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June 2006 - India Special Weapons News

  • Indian political party wants PM to reject US conditions on N-deal IRNA 30 Jun 2006 -- Stating that the Indo-US Nuclear Deal would mortgage India's nuclear program to the US, main opposition party Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded that the government should reject the "conditions" in the draft US law that could restrict India's independent nuclear doctrine and render infractions in its minimum nuclear deterrent policy.
  • Parties express reservation over clauses in bill on Indo-US N-deal IRNA 29 Jun 2006 -- The key allies of the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government objected to several clauses in the bill for implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal, including enlisting India's support to "contain Iran" and conditions on nuclear test, saying they "completely contradict" the assurances given by the UPA Government.
  • India's Congress party endorses Govt stand on LTTE's apology IRNA 29 Jun 2006 -- The Congress party has endorsed the government rejection of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s statement apologizing for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and asking India to put behind the "monumental historical tragedy".
  • Indo-US Nuke Bill: India's hands are tied, says BJP and CPM IRNA 29 Jun 2006 -- The United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006, which cleared the House International Relations Committee with an overwhelming majority on Tuesday, has met with stiff opposition here.
  • BrahMos will soon be inducted into all services: Indian PM IRNA 28 Jun 2006 -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, co-produced by India and Russia, has been inducted into the Navy and will soon be part of the other armed forces.
  • Lankan Tigers regret Rajiv Gandhi's assassination IRNA 28 Jun 2006 -- The Sri Lankan rebel organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), held responsible for the assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, said it "deeply regrets" the "monumental historical tragedy."
  • India rejects Lankan rebels' apology over Rajiv Gandhi's assassination IRNA 28 Jun 2006 -- India has rejected the Sri Lankan rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) apology for the dastardly crime of killing former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on May 21, 1991.
  • House Committee Approves US India-Nuclear Accord VOA 27 Jun 2006 -- An agreement under which the United States would provide assistance to India's civilian nuclear program has been approved by a key congressional committee
  • India confident N-deal would win US Congress approval IRNA 24 Jun 2006 -- India on Saturday expressed confidence its nuclear deal with the United States would win US Congress approval following the Bush administration's pledge to support a bi-partisan legislation on the pact.
  • US Congress may clear India-US nuke deal in 45-60 days IRNA 23 Jun 2006 -- The US Congress is likely to clear the India-US nuclear deal in the next 45 to 60 days, Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar said in New Delhi after returning from his US tour.
  • India sets aside US democrat's remarks on Indo-US N-deal IRNA 23 Jun 2006 -- An Indian official said here on Friday that there have been a number of US Senators and Congressmen who have expressed different views concerning the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
  • New Delhi govt to hold talks two N-E rebel groups separately IRNA 21 Jun 2006 -- India's federal government will hold separate peace talks with representatives of two powerful northeastern rebel groups Thursday aimed at ending decades of bloodshed in the region, officials Wednesday said.
  • India, Pakistan Begin Second Kashmir Bus Service VOA 20 Jun 2006 -- India and Pakistan have launched a second bus service to link the two sides of the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
  • Pakistan-India-Bus service Pakistan, India launch second Kashmir bus service IRNA 20 Jun 2006 -- A new bus service linking Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir was launched on Tuesday, the second such service in less than 15 months.
  • US aviation, Lockheed Martin keen to tie-up with Indian firms IRNA 20 Jun 2006 -- US aviation major Lockheed Martin, in the race to sell 126 F-16 jets to the air force, is in talks with Indian firms like HAL and the Tata group for the outsourcing of aircraft components.
  • India, Russia defense talks successful IRNA 18 Jun 2006 -- Talks between India and Russia on a wide range of issues, including long-term defense projects with Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov have been very successful, announced Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt.
  • India, US narrow down differences on proposed Nuke agreement IRNA 16 Jun 2006 -- The Indian and US negotiating teams held intensive discussions here for three days and were able to "narrow down their differences on a number of draft provisions" of the proposed agreement on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
  • Indo-US nuke talks end with good progress IRNA 15 Jun 2006 -- India and the US reported "good progress" in reaching a common position on the proposed bilateral nuclear agreement as they wound up their first round of official-level talks here.
  • India, US continue discussions on bilateral nuclear agreement IRNA 14 Jun 2006 -- Officials of India and the US continued deliberations on their proposed bilateral agreement for nuclear cooperation in order to reach common ground on some contentious issues.
  • India test-fires Prithvi missile IRNA 12 Jun 2006 -- Prithvi, India's most sophisticated surface-to-surface missile, was test-fired on Sunday at 13:40 hours from a range at Chandipur-on-sea, near Balasore, to further fine-tune the missile's delivery system.
  • Indian govt agrees to hold monthly peace talks with N-E separatists IRNA 09 Jun 2006 -- The Indian government and a powerful separatist group in the northeastern state of Nagaland have agreed to hold monthly peace talks aimed at ending six decades of bloodshed in the region, a rebel leader Friday said.
  • India's MIG-29 crashes near Jamnagar, pilots safe IRNA 08 Jun 2006 -- A MIG-29 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed today on an island near Jamnagar city in Gujarat state during a routine sortie.



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