Pm Visits Nuclear Power Plant

India is a step away from entering the second stage of its nuclear programme with the initiation of core loading at the home-built 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor here, a move described as "historic" by the government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Russia's St Petersburg- a visit that's expected to be crucial for India's largest nuclear power plant, Kudankulam. The last two units of the plant are expected to be built in collaboration with a Russian company. If successful, the deal will be the centrepiece of the meet in which 12 other agreements are l...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a three-nation tour of Germany, Spain and Russia from May 29 with an aim of consolidating the relations with these countries and invite investments to India.

The signing of agreement between India and France for fast-tracking the stalled nuclear power project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra is likely to increase tensions between Shiv Sena and BJP, which govern the state together. The project was among the 17 pacts signed between the two countries during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Paris.

A deal between Canada's biggest uranium producer, Cameco, and India to supply fuel for nuclear power plants is likely to be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the North American country this month, a Canadian daily has reported.

The expected agreement between India and Russia for the supply of units III and IV of the Kudankulam nuclear reactor is not being signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Moscow that began on Sunday.

Fresh controversy over the Nuclear Liability Law has erupted with reports of the government planning to bypass the law to favour a US company seeking to operate a nuclear power plant in India. Sources say the Prime Minister's Office is actively pursuing the deal prior to Dr Singh's visit to the United States next week where he's expected to meet P...

Senior citizens of Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district will be sending an appeal to the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda not to revive civil nuclear cooperation with India, said an anti-nuclear energy activist.

The Mullaperiyar dam row between Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the impasse over Kudankulam nuclear power plant might figure during the talks Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is expected to have with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his two-day visit to the state which begins from Sunday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, over for dinner on Sunday. On the guest list were Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Pranab Mukherjee, SM Krishna, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Speaker Meira Kumar, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and the National Security Advisor,...

India is a step away from entering the second stage of its nuclear programme with the initiation of core loading at the home-built 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor here, a move described as "historic" by the government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Russia's St Petersburg- a visit that's expected to be crucial for India's largest nuclear power plant, Kudankulam. The last two units of the plant are expected to be built in collaboration with a Russian company. If successful, the deal will be the centrepiece of the meet in which 12 other agreements are l...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a three-nation tour of Germany, Spain and Russia from May 29 with an aim of consolidating the relations with these countries and invite investments to India.

The signing of agreement between India and France for fast-tracking the stalled nuclear power project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra is likely to increase tensions between Shiv Sena and BJP, which govern the state together. The project was among the 17 pacts signed between the two countries during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Paris.

A deal between Canada's biggest uranium producer, Cameco, and India to supply fuel for nuclear power plants is likely to be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the North American country this month, a Canadian daily has reported.

The expected agreement between India and Russia for the supply of units III and IV of the Kudankulam nuclear reactor is not being signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Moscow that began on Sunday.

Fresh controversy over the Nuclear Liability Law has erupted with reports of the government planning to bypass the law to favour a US company seeking to operate a nuclear power plant in India. Sources say the Prime Minister's Office is actively pursuing the deal prior to Dr Singh's visit to the United States next week where he's expected to meet P...

Senior citizens of Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district will be sending an appeal to the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda not to revive civil nuclear cooperation with India, said an anti-nuclear energy activist.

The Mullaperiyar dam row between Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the impasse over Kudankulam nuclear power plant might figure during the talks Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is expected to have with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his two-day visit to the state which begins from Sunday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, over for dinner on Sunday. On the guest list were Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Pranab Mukherjee, SM Krishna, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Speaker Meira Kumar, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and the National Security Advisor,...