 | | Is the nuke noose a retribution for the PM? | | The dilemma of Shakespeare’s Hamlet sits perfectly on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the noose of his nuclear deal with the US tightens around him. | |  | | Killing India with kindness | | Post-budget, the n-deal is back on the govt's agenda. Torn between the deal and the desire to remain in office, it will try to push the deal at every opportunity, writes Raghotham. | | |  | Indo US nuclear deal |  | | Govt to face trust vote on July 22 | | The four-year old UPA government will face its first trial of strength in the Lok Sabha on July 22 with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi asking coalition partners to 'look ahead' after Left's exit. | Latest stories on N-deal | | | | |  | | The N-deal and the Elephant | | No issue in the last decade has generated so much uninformed debate as the proposed Indo-US nuclear deal. Vociferously opposing the deal are the left and right poles of Indian politics, writes Anil A Athale | |  | | | |  |  | | 'N-deal is not in America's interest' | | With any luck the US - India Nuclear agreement will die a natural death during its transit through the gauntlet of Indian politics, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). | | | | |  | | The great nuclear debate | | The Indo-US civil nuclear deal has divided the UPA govt at the Centre. The Left parties, supporting the government from outside, has threatened to withdraw support if the Centre goes ahead with the deal. The BJP has also raised strong objections. | |  | | | |