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  Nirupama Rao named visiting fellow at US varsity

  World | November 19, 2013 10:33 IST

  Washington : Former Indian ambassador to the US, Nirupama Rao, has accepted a one-year appointment as the Meera and Vikram Gandhi Fellow with the Brown-India Initiative at the Watson Institute for International Studies.Rao, who retired

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  Indian IT firms supported 2.8 lakh jobs in US last year: Rao

  World | July 27, 2012 19:04 IST

  Washington, Jul 27: Indian IT companies supported as many as 2.8 lakh jobs in America last year amid a gloomy employment scenario in the US and have invested a whopping over five billion dollars in

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  Nirupama Rao Meets Hillary Clinton, Discusses Range Of Bilateral Issues

  World | January 26, 2012 11:40 IST

  Washington, Jan 26: A wide range of bilateral and regional issues, including the importance of civil nuclear cooperation, were discussed during the first meeting of Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao with the Secretary

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  Normalisation Of Ties With Pakistan Not Easy, says Nirupama Rao

  World | January 24, 2012 13:32 IST

  Washington, Jan 24 : India has made “sincere efforts” to reduce trust deficit with Pakistan with which it has a history of complicated relationship, a top Indian diplomat has said, as she expressed concern over

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  India Concerned Over Victory Of 'Dark Forces' Of Terrorism

  World | January 24, 2012 11:20 IST

  Washington, Jan 24: India has sought a cautious approach on the US-backed peace talks with the Taliban, warning against a victory for the “dark forces of terrorism” if such negotiations are put on a fast

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  West Veering Round To India's View On Terror, Says Nirupama Rao

  World | September 28, 2011 14:22 IST

  Washington, Sept 28: India's view on terrorism in the region is increasingly being “believed and subscribed to”, Indian Ambassador to the US, Nirupama Rao has said, even as the Obama Administration stepped up pressure on

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  Mathai Takes Charge As Foreign Secretary

  India | August 01, 2011 11:33 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 1 : Diplomat Ranjan Mathai today assumed charge as new Foreign Secretary succeeding Nirupama Rao and said he would try and work to restore “trust and confidence” in Indo-Pak relations. Mathai, a

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  Relations With Pak Can Grow In Terror Free Atmosphere: Rao

  World | June 28, 2011 8:56 IST

  London, Jun 27 : India today said that relations with Pakistan can only grow in an atmosphere free of terror and violence.“The trajectory of our relationship over the last few decades has been distorted and

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  Ranjan Mathai Is New Indian Foreign Secretary

  India | June 27, 2011 20:18 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 27 :  Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France, will be the next Foreign Secretary, succeeding Nirupama Rao.Mathai, a 1974-batch IFS officer, will assume from August one and will be there for a

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  India, Pak Foreign Secys Discuss Kashmir

  World | June 24, 2011 14:14 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 24: India and Pakistan today discussed Jammu and Kashmir during the crucial Foreign Secretary-level talks here, a day after Islamabad insisted that it remained the “core” issue for it. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao,

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  Obama Congratulates Indian Team On Victory

  Cricket | April 04, 2011 21:30 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 4: Americans may have little knowledge about cricket but a message of congratulations on behalf of President Barack Obama was today conveyed to Sachin Tendulkar and M S Dhoni for India's “historic”

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  India Cautiously Optimistic On Talks With Pak, Says Foreign Secy

  India | February 07, 2011 12:32 IST

  Thimphu, Feb 7:  India is "cautiously optimistic"on charting a way forward in the dialogue process with Pakistan and would like to see the process to mature keeping in view ground realities, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao

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  India Raises Concerns Over Brahmaputra Dam

  India | November 17, 2010 10:27 IST

  Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Tuesday raised concerns over China starting construction of a dam on the Brahmaputra river, during the fourth round of the two countries' strategic dialogue which was held here.Ms. Rao said

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  Govt Warns Of Appropriate Action Against Lalit Modi

  Cricket | October 22, 2010 20:31 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 22: As the probe against former IPL chief Lalit Modi gains momentum, a notice has been issued to him for revocation of his passport with the government today warning that appropriate action