Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
May 2007 - India Special Weapons News
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- India, US to hold nuclear talks Thursday IRNA 30 May 2007 -- India and the US will hold high level talks here tomorrow on a proposed agreement to operationalise the civil nuclear deal amid keen interest on both sides to conclude the pact as soon as possible.
- Separatists in Northeast India Blamed for Another Deadly Market Bombing VOA 26 May 2007 -- The latest in a string of violent attacks blamed on separatists in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has left seven people dead and injured about 30 others
- U.S. expects breakthrough in arms sales to India - State Dept. RIA Novosti 24 May 2007 -- U.S. arms exporters are ready to become major suppliers to the Indian market, while the Bush administration anticipates a breakthrough in bilateral defense relations next year, the U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs said.
- U.S. Pledges Major Effort To Complete India Nuclear Agreement Washington File 23 May 2007 -- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns has pledged a major U.S. diplomatic effort to complete negotiations to implement a civil nuclear power agreement with India.
- Australia refuses to sell uranium to India until it signs NPT IRNA 23 May 2007 -- Australia will not sell uranium to India until it signs the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Federal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane has said.
- India's Mig-21 crashes in Jammu IRNA 22 May 2007 -- Indian Air Force (IAF)'s Mig-21 fighter aircraft is feared to have crashed in the Basantgarh-Mahore mountains in Reasi district with a pilot on board also reported to be missing.
- India to double uranium reserves in five years IRNA 22 May 2007 -- India is moving aggressively on its uranium exploration program to double its reserves within the next five years, Secretary of the Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar said Tuesday in Kolkata, capital of West Bengal state.
- Sentencing Begins in India's Deadliest Terror Attack VOA 18 May 2007 -- A special court in India has begun sentencing people convicted in the 1993 bombings in Mumbai that killed more than 250 people.
- Five Killed in Mosque Bombing in Southern India VOA 18 May 2007 -- A bomb explosion in a mosque in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad has killed at least five people and wounded more than 25
- India's Assam State Hit by Fresh Violence VOA 14 May 2007 -- The most economically prosperous state in India's restive northeastern region is being wracked by new violence, including a bomb that killed two people
- India's MIG-29 crashes in Jalandhar IRNA 08 May 2007 -- A MIG-29 fighter today crashed near Adampur Air Force station minutes after taking off though its pilot bailed out safely.
- Rice calls Indian PM to move ahead with the N-deal IRNA 06 May 2007 -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice telephoned India's Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh urging him to personally intervene and ensure that the 123 agreement was signed at the earliest so that it could be voted on by the US Congress.
- Indian Navy chief denies delay in delivery of Russian aircraft carrier IRNA 02 May 2007 -- Dismissing reports that the delivery of Soviet-era aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov would be delayed, Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta said the carrier would arrive in the Indian waters by 2008-end or early 2009.
- US, India, Report Progress in Nuclear Talks VOA 02 May 2007 -- The State Department reports progress in talks with India on a nuclear agreement and says a senior U.S. envoy will go to India later this month to try to complete a deal
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