Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. (Photo/NYT News Service) After the recent tensions over the Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun murder plot, the Biden administration looked to sign off on a positive note with India as outgoing ambassador Eric Garcetti Thursday welcomed the conclusion of the Indian probe into the murder-for-hire case, saying the investigation delivered 2 of…
Source: archivespmo.nic.in NEW DELHI: The White House on Saturday issued a statement from US President Joe Biden, expressing condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday night at the age of 92. Singh, widely regarded as a transformative leader and the architect of India’s economic liberalisation. He served as…
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh played a pivotal role in placing US-India relations on a “fundamentally new footing” with the landmark 2008 Civil Nuclear Deal between the two nations, former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said.Singh, who served as prime minister for two consecutive terms…
NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh believed India’s development priorities should shape its foreign policy and, in his own words, create a global environment conducive for India’s growth. It was with this in mind that he met President George Bush in 2005 on the margins of the UNGA and asked him if the US could help India…
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: World leaders and dignitaries from around the globe expressed their deep sorrow after the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, a pivotal figure in modern India’s economic transformation and a respected statesman on the international stage.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute…
US correspondent from Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked Harmeet Kaur Dhillon, a California lawyer and MAGA loyalist seen by some Indian critics as a Khalistani sympathiser, to head the US justice department’s Civil Rights Division. Nominating her as an assistant attorney general, Trump said in a social media post that Dhillon has…
Kash Patel: ‘The man who will do anything for Trump’ US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his loyalist Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel as the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). With this appointment, Patel becomes the second Indian-American to be included in his cabinet.Posting on Truth Social, Trump stated that Indian-American Kash would work…
Donald Trump and Mike Waltz (File photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington:Mike Waltz, a decorated combat veteran-turned-lawmaker and China hawk, who is also co-chair of the India caucus on the Hill and has proposed a formal alliance with India, will be Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor. The US President-elect has also zeroed in on Florida senator…
Donald Trump got the Latino vote and now he looks poised to announce the first Latino secretary of state: Marco Rubio. Once mocked as ‘Little Rubio’ by Trump, the former critic is now a firm pro-Trumper whose presence in the inner Trump team will be interesting given his neocon credentials. Positioned as a leading candidate,…
NEW DELHI: National security advisor Ajit Doval spoke to his US counterpart Jake Sullivan in a telephonic conversation on Thursday, discussing wide range of issues of bilateral, regional and international concern.According to a statement released by the White House, the two security advisors also discussed regional security developments and the need to ensure stability in…
