Kolkata: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell is slated to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. The meeting comes ahead of the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Kolkata in May. According to sources, Powell and Mamata are likely to discuss the latter's concerns with regard to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The sources have also said that the US Ambassador will try to allay...
03:38 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: US companies are poised to sign defence deals totalling $8 billion with India, US Ambassador Nancy Powell said on Friday at her first public speech since arriving in New Delhi this month. Powell did not specify which companies she was talking about or when the deals would be signed, but embassy officials said she was referring to negotiations that include about a dozen Apache helicopters along with engines...
06:00 PM, Apr 27, 2012
US ambassador-designate Nancy J Powell arrived in New Delhi on Thursday, following her 29 March confirmation by the American Senate as the first woman head of the US mission in India. To mark her arrival, the US embassy released a 2.36-minute video, which has also been subtitled in 10 Indian languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Punjabi and Gujarati. ...
11:03 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Washington: The US Senate on Friday confirmed career diplomat Nancy Powell as ambassador to India, a position that had remained vacant for the past year. The Senate confirmed ambassadors to 16 countries following Obama administrations's concern over the posts lying vacant. The confirmation had been lying pending before the senate for about two months now. Obama's first ambassador to India, former congressman Timothy Roemer, had announced his resignation in April...
03:40 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Washington: Differing with some lawmakers' views that India was defying American sanctions by continuing to import Iranian oil, US Ambassador-designate Nancy Powell has said New Delhi shared a desire to see a non-nuclear Iran. At her confirmation hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Powell, nevertheless, assured the lawmakers that implementation of the Iranian sanctions would be one of her top priorities when she is in New Delhi...
05:25 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Washington: Before setting his house ablaze and killing himself and his two young sons, Josh Powell left a voicemail for family members saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore. ABC News obtained what it says was a voicemail Powell left for his family members. In the recording played on Tuesday on "Good Morning America" Powell also said he was calling to say goodbye...
02:46 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Washington: Nancy J Powell, a career diplomat with wide experience in South Asia, has been named by US President Barack Obama as the next ambassador to India, the first woman to be nominated for the coveted post. 64-year-old Powell would replace Timothy J Roemer, who resigned from his post in April 2011 following a two-year stint as US envoy to India, after going through a confirmation process by the Senate....
09:09 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Los Angeles: Former US Secretary of State, General Colin Powell has penned a book on leadership skills with the advice "get mad, then get over it," set to hit book stores in May 2012, publisher HarperCollins said on Sunday. "It Worked For Me: Lessons in Leadership and Life" is a collection of personal tales from the four-star US Army general starting with his famous '13 Rules,' as well as the...
03:19 PM, Sep 26, 2011
Asafa Powell has run a personal best of 9.72 seconds in the 100 meters. ...
01:27 PM, Dec 08, 2009
He received his medal from Marlene Dortch, granddaughter of Jesse Owens. ...
07:19 AM, Aug 23, 2009
First US black President stands on the shoulders of giants. ...
12:42 PM, Jan 19, 2009
Powell said Pakistan had said it will eliminate LeT and has not done so. ...
01:47 PM, Dec 15, 2008
CNN's Wolf Blitzer talked with the Republican. ...
11:17 AM, Oct 23, 2008
Colin was seen as a possible Republican presidential candidate. ...
09:13 PM, Oct 20, 2008
Former Secy of State calls Democrat nominee a transformational figure. ...
02:58 AM, Oct 20, 2008
Oct 19: Day inpics ...
02:17 AM, Oct 20, 2008
He won the men's 100 meters final in a world record time of 9.69 seconds. ...
07:49 PM, Aug 16, 2008
The 21-year-old Usain Bolt ran an effortless 9.92 seconds to win his 100m heat. ...
06:54 PM, Aug 15, 2008
US' Tyson Gay faces two strong rivals in Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell. ...
12:05 PM, Aug 13, 2008
He arrives in China as the least-vaunted of a trio of top sprinters. ...
03:12 PM, Aug 08, 2008
