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	The Hindu : Front Page : Pranab is External Affairs Minister
		Mukherjee's place in the Defence Ministry will be taken by the new entrant to the Cabinet, A.K. Antony, who took the oath of office and secrecy at a brief swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Tuesday.
		According to senior AICC functionaries involved in the prolonged re-shuffle exercise, Mr.
		Mukherjee has been assured that he will continue to be treated and respected as the seniormost Minister in the Cabinet, will remain the Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha and be involved with various domestic political and policy engagements, including chairmanship of about a dozen Group of Ministers.
	www.hindu.com /2006/10/25/stories/2006102507670100.htm (619 words)

	Pranab Mukherjee Information
		Pranab Mukherjee (left) with Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh
		Pranab Mukherjee (born December 11, 1935, West Bengal, India) is the Defence Minister of India in the Manmohan Singh government.
		Pranab Mukherjee belongs to the category of Congress party members who are popular with the Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, but do not enjoy a similar level of respect within the party's cadre.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee (173 words)

	Offstumped - » Pranab Mukherjee - Indias New Foreign Minister
		Pranab is the virtual number two in the government after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on account of being the Leader of the Lok Sabha.
		Pranab Mukherjee’s claim to fame clearly is his loyalty to Sonia Gandhi and his relative seniority amongst the rag tag non-performers that make up the UPA cabinet, Chidambaram excepted.
		Mukherjee’s most recent record as Defense Minister is worth analysing to draw a judgement on his recent performance.
	offstumped.nationalinterest.in /2006/10/25/pranab-mukherjee-indias-new-foreign-minister (1187 words)

	Pranab Mukherjee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pranab Mukherjee (left) with Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh
		Pranab Mukherjee (born December 11, 1935, West Bengal, India) is the Foreign Minister of India in the Manmohan Singh government.
		Pranab Mukherjee belongs to the category of Congress party members who are popular with the Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, but do not enjoy a similar level of respect within the party's cadre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee (296 words)

	Pranab Mukherjee makes CPI(M) jittery - Sify.com
		Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee is in full battle gear this time to prove that history does not repeat itself.
		Mukherjee who at 67 thinks he will have a last shot at getting into the Lok Sabha is on a hectic campaign trail trying to strike a personal chord with voters.
		Mukherjee’s nomination was the cementing factor in bringing together the rival factions of the party here on a common platform.
	sify.com /news/politics/fullstory.php?id=13460151 (750 words)

	Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defence conveys condolences to Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Mukherjee thanked him and conveyed his appreciation to the Government of USA for the words of condolence.
		Mukherjee also informed him that India had already offered assistance to Pakistan for providing relief to the earthquake affected people and that a plane load of relief supplies including blankets, tents and medicines will be reaching Pakistan by the afternoon of 11th October 2005.
		Mukherjee thanked him and told him that everything is under control in India and we are carrying out relief operations mustering all resources within the country.
	www.indianembassy.org /press_release/2005/Oct/5.htm (210 words)

	Defenceindia : News : Pranab Mukherjee rules out sending troops to Iraq
		The highlight of Tuesday's agenda was Mukherjee's interaction with U.S.Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon.
		Afterwards, Mukherjee laid a wreath at the Pentagon's memorial to victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
		On the question of defence procurement, Mukherjee insisted that he had not come to Washington with a shopping list, but added that he was leaving Washington with a greater understanding that increasing cooperation on defence matters between the Indian and the United States militaries will be complex.
	www.defenceindia.com /27-jun-2k5/news22.html (1058 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Calcutta, April 8: State Congress president Pranab Mukherjee and AICC general secretary Margaret Alva were held up for nearly an hour today following a demonstration by party workers against denial of tickets for the Assembly elections.
		But faced with protests from the slogan-shouting Congress workers at the hotel gate, a red-faced Mukherjee had to retreat to the hotel’s first floor where the news conference was held.
		In May last year, Mukherjee was heckled at the PCC headquarters by Congress workers over distribution of tickets for civic body elections.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060409/asp/bengal/story_6076667.asp (417 words)

	"I am no romantic" \| Hard News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Mukherjee, who has contributed substantially in shaping the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s foreign and security policies, is categorical that the fall in infiltration of militants to Kashmir has more to do with Indian army’s vigilance than any great effort by Islamabad to stop them.
		A pugnacious Mukherjee claimed that his secular government did not “believe as somebody may try to believe that supporting a particular country is the desire of the Indian Muslim”.
		Mukherjee also felt that the coalition experiment of which Congress is a part has not really hurt the prospects of the party.
	www.hardnewsmedia.com /portal/2005/11/203 (1969 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Oman-India partnership in UN, WTO possible, says Indian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Mukherjee said that the memorandum of understanding signed in December 2005, between the two countries in New Delhi during the visit of Sayyid Badr was an institutionalised arrangement.
		Mukherjee, who earlier also held the position of deputy chairman of the Planning Commission in the Indian government, said he was impressed by the fact that Oman is fast progressing under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
		Mukherjee also praised the recent gesture by the government of Oman to allow thousands of Indian expatriates whose labour cards and visas had expired to leave the country.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=128518 (701 words)

	India News : Pranab Mukherjee pays homage to native soldiers of World War I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Wunsdorf: Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, on a key visit to Germany, on Wednesday paid homage to World War I soldiers at the Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery in Wunsdorf.
		Mukherjee flew in to Berlin from Paris where he discussed with his French counterpart Michele Alliot-Marie Iran's nuclear programme, and the situation in strife-torn Lebanon and Afghanistan, besides bilateral issues.
		Mukherjee's Germany visit is aimed at enhancing defence cooperation between the two countries.
	www.keralanext.com /news/?id=834295 (344 words)

	Pranab Mukherjee meets Condoleezza Rice
		Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee met with United State Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
		Mukherjee, who arrived in New York at the head of a 12-member delegation on September 19, is slated to address the General Assembky on September 27.
		On Thursday, Mukherjee also met with Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, the president of the 61st UN General Assembly, who spoke of the need for all member countries of the UN to make efforts to revitalise the organisation, particularly as it has completed its 60th year.
	ia.rediff.com /news/2006/sep/22suman.htm?q=tp&file=.htm (384 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today concluded his "highly successful" maiden visit to China, which he said gave the much-required boost to mutual trust between the militaries of the two Asian giants.
		Mukherjee, who spoke at a banquet hosted in his honour by the Political Commissar of Shanghai Garrison, Major General Dai Changyou in Shanghai last night, said his visit has given a further momentum to the process of building trust and understanding and diversifying Sino-Indian relations across a wide range of areas.
		Immediately after his arrival in Shanghai from Lanzhou yesterday, Mukherjee drove down to the Shanghai Naval Base where he was taken on a guided tour on a Chinese missile frigate which was specially recalled from the high seas for the Defence Minister.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=389326 (720 words)

	India core State in Asian security — Pranab Mukherjee,India and the World, News Analysis, India News Online
		The Defence Minister, Pranab Mukherjee has said, India has a crucial role for ensuring and maintaining long-term peace, stable balance of power, economic growth and security in Asia.
		Mukherjee, who stopped over Singapore after a tour of Japan and China, was addressing the Asian Security Summit organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, on June 3.
		Mukherjee also welcomed the three-nation initiative on monitoring shipping through the compulsory Pilotage Project of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and offered India’s assistance in enhancing security of the sealanes through coordination of individual efforts.
	news.indiamart.com /news-analysis/india-core-state-in--12586.html (555 words)

	Defenceindia : News : Combatting threats limits nation's prosperity: Pranab Mukherjee
		Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today warned that the financial burden of combatting threats limit national prosperity, and in extreme cases, could weaken the very foundation of a stable democratic political system.
		Inaugurating the 16th Asia-Pacific Military Medicine Conference here, Mukherjee said that it is against this backdrop that the world fights HIV/AIDS and is positioned tofight the potential pandemic outbreak of Avian flu.
		Mukherjee also dwelled on the importance of nanotechnology in the defence sphere -- both in terms of the opportunities it might offer to grow our own military capability and also the new threats it might lead to.
	www.defenceindia.com /27-mar-2k6/news5.html (705 words)

	Exclusive: Pranab on airport bids : interview, pranab mukherjee : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Mr Mukherjee, let's start with the manner in which the government handled the modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
		Pranab Mukherjee: What do you mean by handling more efficiently, I don't know.
		Pranab Mukherjee: I don't know what they mean when they say vitiated.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/exclusive-pranab-on-airport-bids/5262-4-0.html (605 words)

	Pranab Mukherjee to visit China to enhance military ties - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee is set to visit China this month to enhance Sino-India military ties as part of efforts to boost mutual trust and add more content to the nascent strategic relations between the two countries.
		Mukherjee's visit to China will be a major event in bilateral ties in 2006 which is being marked as the 'India-China Friendship Year,' official sources said, adding both sides are consulting on the itinerary and related matters.
		Mukherjee is expected to meet China's top leadership as well as hold talks with his Chinese counterpart General Cao Gangchuan and others in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which has just announced a 14.7 per cent hike in its military budget for 2006 to touch over USD 35 billion.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/mar52006/update10721200635.asp (593 words)

	Bloomberg.com: India
		Mukherjee, 70, who is the defense minister and second-ranked in the Cabinet, may get the foreign portfolio, the Times of India and the Indian Express newspapers reported.
		``Mukherjee has had success dealing with the U.S. and he may be looked upon to replicate that in the nuclear deal,'' said N. Bhaskara Rao, Chairman, Centre For Media Studies, a political policy group in New Delhi.
		Mukherjee, who joined the upper house of parliament in 1969, served as India's finance minister from 1982 to 1984 in the government of Indira Gandhi as well as foreign minister between 1995 and 1996.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=atE5dQqusf2E&refer=india (652 words)

	Pranab Mukherjee meets Malaysian deputy PM
		On a week-long visit to New Delhi, Razak held a one-to-one meeting with Mukherjee, which was followed by delegation-level talks between the two countries.
		Mukherjee outlined New Delhi's support to the initiative at the just concluded security dialogue held over the weekend in Singapore.
		Though Defence Ministry officials were tightlipped, sources said Mukherjee reiterated India's willingess to assist in the project and share its expertise in maritime security with nations of the region in his talks with the Malyasian deputy prime minister.
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/jun/07pranab.htm (231 words)

	Tags - Pranab Mukherjee - Instablogs Community
		The Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said it during the visit of Thailand.
		The UPA government is trying hard to convince the left parties to soften their stand on the question of Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
		It seems that our External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee is very much impressed with success of China, that’s why he wants to inculcate the good policies and etiquettes of China through which it has emerged as powerful nation in Asia.
	www.instablogs.com /tags/pranab-mukherjee (744 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Pranab Mukherjee in resignation 'drama'
		KOLKATA — Defence Minister and West Bengal Congress president Pranab Mukherjee resigned from the party post owning responsibility for the Congress debacle even as his detractors accused him of engineering a communist victory at the cost of the Congress.
		Sources said a 'comprehensive' view would be taken of all the states and the roles played by their presidents and the other functionaries before charting the course of action.
		Mukherjee said it was up to the party president to take a decision "but I feel I should not stick to the post as I had failed to steer the party to victory".
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=subcontinent&xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/May/subcontinent_May448.xml (347 words)

	Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to visit China and Japan
		Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Beijing May 28 on a historic five-day visit during which the once bitter enemies are expected to institutionalise a framework for regular military-to-military exchanges.
		"Mukherjee will be laying emphasis on India's commitment to the development of a strategic and cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity between India and China on the basis of Panchsheel (the five principles for good neighbourly relations formulated in the 1950s)," the spokesman said.
		Mukherjee is expected to call on the highest level of the Chinese government and military leadership, besides meeting Chinese Minister of National Defence Gen. Cao Gangchuan, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and other high ranking provincial officials.
	stories.indobase.com /article_6130.shtml (720 words)

	No pull out of troops from Kashmir till terror ends: Pranab Mukherjee \| India Defence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On proposals to pull back in Siachen Glacier, Mukherjee said the disagreement was that while India wants there should be delineation on the map showing the position of the troops before the pull back, the Pakistanis did not feel this was necessary.
		In the interview, Mukherjee touched upon major issues, including arms supplies to Nepal, threat of fundamentalists in the Maldives and prospects for peace in the North-East.
		On prospects of peace in the North-East, Mukherjee said there had been some initiative to start talks with ULFA but maintained that unless there was complete stoppage of violence, there could be no ceasefire with the outfit.
	www.india-defence.com /print/526 (461 words)

	rediff.com: Who will be the next FM?
		PRANAB MUKHERJEE: This Lok Sabha elections proved to be a lucky one for Pranab Mukherjee.
		Having tasted defeat in two of his earlier attempts in 1977 and 1980, he eventually got it right this time by winning from Jangipur in West Bengal.
		Mukherjee was with the trade ministry when Manmohan Singh was the finance minister during the Narasimha Rao regime.
	specials.rediff.com /money/2004/may/14sld3.htm (205 words)

	Pakistan News Service - PakTribune
		No sooner had Mukherjee, who is president of the West Bengal unit of the Congress, stepped out of his car to enter the party office to announce candidates of the Congress-led United Democratic Alliance, a group of Congress workers mobbed him.
		Gradually Mukherjee's securitymen and other Congress workers took control of the situation and police were deployed in large numbers.
		Pranab Mukherjee assaulted in Kolkata ______________ mohammad, United Kingdom (2005-05-16 12:45:05)
	www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=105594 (363 words)

	Daily Excelsior... Editorial
		Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent back-to-back visit to Japan and China and reopening of Nathu La trade route between India and China are watershed..
		Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent back-to-back visit to Japan and China and reopening of Nathu La trade route between India and China are watershed developments in Sino-India relations.
		But Mukherjee reflected a big shift in India's attitude when he told the media in Beijing that reform and modernization of the military of the two countries should not be seen as a threat to each other.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/06july30/edit.htm#6 (4885 words)

	The Great Indian Chessboard (Monthly Review - November 2005)
		As Mukherjee declared, outlining the results of the successful session: "Russia is the main partner of India in the military industrial sphere.
		There was also a setback in the aerial sphere when Pranab Mukherjee noted that the two countries would not be inking an agreement on the joint development of fifth-generation fighter aircraft.
		However, the setback was really minor, for Mukherjee clearly stated India's willingness to jointly develop and produce a super fighter with Russia from scratch and invited the Russian MiG Company to present its project before the Indian Air Force's top brass.
	www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=514 (1913 words)

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