Washington: President Barack Obama will nominate former State Department official Richard Verma as US ambassador to India, just ahead of a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, White House officials said on Thursday.Verma,
Kolkata: US Ambassador Charge d'Affaires ad interim to India Kathleen Stephens on Wednesday said that the US government was keen to work closely with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi."We recognise that Modi won the elections
New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell today headed back to her country after an eventful stint here and will be replaced temporarily early next month by Kathleen Stephens, a career diplomat.Powell, 67, who
New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Nancy J. Powell Monday announced that she is resigning and will retire from service.In an announcement during a US Mission Town Hall meeting, Powell said that she has submitted
Kolkata: US Ambassador Nancy Powell today met West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan, but did not have an interaction with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, as was being speculated.The US envoy was with the governor for 45
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has denied that she was scheduled to meet US ambassador to India Nancy Powell, who is in the city, Friday."I do not have any appointment with her (Powell),"
New Delhi: US ambassador to India Nancy Powell today met the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at his residence in Gandhinagar.This is first such meeting after the US denied the latter a diplomatic visa
Washington: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell plans to meet Narendra Modi, signalling a shift in America's stand towards the BJP's prime ministerial candidate in connection with 2002 Gujarat riots. “We can confirm the appointment
New Delhi: The US Embassy today clarified that Ambassador Nancy Powell's personal holiday plans in Nepal were cancelled due to pressing issues. Acting spokesperson in the US Embassy Lee McManis was commenting on reports that
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday summoned US ambassador to the foreign ministry and lodged a formal protest over the drone strike which killed Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the foreign ministry said."In order to register our
Paris: The US will discuss its global espionage programme with France, US Secretary of State John Kerry was quoted as saying Monday here after France summoned the US ambassador earlier in the day on spy
New Delhi: Delhi BJP has invited American ambassador Nancy Powell to Narendra Modi's rally here onSunday notwithstanding the denial of visa to the Gujarat Chief Minister by the US.Senior Delhi BJP leader Vijender Gupta said
Kolkata, May 20: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell on Monday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a visit to the city.Though it was just a “courtesy call”, the meeting between the two
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16: US Ambassador in India Nancy J Powell Tuesday discussed issues of interest in Odisha with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.“We talked about America's interest in business, education, agriculture and a variety of topics
United Nations, Nov 22: US Ambassador Susan Rice said on Wednesday that her early account of the attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi was based on the
Washington/Tripoli/Cairo, Sep 12: US President Barack Obama has sent a team of 50 marines to Libya after a bloody attack on a US consulate which left American ambassador Christopher Stevens, two marines and a communications
Afghanistan, Jul 12: The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said Thursday that he thinks it's unlikely that the departure of most foreign troops by 2014 will plunge the country into another civil war or prompt
Islamabad, Feb 1: US Ambassador Cameron Munter on Tuesday said the cross-border NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last year was not a deliberate act and the American administration wants to ensure that
Lisbon, Portugal, Sept 29: The former U.S. ambassador to Guinea-Bissau says an American fugitive who conducted a brazen 1970s plane hijacking lived openly in the African nation during the 1980s under his real name.Retired Ambassador
Islamabad, Sept 17: The U.S. ambassador to Islamabad says there is evidence linking the Haqqani militant network to the Pakistani government.The U.S. and NATO blame the Haqqani network for many of the attacks in Afghanistan,
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