Washington: Naming yet another Indian American to a key administration post, US President Barack Obama has appointed Arun Majumdar, an Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay (IIT-Bombay) alumnus as the top bureaucrat in the Department of Energy. Announcing the appointment of Majumdar as Under Secretary of Energy along with four other key administration posts, Obama said: [...]
US President Barack Obama turned 50 on Thursday, marking the milestone at a moment of political peril after a damaging debt showdown with Republicans and as he plots his 2012 reelection bid. Supporters sang “Happy Birthday” as Obama let off steam at several political fundraisers in his hometown of Chicago on [...]
Ottawa: Prime Minister Stephen Harper Thursday slammed a proposed $5.50 fee on North American travelers entering the United States by air or sea, saying it will hurt the economy. “In terms of the economic recovery, we want to ensure that trade and travel between our countries is easier, not more difficult, and we don’t need [...]
Srinagar: Advocating openly for the US intervention and facilitation over the Kashmir issue for years now, moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is in the US to attend a meeting scheduled to be addressed by President Barack Obama. The Mirwaiz has been invited to the 59th National Prayer Breakfast by Congressman Jeff Miller (Republican) and [...]
Beijing: China was expected to be the biggest hurdle for India to attain a permanent position at the UN security council. But now that even the US has let its feelings known (it’s a ‘yes’), India’s traditional rival is keen that they are not seen as the dog in the manger. Sounding positive to US [...]
New York: A Sikh advocacy group in the US, United Sikhs, is upset that President Obama’s forthcoming visit to India will not see him entering the Golden Temple. In as statement issued this week, they say: “For a religious minority group that has often remained invisible to the world, the Sikh community now has the [...]
Washington: The beleaguered Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has reason to smile. US President Barack Obama just gave him an endorsement by agreeing to visit the strife-torn country in 2011. By his decision he has killed two birds with one, delinked his India visit from the South Asian scene, then added fresh hopes to the [...]
By Arun Kumar New York: The promise of India-US partnership “looms bright and unmistakable” ahead of President Barack Obama’s historic India visit, says a senior US official praising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his role in forging the relationship. “As President Obama prepares for an historic state visit to India later this autumn, the promise [...]
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