The editorial termed as "a serious oversight" President Barack Obama not paying as much attention to India as President George Bush, given India's central role as a democratic anchor in South Asia and its developing relationship with Japan.
Following the "pathbreaking" nuclear energy agreement between US and India in 2008, the two nations have worked to develop closer commercial and strategic ties and now share almost USD 100 billion in annual trade.
"But the relationship is under serious strains, including a trade dispute over solar panels and a row over a diplomat who was charged with visa fraud and illegally underpaying her maid and left the United States in January," it said.
"It is in no one's interest to let these tensions fester. India and the United States have much to cooperate on, including Obama's efforts to strengthen America's role in Asia and work with partners there to balance China's rise and more assertive stance in the region without provoking conflict.
"In addition, India, like the United States, is deeply worried about a potential takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban once American troops leave and any potential spillover in nuclear-armed Pakistan," the editorial added.
The US imposed a visa ban on Modi in 2005 over questions about his role in the 2002 riots in his state of Gujarat that left nearly 1,000 people dead, most of them belonging to the Muslim minority.
