In an obvious reference to Pakistan, India's ambassador to the US Ronen Sen said India was "adjacent" to the "biggest source and destination of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction" and also to the "largest concentration of terrorists."
The challenge for India and Russia is to make the relationship more broad-based and give it greater economic content, says former ambassador to Russia, Ronen Sen, who spoke exclusively to Sheela Bhatt
Former Indian Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen has asserted that any denial of a level playing field to United States industry and business -- that lobbied feverishly for the US-India civilian nuclear deal -- in the wake of the Nuclear Liability Bill passed by the Indian parliament would be 'worse than a breach of faith'.
Outgoing Ambassador Ronen Sen said on Sunday that the biggest legacy of the US-India civilian nuclear deal was not just civil nuclear cooperation that it would entail, but the restoration of trust between the two countries that was terribly eroded after Washington cut off nuclear fuel to India's Tarapur reactor following India first nuclear explosion in 1974.
Indian Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen has cancelled some of his prior appointments outside Washington DC to meet the Indian workers, who are marching to Washington in protest of alleged slave-like treatment with them in a Mississippi shipyard.
President Bush's guests in the State Dining Room last night included Muslim citizens of America and ambassadors of Islamic nations
Many were hoping that with Vajpayee's NDA gone, there would be a return to the Congress normal. Nobody was prepared for the opposite. Sonia Gandhi was sceptical. This became the only issue over which Manmohan Singh took on his party bosses and risked his government. Politically, it was riskier than the 1991 reform, recalls Shekhar Gupta.
Indian workers protesting against 'slave-like treatment' at a Mississippi shipyard met Indian envoy Ronen Sen and demanded a CBI probe. They also claimed that recruiters were indulging in alleged human trafficking and abusing workers, under H2B visa programme. Sen said the workers cannot breach established diplomatic protocol by directly interceding with such agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Customs Services or the Department of Justice.
India has handed over a cheque of $5 million to the United States for relief activities in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
At Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh's farewell, which attracted nearly 200 people on a Sunday evening, a slew of community leaders spoke of his warmth, his down-to-earth personality, and above all, always being there for the community by gracing every event the community hosted.
The aam aadmi are reaching a point of desperation.
'From a modest beginning of 33 antiquated vessels in 1947, the Indian Navy has grown into a modern and forward looking fleet.'
On the eve of the first high-level talks between India and the new Obama Administration in Washington, with the arrival of Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, who will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other senior US officials later today (Monday), outgoing Ambassador Ronen Sen has dismissed concerns over the momentum of the relationship under the new dispensation in DC.
While the precise nature of the Monday night talks was not divulged, sources said the two sides exchanged frank and candid views on bilateral defence cooperation and regional and other security issues.
The Indian embassy in Washington is in the process of finalising a detailed report on the issue of over 100 Indian workers in a Mississippi shipyard, who revolted against their employer for their alleged "slave-like treatment" after being "tricked" into coming to the US.
Terming the India-United States civil nuclear agreement as the most outstanding symbol of India's new standing in the world, Indian ambassador to America Ronen Sen has said that civil nuclear cooperation with New Delhi was an issue on which there was complete agreement among Russia, European and other countries.
Did the Indian government guarantee Dow Chemicals, the parent company of Union Carbide, that it will not be held liable for the Bhopal gas tragedy?
The committee, headed by senior Congress MP V Kishorechandra Deo, will meet on that day after Speaker Somnath Chatterjee referred the issue to it following a hue and cry by members who demanded the envoy's recall, sources said.
An interview by Indian Ambassador to the US Ronen Sen to rediff.com Managing Editor Aziz Haniffa in Washington on the Indo-US nuclear deal created an uproar in Parliament.
As soon as both the Houses met for the day, members of all the parties, except those of the ruling Congress, demanded Ambassador Ronen Sen's recall
"It has been approved here (in Washington, DC) by the President, and there (in New Delhi) it's been approved by the Indian cabinet. So why do you have all this running around like headless chicken, and these little storms in a tea-cup?"
Republic day was celebrated in the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa, with unfurling of the tricolour and peace prayers held by the Indian community in these countries.Indian Ambassador to the US Ronen Sen unfurled the tricolour at a function held at the Indian Embassy in Washington, with a large number of community members from in and around the capital attending the event, at which President Pratibha Patil's message was read out.
With the induction of INS Jalashwa, formerly known as USS Trenton, was commissioned by Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen, marking an important milestone in the Indo-US relationship.
He then immediately called Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen to offer his condolences at the loss of innocent lives at the hands of this wanton violence perpetrated by the terrorists.
Over 100 Indian workers, who quit their jobs at a Mississippi shipyard protesting alleged slave treatment by their employer, have decided to seek help from the United Nations after a meeting with Indian Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen yielded no solutions.The workers, who claimed that they were lured to move to the US by false promises of permanent jobs, will meet the UN High Commissioner on Tuesday afternoon to highlight the role of the US and India in trafficking.
He stressed that the new relationship between the United States and India went far beyond the nuclear element.
Describing the commissioning of INS Jalashwa, a landing platform dock, as "a new beginning" in its defence ties with the US, India has said it reflected the converging security priorities and interests of both countries.
India has earlier given $5million to the Red Cross.
Notwithstanding the recent uproar over the UK data theft, a well-known US author has said that America is a huge beneficiary of outsourcing.
The High Commissioner of India Ronen Sen will be the chief guest at the celebrations.
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