Inderfurth, currently professor of international relations at George Washington University and, according to insiders, either the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the next administration or the next United States ambassador to India, says too much is being read into Obama's recent remarks on Kashmir.
'In his eulogy at Sandy's memorial service, President Clinton recounted the unusually hot US Independence Day, July 4, 1999, when most of official Washington was more interested in watching fireworks than international diplomacy. Sandy insisted that Clinton confront Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in no uncertain terms.' Former US Assistant Secretary Raymond E Vickery, Jr salutes Sandy Berger, Clinton's National Security Adviser, as a true friend of India.
A gaggle of past presidents, prominent Senators, and other famous and eminent personalities gathered at Capitol Hill for the swearing-in ceremony of Donald J Trump as the 45th President of the United States.
Just months ahead of the United States' midterm elections, a new poll has found that President Barack Obama's approval rating has matched his previous low of 44 percent.
Seeking resumption of the composite dialogue process with India, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said such a move is in the best interest of the region.
Three years before Pokhran II nuclear tests in 1998, India was interested in negotiations with Pakistan on elimination of atomic weapons from the subcontinent and was receptive to United States' mediation in this regard, an influential American Senator claimed on Friday.
The latest GOP sex scandal, however, has more immediate resonance for the Indian American community. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is among the biggest backers of Namrata 'Nikki' Randhawa Haley, the three-term Representative from Lexington who recently announced her intention to contest for Governor at the end of Sanford's term.
Hillary Clinton inflicted a massive defeat on Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary in South Carolina.
Snap polls conducted following the conclusion of the third US presidential debate revealed that Democrat Hillary Clinton was the winner.
A new agreement has been clinched with pharmaceutical firms to substantially decrease the cost of treating AIDS in 66 countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean, former US President Bill Clinton has announced.
Rahul Singh is "honored and touched" that he is on the Time Magazine's 2010 list of 100 people who have significantly influenced the world in the 20th century.
'My understanding is that by the time President Xi Jinping came for the Chennai summit [2019], he had already instructed his army to undertake the action in Galwan in the summer of 2020.'
United States President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump will be visiting India -- Ahmedabad and Delhi -- on February 24 and 25 on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Let's assess earlier American presidential visits to India.
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What the Indian economy looks like next January will influence her view on India, not her genetics, notes Shekhar Gupta.
Trump is likely to dine at the iconic restaurant where a 'Trump platter' is likely to be laid out for him. It will be customised according to his taste.
Clinton and Trump came face-to-face at a white-tie charity dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, barely 24 hours after they clashed with each other at the third and final vitriolic presidential debate in Las Vegas.
If ever you sought a living, breathing tableau of recent US Presidential history, Wednesday was it, when President-elect Barack Obama met with outgoing President George W Bush and all three living former presidents in the first such meeting at the White House since 1981
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19-year-old Indian-American pre-med student Atul Nakhasi is suddenly the darling of Democratic Presidential candidates.
His alma mater in the US will honour him with a doctorate.
Japanese 38-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm gave 18-year-old Danish opponent Caroline Wozniacki a run for her money on her return to Wimbledon before going down 7-5, 3-6, 1-6.
US-based charitable group America-India Foundation, which is involved in various social development projects in India, recently raised $3 million from a fund-raising dinner in New York.
Medicines produced in India have become a lifeline for people living in developing countries around the world.
Sukanya Krishnan, 32, has worked for several television channels and among the major stories covered by her included the impeachment proceedings of former president Bill Clinton.
Indian Americans raise $26 mn for AIDS awareness
How do you see India-US relations following the reverses for the Republicans? Will the nuclear deal become a casualty?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay floral tributes to the Gandhi statue and visit the historic Lincoln Memorial and the recently established memorial for Martin Luther King Jr in the American capital.
Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
In the corridors of Washington, the dominant metaphor in discussions about President-elect Barack Obama's foreign policy is baseball.
Past Rhodes scholars from America who have studied at Oxford University include president Bill Clinton, the newly elected Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and the eminent surgeon and bestselling writer Atul Gawande.
Bill Clinton was speaking to over 3,000 Indian-American Telugus, who had gathered in the cavernous ballroom of the Washington Convention Center and who gave him a sustained standing ovation at the beginning and end of his remarks.
'A sense of sacrifice is what you want,' says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
An article in the magazine on Dr Singh by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said, "The man in the blue turban, despite his great success, has remained approachable and ready to listen and instinctively sympathetic to the underdogs of society."
The Obama family would be moving to an 8,200-square-foot mansion in the Kalorama neighborhood in Washington, D C after the president leaves office in January 2017.
'Never pretend to know the answer to something you have no clue about!' says Rhodes Scholar Swati Mylavarapu.
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