
New Delhi: US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has stressed the need for "levelling the playing field" for foreign and domestic companies in the country's civil nuclear industry. During his visit, Burns held wide-ranging talks with Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on Monday and also stressed the importance of continuing the implementation of the US-India civil-nuclear deal during his talks. "The Deputy Secretary stressed, in particular, the importance of continuing...

08:38 PM, Dec 13, 2011

New Delhi: India and the US are expected to make efforts to iron out irritants in the nuclear liability law for the implementation of civil nuclear deal during talks US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will have in New Delhi on Monday. The civil nuclear agreement, signed by the two countries in 2008, will top the agenda when Burns meets National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai...

09:28 AM, Dec 12, 2011

New Delhi/Washington: With the landmark India-US nuclear deal languishing even three years after it was signed, US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will hold talks with senior Indian officials on Monday in yet another diplomatic bid to iron out differences over the civil nuclear liability regime. Burns, who holds most powerful position in the US State Department after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, touches down in New Delhi Sunday...

04:43 AM, Dec 11, 2011

William Burns said India's leadership, and the potential for US-Indian partnership, extends well beyond Asia. ...

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Obama administration considers India "to be a crucial global partner to US." ...

09:04 PM, Jun 11, 2009

President Obama has dispatched a personal letter to New Delhi. ...

12:33 PM, Jun 11, 2009

Manmohan Singh may meet Zardari in Russia next week. ...

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