Asked about US Ambassador India David Mulford's comments that the deal could be finalised under Bush, who is in his final year in office, State Department's deputy spokesman Tom Casey said, "There are internal political considerations in India which have not been resolved yet and it is for the Indian government to do so". The questioner had asked what sort of message Mulford intended to send when the deal is largely though to be on a backburner in the face of opposition.
"From what I have seen it is a very credible material. The FBI is cooperating in Mumbai...It is information which tells and gives a very accurate account of what has happened," Mulford told Karan Thapar's programme Devil's Advocate.
President A P J Abdul Kalam will inaugurate a two-day Indo-US Nanotechnology conclave on February 22-23.
The Manmohan Singh government has refused to heed to public opinion on the Iran issue and the left parties have decided to demand a debate in the house ahead of the March six International Atomic Energy Agency Board meeting, said Karat.
The CPI(M) has asked the government to express its disapproval.
In a statement, US Ambassador to India David Mulford noted that scholars and students from India are valued members of its higher education communities.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with United States President George W Bush later in September could be an opportunity to sign the 123 Agreement, US Ambassador David Mulford has said.Mulford added that he is optimistic about bipartisan support about the India-US civilian nuclear agreement. Speaking about China's role in the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting on the India-specific waiver, Mulford said the communist country did the right thing in the end.
The United States on Tuesday asked India not to talk about an unconditional waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group as it was 'provocative' ahead of the meeting of the 45-nation group.Ambassador to India David Mulford said usage of the term 'unconditional' was 'over simplification' of issues considering that the issue related to the NSG. He noted that the US was seeking 'clean exemption' from NSG and was not using the word unconditional because there are 'many moving parts'.
The two will discuss recent developments in bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest on regional and international issues.
India on Friday attacked the United States over agricultural subsidies and trade liberalisation saying it was "not serious" about the matter and had failed to understand New Delhi's political concerns.
The US no longer looks at India through the "prism" of Pakistan, according to outgoing US Ambassador to India David Mulford, who describes "de-hyphenating of India-Pakistan obsession" as a major accomplishment of his four-year tenure.
Nuclear energy companies are going to be a significant part of the US trade delegation, the largest ever to any country, to visit India later this month, US Ambassador David Mulford has said.
During the hour-long meeting, Natwar Singh said India attached 'exceptional importance' to Indo-US relations.
US Ambassador David Mulford and protocol officer M P Singh received Powell, who arrived by a special US Air Force plane.
General Motors on Saturday celebrated the relaunch of its Chevrolet brand with the United States Ambassador David Mulford assuring that the American market will be open to Indian goods.
Downplaying Pakistan's claim that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was not in its territory, the United States said on Tuesday that Dawood was "very much" in its sights and that it would like to see individuals like him apprehended.
US dismissed New Delhi's apprehension that the US move would have negative impact on bilateral ties as well as on the India-Pakistan dialogue process.
Mulford's remarks came on a day when CPI-M asked the government not to operationalise the deal for at least the next six months.
India would have to present a credible plan of separating civil and nuclear establishments before the American Congress decided on lifting of sanctions on it, says Mulford.
A Delhi court on Thursday warned former Army Chief General V K Singh for making defamatory remarks against ex-Lt Governor of Delhi Tejinder Singh, who had filed a criminal defamation case against him and four others, saying it would lead to cancellation of his bail granted earlier.
Former US Ambassador to India David Mulford, who served for five years in Delhi during the George W Bush administration, has sated that Washington should apologised publicly for the way former New York Indian Consul General Devyani Khobragade was strip and cavity searched last December following her arrest for alleged exploitation of her maid.
Atul Keshap would be 'a superb fit for Sri Lanka as he knows the ins and outs of the politics there and all the political players, including the new disposition in Colombo intimately,' US diplomatic sources in Washington, DC told Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com
The allegations had been made by Natwar after his indictment by the Pathak panel.
President A P J Abdul Kalam and US President George Bush have already ratified the treaty.
US unhappy over India's nuclear statements
Concerned at recurring terror strikes in different countries, including the serial blasts in Bangladesh on Wednesday, the United States on Thursday sought assistance from India and other countries in its global fight against the scourge. \n\n
Mulford said the increase was due to growth in relationship between the US and India and recognition that exchange in higher education had contributed greatly to both countries.
United States on Tuesday said it was against entering in to a limited Free Trade Agreement with India and any bilateral FTA will have to be comprehensive.
Terming the ceasefire between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir as an important achievement, classified United States documents released by Wikileaks revealed that Washington was keen on 'preserving' the truce by denouncing the violations carried out by Pakistani troops.
A Pakistan High Commission official in Delhi had praised India for acting 'responsibly and maturely' in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, according to United States's official cables released by Wikileaks.
Publication of Wikileaks reports, which suggest that a "United States tilt" was visible in the Cabinet reshuffle of 2006, on Tuesday prompted the Opposition in Rajya Sabha to allege that the pro-American shift by the United Progressive Alliance government was a "shameful" act.
Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that Pakistan's official agencies could be involved in Mumbai terror attacks, the US today said "accusations" should not be made without evidence.
"We have a long history of relations with people of this state. Many professionals from this state were settled in US decades ago and today they are successful and are important players in American life," Mulford pointed out.
Affirming its commitment to work with India in securing a "clean" waiver from the NSG, the US on Monday said the two countries will "continue our vigorous joint advocacy", including at the highest levels, for it ahead of the grouping's next meeting on September 4.
More than 50 American scholars have been waiting up to 11 months for their Indian visas.
The United Stateson Friday termed Pakistan's admission that the Mumbai attacks were launched from its soil as an "important first step in the right direction" and said it will "watch and help" to ensure that Islamabad completes the investigation and prosecution in the case.
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