Shivshankar Menon
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Pakistan's polity doesn't have capacity to sustain normal ties with India: Ex-India NSA
India | Nov 04, 2016, 12:54 PM ISTShivshankar Menon, former National Security Advisor (NSA) of India, has said that Pakistan lacks the capacity to maintain a normal relationship with India.
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Pressed for military action against LeT camps after 26/11 attacks, reveals Shivshankar Menon
India | Oct 28, 2016, 01:31 PM ISTFormer NSA Shivshankar Menon has revealed that he had pressed for military action against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror camps in Pakistan’s Punjab province and PoK immediately after the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left 185 people dead.
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Pak military only in world to have exclusive control of nuclear weapon: SS Menon
India | Oct 13, 2016, 12:39 PM ISTPakistan is the only country in the world where nuclear weapon programme is exclusively under military control, India’s former national security advisor Shivshankar Menon has said. Noting that terrorists have easier and cheaper ways
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Shivshankar Menon joins US' Brookings Institute
World | Jun 17, 2015, 11:38 PM ISTWashington: Former foreign secretary and national security advisor Shivshankar Menon has joined the prestigious American think-tank Brookings Institute.Menon will serve within the Foreign Policy programme at Brookings, a statement said today."We are honoured that Ambassador
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India friend Ashton Carter is Obama pick for Pentagon chief
World | Dec 03, 2014, 01:06 PM ISTWashington: Ashton Carter, former second in command at the Pentagon, credited with enhancing defence ties with India, is said to be President Barack Obama's choice to replace Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, who was ousted last
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Shyam Saran may be appointed India's representative for boundary talks with China
India | Aug 30, 2014, 12:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may appoint Shyam Saran, a former foreign secretary and China expert, as the Indian representative for boundary talks with Beijing later this month, a media report said on Saturday.According
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Manmohan Singh gets standing ovation at PMO farewell
National | May 13, 2014, 02:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was given a standing ovation by his staff at South Block Tuesday during a farewell they hosted for him. It also saw some moist eyes.Around 110 staff of the
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Hold talks among interests groups in Russia-Ukraine issue: NSA
India | Mar 24, 2014, 10:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: India today said the best way to resolve Russia-Ukraine crisis was to hold talks between the various interests groups as otherwise the region could see “more turbulence”.Asked if Russia was trying to get
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PM arrives in Myanmar for BIMSTEC summit
World | Mar 03, 2014, 03:58 PM ISTNay Pyi-Taw: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Myanmar today to attend the BIMSTEC Summit, making a strong pitch for giving a fillip to India's Look East policy and explore ways to enhance connectivity, transport,
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China hopes to maintain peace along borders with India
World | Dec 07, 2013, 06:12 PM ISTBeijing: China has said it hopes to continue to strengthen cooperation and coordination with India in international affairs and work together to maintain peace in border areas.China's position was articulated by State Councilor Yang Jiechi
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India raises snooping issue again with US
India | Dec 04, 2013, 06:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: Concerned over US intelligence snooping over it as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, India has raised the issue with the Deputy Chief of Mission of the US embassy here protesting against spying which
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Pak HC meets NSA
World | Sep 11, 2013, 10:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir yesterday met National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon in the backdrop of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's keenness to meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New York
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Menon meets US officials to prepare for PM's trip to US
India | Aug 20, 2013, 06:41 AM ISTWashington: National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon has met top officials of the Obama Administration to prepare for the scheduled visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US next month."Deputy Secretary (of State William) Burns
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India needs proactive border management: NSA
India | Jan 22, 2013, 02:04 PM ISTBangalore, Jan 22: India does not face external threats, but should make border management much more proactive, using technology and intelligence, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said Monday."Today India does not face external existential threats.
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NSA briefs BJP leaders on situation along LoC
National | Jan 15, 2013, 01:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 15: In an effort to build consensus on India's response to Pakistan on the recent provocation along the LoC, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon today met BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma
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Menon Makes Unscheduled Visit To Dhaka
India | Sep 04, 2011, 08:36 AM ISTDhaka, Sept 4 :National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon today visited the Bangladesh capital on an unscheduled tour, the second in five days to review the last-minute preparedness ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit next
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Ahmadinejad Meets India's National Security Adviser
World | Mar 08, 2011, 10:11 AM ISTTehran, Mar 7: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met visiting Shivshankar Menon, India's National Security Adviser, on Monday evening in Tehran.India and Iran have close political and economic ties. Before his meeting with Ahmadinejad, Menon had