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India-US nuke pact is ’misbegotten’: New York Times

India-US nuke pact is 'misbegotten': New York Times As President George W Bush readies for a trip to India in March, The New York Times on Sunday dismissed as "misbegotten" the India-US civil nuclear deal and criticised Washington for a misdirected policy towards New Delhi. The Times said India's desperation to meet its energy needs coincided with the same need in the US, where Bush recently rallied the country to give up its dependence on Middle Eastern oil or be forever enslaved by the political exigencies of that region. "India desperately wants Mr Bush to wring approval from Congress for a misbegotten pact

US Govt. submits draft proposal to Congress on nuke deal

US Govt. submits draft proposal to Congress on nuke deal The Bush Administration has put forward to Congress an India-specific draft legislation proposal for amending the US atomic energy laws to pave the way for the civilian nuclear energy deal with India to move forward. "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave to the Congressional leadership this week in the meetings that she had some ideas for how this legislation could be written," Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns told reporters here. "We have to respect the prerogratives of the Congress but we are suggesting India-specific waiver amendments to

India will reject extra burden on Indo-US nuke deal

India will reject extra burden on Indo-US nuke deal On Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will strongly defend the nuclear deal with the US, but will make it clear that India will prefer to pull out of the pact rather than accept any new conditionalities that some US lawmakers want to impose. Singh will give his reply on a discussion in the Rajya Sabha that the government had to concede after the opposition and Left raised the ante over the new obligations the US lawmakers are insisting on. He will stress the differences between the binding and non-binding parts of the

Australia, India to explore nuclear pact

Australia, India to explore nuclear pact Australia and India will set up a working group to explore the detail of a nuclear pact that has put the issue of Australian uranium sales in the spotlight. A historic accord between India and United States last week put Australia's uranium sales policy in focus just days before a visit by Prime Minister John Howard to the subcontinent. Australia at first appeared willing to consider whether the pact could open the door for India to buy its uranium, even though it is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). But Mr Howard backed away from

India to probe new Iraq oil charges

India to probe new Iraq oil charges Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, has pledged to probe new allegations that the country's former foreign minister and ruling Congress party corruptly exploited the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq. "We are determined that truth must prevail in this matter," the Congress party premier told parliament on Friday as opposition members jeered. "Our government believes in maintaining high standards of probity and transparency in public life and I can assure the house that no one who is guilty will go unpunished." The pledge followed allegations by Anil Maithrani, India's ambassador to Croatia, that Natwar Singh, the