Terming as "outlandish and bizarre" the statement of Chuck Hagel, the new US Defence Secretary, that India has financed problems for Pakistan in Afghanistan, BJP today asked the government to exert diplomatic pressure on Washington for unconditional withdrawal of his statement. ...
12:33 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Obama administration, in coordination with some European allies, is for the first time considering supplying direct assistance to elements of the Free Syrian Army as they seek to ramp up pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down and end nearly two years of brutal and increasingly deadly violence. ...
12:16 PM, Feb 27, 2013
In what could be termed as an important development in the field of Indo-US nuclear cooperation, a top American official has said an early works agreement between companies of the two countries could be signed this year. Speaking at a Congressional hearing, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake noted that both India and the US continue to work on implementation of the civilian nuclear deal...
10:14 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. ...
12:38 PM, Jan 05, 2013
The Obama administration has appointed an Indian-American to a key administrative post, naming Smita Singh as member of the president's Global Development Council. "The Council will inform and provide advice to the President and other senior US officials on American global development policies and practices, support new and existing public-private partnerships, and increase awareness and action in support of development by soliciting public input on current and emerging issues in...
10:34 AM, Dec 23, 2012
Washington: The Obama Administration should continue to "bet" on India, the prestigious Asia Society said in a report as it underlined that the US should take a fresh approach to South Asia to best position itself for success in the region after the 2014 military drawdown from Afghanistan. The report, running into more than 75 pages, offers new ideas on how to integrate competing US interests in South Asia, encourage...
04:41 PM, Dec 11, 2012
New York: Fears of violence in the Persian Gulf escalated, pushing the price of oil higher. The Obama administration slapped Iran with more sanctions aimed at stifling its nuclear program. Traders, who worry that the sanctions will eventually lead to a military conflict in the Gulf, responded by buying oil. "This just puts the risk back out there," said Phil Flynn, an oil analyst with Price Futures Group. Oil prices,...
07:36 AM, Jul 13, 2012
Phnom Penh: The Obama administration pressed Beijing on Thursday to accept a code of conduct for resolving territorial disputes in the resource-rich South China Sea, a difficult US mediation effort that has faced resistance from the communist government. It has endeared US, however, to once-hostile countries in Southeast Asia. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the Association...
01:56 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama, who with over two dozen appointments has more Indian Americans serving in White House jobs than in any previous administration, has named two more to key posts. While Indore educated Paula Gangopadhyay was named member, National Museum and Library Services Board, Bangalore educated Sonny Ramaswamy was named Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. "These dedicated individuals bring a wealth of experience and talent to their...
09:59 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Washington: A congressional deadline for the Obama administration to begin enforcing new financial penalties on foreign firms that do business with Iran passed with no fresh action from Washington. While some congressional authors of a bill President Barack Obama signed December 31 expected the administration to announce new punishments on foreign banks, the Treasury Department said it did not have the authority to take that step now. Top administration officials...
05:30 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Washington: US Vice President Joe Biden and his visiting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed on the need to resolve the differences between the two nations, noting that this is not only in the interest of their people, but globally too. "As we both have stated, it's very much in the interests of the people of China and the United States that we do bridge those differences," Biden said...
11:02 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani has offered to resign following reports linking him to a controversial secret memorandum purportedly sent by President Asif Ali Zardari to the Obama administration to avert a possible military takeover. Haqqani said he had sent a letter to Zardari offering his resignation in a bid to end the controversy over the memorandum that was sent by Pakistan-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz to then...
01:07 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Washington: The Obama Administration should take strong steps against Pakistan, including suspension of all US aid, if Islamabad maintains its defiant attitude and refuses to take action against the perpetrators of the attacks on the US embassy in Afghanistan, a US expert has said. "If Pakistani leaders maintain their defiance in light of the new information on the cell phone links of the attackers to Pakistani intelligence, the US should...
09:46 AM, Sep 27, 2011
Washington: America's relationship with India has never been as stronger as it has been under the Obama Administration, the US State Department has said. "We've got a strategic partnership in place. We are cooperating at an unprecedented level on education and science and technology, as well as economics, trade, health, agriculture," State Department Spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at his daily news conference on Wednesday. "You name the sector, we're...
08:41 AM, May 26, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama has nominated two Indian American women to key posts in his administration, according to a White House statement. Chicagoan Deepa Gupta was nominated as member of National Council on the Arts, while Nisha Desai Biswal has been named as member, Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, it said. The release also announced nomination of seven others to key administration posts. "I am grateful...
11:03 AM, Mar 30, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama has named two Indian-Americans - Vivek Murthy and Islam Siddiqui - for key posts in his administration, the White House has said. Murthy has been appointed as member of the advisory group on Prevention, Health, Promotion and Integrative and Public Health, while Siddiqui would be the US President's Chief Agricultural Negotiator. "Our nation will be greatly served by the talent and expertise these individuals bring...
03:56 PM, Jan 28, 2011
Obama said India and US can shared the vision of a nuclear arms-free world. ...
08:49 AM, Nov 25, 2009
Barack Obama says that the US and India are natural allies. ...
02:18 AM, Nov 25, 2009
A resolution commends the maturing of relationship between the two nations. ...
03:37 AM, Nov 06, 2009
