New Delhi, Sept. 8 : Canadian Foreign Minister David Emerson today welcomed the Nuclear Suppliers Group’s decision to allow nuclear trade with India.

“Canada’s decision to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group consensus marks a turning point in our relations with India and will help to facilitate a more comprehensive and robust bilateral relationship,” said Minister Emerson in a statement issued by the Canadian High Commission here.

New Delhi, Sept 8 : The 27 member team of Indo–Sri Lankan mountaineering expedition reached High Altitude Warfare School at Sona Marg near Ladakh. Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General S. P. S. Dhillon, AVSM, VSM has flagged off first ever Indo– Sri Lankan joint mountaineering expedition today.

In a simple ceremony in Sena Bhawan Lt. Gen Dhillon was introduced to Sri Lankan delegation along with their Indian counterparts heading towards the adventurous expedition.

New Delhi, Sept 8 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said India will be able to enter into bilateral nuclear agreements with other countries after the ratification of the 123 agreement between Indian and the US.

The 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Saturday decided to lift a 34-year-old ban on nuclear trade with New Delhi, a crucial step to finalise the U. S.-India civilian nuclear accord.

New Delhi, Sept 8 : A trainee pilot and an instructor, on board a two-seater Cessna got killed on Monday when it crashed in a residential area in Hyderabad.

One resident was also injured in the crash.

The Cessna 152 aircraft crashed in the Sanath Nagar west area as soon as it took off from Begumpet airport. The aircraft crashed into an electric pole in the residential area.

The aircraft belonged to the Andhra Pradesh Aviation Academy.

New Delhi - Tata Motors Ltd said Monday that it would continue the suspension of work at its factory in eastern India manufacturing the world's cheapest car, the Nano, even though farmers called off their protests over farmland acquired for the plant.

Farmers at Singur near West Bengal's state capital, Kolkata, halted protests late Sunday after the government assured them that they would be compensated with land, but it was not clear where the land would come from.

New Delhi, Sept 8 : The Election Commission meeting with all political parties of Jammu and Kashmir to determine the timing of the State Assembly elections on Monday evoked differing views.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left parties demanded that elections be held on time, while the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Panthers Party wanted delimitation to be done first before finalising the date.

However, the Congress left the timing to be decided by the Commission.