Ambassador Natarajan Krishnan and Ambassador Shankar Bajpai helped shape Indian foreign policy at a glorious, but difficult, time in history, recalls Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Trump's visit symbolised heightened partisanship and a return to chemistry between leaders defining bilateral ties, notes Kashish Parpiani.
India on Thursday downplayed the United States Senate rejecting a key amendment recognising the country as "global strategic and defence partner", saying it would be "premature" to speculate about its final content.
'Some of the learning may be implemented in the Budget'
'In the past the US has been reluctant to name Pakistan directly in an US-India joint statement.'
On issues like the extradition of tycoon Vijay Mallya, which was already proceeding slowly, further delays should be expected, says Aditi Phadnis.
India and United States are now natural allies and New Delhi sees Washington as an important partner in its journey of inclusive social and economic development, a top Indian diplomat has said.
India should fulfill its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the State Department insists.
India on Sunday signed three agreements with the US for developing smart cities in Ajmer, Allahabad and Visakhapatnam, with the government saying that the agreements would make significant contribution to building such cities in the country.
'Tehran,' Foreign Minister Zarif said, 'had expected the Modi government to be "more resilient" in the face of Washington's bullying,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and outgoing United States Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday finalised the "major defence partner" status to India which will fast-track cooperation and sharing of high-end American defence technology.
The US's first lady ambassador to India wants to set a new tone for the India-US relationship. Aziz Haniffa reports from Washington, DC.
'Clearly our relationship is founded on democratic values and a shared history that we have in promoting these values,' Nancy Powell said, but added, 'our economic and commercial relationship has been of great importance.'
In a letter to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Trump said he was determined that New Delhi had "not assured" the US that it would "provide equitable and reasonable access" to the markets of India.
A top Pentagon official will be heading to India next week to hold intense negotiations with Indian officials on critical defence issues and related areas of collaboration that could be announced during US President Barack Obama's visit to the country for Republic Day.
Currently 100 per cent FDI is allowed in the sector.
'Modi and Obama both had agendas that went beyond the nuclear deal. The threat from the chilly Himalayas had to be tackled in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.'
India has asked the US to treat the issue of visa for IT professionals as a trade-related one rather than an immigration issue.
With quintessential diplomatic astuteness, the Congress party's master trouble-shooter for decades, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, shrugged off the irritants that loom large in US-India relations -- including the outsourcing controversy -- preceding the visit next month to India of President Barack Obama, saying all of these problems can be resolved through dialogue.
Vice-President Cheney to address US-India Business Council.
The US defence department has notified Congress of the possible deal.
United States President Barack Obama will visit Mumbai on November 6, during his four-day mission to India, US-India Business Council announced on Monday.
"The first ever port call in India by a US aircraft carrier and a landmark event in US-India bilateral relations," the American embassy in Delhi said in a release.
India is not so keen to co-operate with the US on IPR related probe.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The US is open to a Free Trade Agreement with India but wants bilateral economic engagement to increase further, a senior US government official said.
Richard Fontaine had an exclusive chat with rediff.com readers on Monday evening where he discussed the presidential visit and the way forward between the two countries, and their respective stands on a range of significant issues -- from the US foreign policy to rise in visa fees.
Modi will have a number of high-profile multilateral and bilateral meetings with global leaders including United States Vice President Mike Pence and Singapore premier Lee Hsein Loong.
Indian and American experts on Wednesday held detailed discussions on a range of implementation issues, including administrative, liability, technical and licensing matters to advance the operationalisation of Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation that has been in limbo for past 9 years.
Indian businesses in the US have created about 91000 jobs in the US.
The issues that figured prominently in these discussions included terrorism, Afghanistan and the situation in the Asia Pacific region.
The United States has high level of expectations about a new momentum of India's economic growth under the new government, a senior American Senator on Thursday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi who expressed desire to take the relationship to a new level.
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