Hillary Clinton has long been an admirer of Ela Bhatt, the renowned Gandhian and founder of the Self-Empowered Women's Association, who passed into the ages last year.
The Democratic Senator with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The senator is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday.
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Menon arrived in Washington to review the implementation of initiatives launched during the November visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been discharged from a New York hospital after treatment on blood clot in a vein of her brain, the state department said.
The former secretary of state, 68, "continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as president of the United States," her personal physician Lisa Bardack wrote.
The war of words between Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reached a new high with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee calling her a "world-class liar" while she hit back describing him as "self-proclaimed king of death" for his rhetoric, economic policies.
Clinton, who herself was the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, announced her support during a virtual townhall with Biden, a former US vice president. "I am thrilled to be part of your campaign -- to not only endorse you but to help highlight a lot of the issues that are at stake in this presidential election," she told Biden during the joint livestream, according to The Hill.
On a two-day official visit to India, she is accompanied by 25-member delegation including top security officials in the US Administration and will hold talks with her counterpart External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on a host of key bilateral, regional and international issues.
The opposition parties might be raising questions over electronic voting machines of India, but the Electronic Voting machiness and credible electoral system have impressed the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh has expressed confidence that the India-United States civil nuclear agreement will get the crucial nod from American Congress this month, even as he lashed out at political rivals in India for opposing the landmark agreement.Following discussions with Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton in New York, Singh said the former first lady had assured him that Democrats would not hinder the passage of the deal through the US Congress.
Soros, 94, in the recent past has spoken openly against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ruling BJP believe that he tried to interfere in Indian elections.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her United States presidential bid, emerging as one of the top contenders for the Democratic Party nomination as she once again seeks to become America's first woman president.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, being considered as a potential 2016 presidential candidate, today came out in open support of same sex marriage, which is considered a significant change from her previous position.
"In the course of a follow-up exam today, Secretary Clinton's doctors discovered a blood clot had formed, stemming from the concussion she sustained several weeks ago," her spokesperson and the Deputy US Assistant Secretary of State, Philippe Reines, said in a statement.
US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton poses with Indian-Americans beneath the Sardar Patel statue at the Albert Palace in New Jersey during a fundraiser on Thursday.
Terrified that their bloody primary campaign will doom them in the November presidential elections in the US, some Democrats are floating a consolation prize for Hillary Clinton -- Governor of New York State, according to a media report. The travails of New York Governor David Paterson have opened up a new potential career path for Clinton, Newsweek says quoting unidentified well-informed Democratic Party insiders.
While providing a read-out of the Clinton-Menon meeting Wood was asked if there would be a follow-up meeting between the two countries soon, or if Clinton would be going to India sometime, to which he replied, "At some point, the Secretary will be going to India, but there's isn't any plan at this moment of her travel. But you know, when there is, we'll certainly let you know."
Senator Hillary Clinton, bidding to become the first woman president of the US, consolidated her position by winning the hard-fought Nevada caucuses edging past her Democratic rival Barack Obama
"Secretary Clinton expressed her desire to work together with the external affairs minister to take the relationship between India and the US to a new level," the ministry said in a statement.
Senator Hillary Clinton, front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has apparently become a trifle defensive on the controversial issue of outsourcing
India Inc honchos Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and others are likely to explore measures to boost bilateral business ties during their brainstorming session over breakfast with US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton on Saturday.
US Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has taken strong exception to a report that she snubbed the Sikh American community in California by not attending a fund-raising event in Bakersfield, California that coincided with Guru Nanak's birthday celebrations.On November 19, the New York Sun had stated that the Clinton campaign's abrupt cancellation of scheduled appearances due to 'security reasons' had left members of the Sikh community dismayed.
Clinton was asked what she would do if Iran attacked Israel with nuclear weapons in an interview on ABC's Good Morning America programme, Ynetnews reported. "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the President, we will attack Iran," she replied, adding, "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
The world today sees them (Pakistan) as the epicentre of terrorism, Jaishankar said.
As the one-time frontrunner for the Democratic Party nomination Hillary Clinton fumbles through the primaries, there are clear indications that the showdown she hoped to have with dark horse Barack Obama at the Denver Convention in August may turn out to be a damp squib.
Michelle contrasted Clinton's vision of a "powerful, vibrant and strong" nation with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's vision of "hopelessness and despair".
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in the Pakistani capital on Thursday for talks aimed at pressing the country's leadership to crack down on the Haqqani network to facilitate the process of reconciliation in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Top Democratic Presidential contenders, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, are of the view that outsourcing was an issue for Americans and favoured measures to retain jobs, including ending tax breaks for outsourcing.
"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion," Trump told a group of evangelical leaders, adding, "she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no -- there's nothing out there."
The former American first lady's campaign seemed nothing more than "a dress rehearsal" for her presidential bid.
The US Senate is likely to approve the vote on nomination of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State after a Republican lawmaker, who a day before voiced concern over foreign donations to her husband Bill Clinton's foundation, on Wedensday said he would vote in favour of the former First Lady.
Hillary Clinton has signed up for speaking circuit and will charge a whopping $200,000 (Rs Rs 1.0894 crore) per appearance, an amount more than her annual salaray as the United States secretary of state.
Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway told MSNBC's Morning Joe that the President-elect is setting a tone for Congressional Republicans by refraining from calling for more investigations.
The United States is determined to keep this partnership going and growing. And that means working together, says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an exclusive article to Rediff.com
The United States is determined to keep this partnership going and growing. And that means working together, says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an exclusive article to Rediff.com
Brushing aside the notion that Barack Obama did not consider Hillary Clinton for a vice presidential ticket, a key aide of the United States Democratic presidential candidate has said Joseph Biden was chosen to be Obama's running mate as he is the 'best fit'.David Axelrod, chief campaign strategist of the Obama campaign, said Clinton was consulted by the Illinois senator on the issue and the two were working towards unifying the party.
"Some of the senior staff who spoke to her about half an hour ago say that she's sounding terrific, upbeat, raring to go. She's looking forward to getting back to the office," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told media person.
A female protester has thrown a shoe at Hillary Clinton, the former US Secretary of State, while she was delivering a speech in Las Vegas, media reports said.
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