The fuel will permit TAPS 1&2, already under international safeguards, to continue producing nuclear power for the power grid.

The foreign secretary informed the US ambassador that India's vote on any possible resolution on the Iranian issue at the IAEA would be determined by India's own judgment of the merits of the case.

The Indian side sees the visit as the culmination of that process. From now on, we want to make sure there is sustained and continuous engagement with Bangladesh.

(The) home secretaries of the two countries would meet often and exchange information. The joint rivers commission too would meet frequently to address water disputes.

All I can say at the moment is that he has proceeded on leave and we will wait for the investigations to take their course.

The Maoist movement must abandon the use of violence as a political instrument and commit itself to the principles of democracy thereby creating conditions for joining the political mainstream.

For the present, let me only say that we are concerned over the arrests and detention, once again, of several political leaders, professionals and students which we strongly deplore.

Begum Khaleda will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.

Circulation of such scurrilous material is not becoming of a senior member of the Foreign Service. The Ministry of External Affairs will deal with the matter in accordance with its well established norms.

In the preliminary discussions on these elements so far, India has already conveyed to the U.S. that such a provision has no place in the proposed bilateral agreement.