Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said French President Nicolas Sarkozy had told him that he had an "open mind" on the issue of Sikhs wearing turbans in France and would have a relook at it. Dr Singh said he had told Sarkozy that the turban was a very essential part of the Sikh way of life.France had imposed a ban in 2004 under which Sikh students were prohibited from wearing turbans to schools, a decision that had incurred world-wide protests from the Sikh community.
An unfazed PM reacts to Sarkzozy's respect-the-law-of-the-land assertion.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/manmohan-singh-raises-turbanban-issue-with-sarkozy/74706-2.html
France is the first country to open nuclear commerce with India after NGS waiver.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-france-sign-civil-nuclear-cooperation-deal/74694-2.html
Indications are that the PM will sign a bilateral nuclear deal with Sarkozy.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pm-prepares-groundwork-for-indofrance-nuke-deal/74649-2.html
Manmohan says India won't support a nuclear weapon state emerging in its neighbourhood.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pms-clear-message-india-wont-allow-a-nuclear-iran/74626-2.html
The book says Sarkozy has had "brutal" exchanges with past lovers.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/new-book-claims-french-prez-sarkozy-is-a-brute/74616-19.html
France currently holds the European Union's rotating Presidency.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-pushes-nagenda-wants-a-deal-with-eu/74570-2.html
Russia agreed to withdraw its troops from the buffer zone within one month.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/russia-agrees-to-georgia-ceasefire-plan/73146-2.html
French officials say, this is the biggest single loss of foreign troops in combat since 2001.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/taliban-insurgents-kill-10-french-soldiers/71640-2.html
The new album is titled Comme Si De Rien N'etait.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/brunis-new-album-hits-the-stores/68744-8.html
The singer refers to the couple's foreign trips in her cover of Bob Dylan's You Belong to Me.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bruni-croons-about-love-for-sarkozy-in-new-album/65723-8.html
Sarkozy did most of the talking, but it was his wife who made the headlines.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/britain-swoons-over-french-first-lady-carla-bruni/62127-2.html
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