accordance with the law.

Rahul also answered questions on global warming, reservations and other issues.

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