Nirupama Rao discusses Indo-US ties with top US lawmaker

If the government sticks to its preferred choice, the 1976-batch Singh will be the third woman to head the country's foreign office, after Chokila Iyer and Nirupama Rao.

Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has sought a generous American visa policy for high-skilled workers from India saying it would help both countries to come out winners. As US policymakers move forward with efforts to reform the immigration system, "we ...

in India | 0 Comment Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai shakes hands with US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns at a meeting in NEW DELHI: India has conveyed its concerns to the US pertaining to their immigration reforms currently under ...

As eight senior secretaries get ready to demit office in the next few months, there is speculation and a sense of anticipation in official circles about which of these officers will get lucky and be granted an extension or given a post-retirement job in a government or quasi-government body, says Sunita Moga The concerned bureaucrats have every reason to hope for the best as the United Progressive Alliance government has shown a marked preference for not letting go of retired officials. A ...

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to questions on the September attack on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya during a hearing held by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 23, 2013. Was ...

The remains of Americans killed in Benghazi are removed from a transport aircraft during a ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, Sept. 14, 2012. U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed during an attack ...

Indian IT companies with operations in the US are firmly in the crosshairs of the gang of eight. These companies are being seen as without friends here. Not in the administration and - more crucially now - not on the Capital Hill. Sure, India has ...

Washington, April 28: Resolute in a weekend decision to prioritise the totality of Sino-Indian relations instead of overreacting to shifting control of tracts of wasteland in Ladakh, the political leadership in New Delhi has taken charge of ...

India's ambassador to Germany since 2011, Sujatha Singh (in pic, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh) is likely to take over as foreign secretary after Ranjan Mathai's term ends this July. PTI Photo Ranjit Rae, India's ambassador to Vietnam since ...