Ansari has edge over Jaswant Singh in vice presidential poll
August 6th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) As many as 787 members of parliament will vote Tuesday to elect India's 14th vice president. In the poll, UPA nominee and incumbent ... Read more...
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Venu Rajamony to be President Mukherjee’s press secretary
July 28th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Venu Rajamony, joint secretary in the finance ministry and an officer of the 1986 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), is all set ... Read more...
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Venezuelan diplomat slain in Kenya
July 28th, 2012 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, July 28 (IANS/EFE) The charge d'affaires at the Venezuelan Embassy in Kenya, Olga Fonseca, was found strangled to death Friday inside her Nairobi residence."The diplomat was strangled to death ... Read more...
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When I am in India, I am at home: Ban Ki-moon
April 27th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Visiting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was Friday conferred an honorary degree of doctor of letters at Jamia Millia Islamia here and told his audience ... Read more...
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Jamia to confer honorary degree to UN chief
April 25th, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) will confer an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon."The University will hold a special convocation ... Read more...
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Obama’s envoy to India gets Senate nod
March 31st, 2012 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 31 (IANS) A day after the US expressed concern over non-confirmation of President Barack Obama's new ambassador to India due to election year politics, the Senate approved ... Read more...
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Election year politics holds up Obama’s envoy to India
March 30th, 2012 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 30 (IANS) Election year politics has held up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee as envoy to India.But South Asia veteran Nancy J. Powell, who was ... Read more...
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Venezuela nabs three for Mexican envoy’s abduction
February 7th, 2012 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Feb 7 (IANS/EFE) Three people who abducted and later released Mexican Ambassador Carlos Pujalte and his wife Jan 29 in Venezuela have been arrested, a minister said.Among those arrested ... Read more...
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Obama nominates Nancy Powell as new envoy to India (Second Lead)
December 17th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has named Nancy Powell, a career diplomat who has served as envoy to Pakistan and Nepal, as the next ambassador to ... Read more...
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Nancy Powell to be new envoy to India, says Obama (Lead)
December 17th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) Nancy Powell, a career diplomat who has served as ambassador to Pakistan and Nepal, has been named by US President Barack Obama as the next ... Read more...
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Obama names Nancy Powell as India envoy
December 17th, 2011 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has named Nancy Powell, a career diplomat who has served as ambassador to Pakistan and to Nepal, to be the next ... Read more...
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Burleigh interim US ambassador to India
June 30th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) With Timothy J. Roemer heading back to Washington, A. Peter Burleigh, a veteran Hindi-speaking American diplomat, will take charge Friday as interim US ambassador to ... Read more...
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Retired diplomat Marc Grossman picked as new US special envoy to Af-Pak region
February 15th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15(ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has chosen Marc Grossman, a retired senior diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, as the Obama administration's new Special Representative for Afghanistan and ... Read more...
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Obama bypasses Congress, appoints six key officials
December 30th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 30 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has bypassed Congress, and made six key appointments, including that of James Cole as Deputy Attorney General and Robert Ford as the country's ... Read more...
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Kiwi woman career diplomat to head mission in India
July 28th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, July 28 (ANI): Career woman diplomat Jan Henderson has been appointed New Zealand's next High Commissioner to India.Foreign Minister Murray McCully said India was on track to becoming one of ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for attack on UK envoy in Yemen
May 12th, 2010 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 12 (ANI): The Yemen unit of Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack attempt on Britain's Ambassador to that country, Tim Torlot.It identified Uthman Noman al-Salwi as the ... Read more...
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UNGA president arrives Monday for three-day visit
May 2nd, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) United Nations General Assembly president Ali Abdussalam Treki will arrive in India Monday for a three-day visit during which he will discuss UN reforms with Indian officials.
A ... Read more...
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Uruguay wants India to set up full mission at Montevideo
April 30th, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
By James Jose
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Uruguay has pushed for a full Indian mission in its capital Montevideo, showcasing the Latin American country as the gateway to the region and to ... Read more...
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Shivshankar Menon formally named NSA
April 6th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A cabinet panel Tuesday formally approved the appointment of former foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon as the National Security Advisor (NSA).
Menon, who was named Jan 21 to take ... Read more...
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President nominates Mani Shankar Aiyar, four others to Rajya Sabha
March 19th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Friday nominated former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, well-known lyricist Javed Akhtar, Shimla based Indian Institute of Advance Studies director Bhalchandra Mungekar, ... Read more...
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Queen ‘ropes in Three Wise Men to prepare Prince William for throne’
January 31st, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 31 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly roped in top Royal officials, dubbed the Three Wise Men, to train her grandson William for the British throne.The Monarch was said ... Read more...
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Shiv Shankar Menon assumes charge as new National Security Advisor
January 23rd, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.23 (ANI): Former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon here on Saturday took over as the new National Security Advisor replacing M K Narayanan, who has been appointed as West ... Read more...
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NSA Menon humbled, conscious about his new job at PMO
January 21st, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by ANI
By Naveen KapoorNew Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI): National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon is conscious of his new assignment in the PMO, and has assured that he will do his best."I ... Read more...
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Shiv Shanakar Menon to be new NSA
January 21st, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI): The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Thursday appointed former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon as his new National Security Advisor (NSA).Menon takes over from M ... Read more...
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Thrillers, crime, taboo, top draws in 2009 fiction list (Flashback 2009)
December 14th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Chivalrous love and family soaps spanning generations took a backseat as thrillers, crime, alternative sexualities and occult mysteries took their place under the sun ... Read more...
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`World citizen’ Kamalesh Sharma installed as Queen’s University new Chancellor
December 10th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.10 (ANI): Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, will be installed as the ninth Chancellor of Queen's University this evening.Described by the Queen's Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Gregson as "a role model ... Read more...
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Obama names ex-vice counsel in India as Nepal’s new envoy
November 17th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Nov 17 (IANS) American President Barack Obama has named a former US ambassador to Eritrea and ex-vice counsel in India as the new ambassador to Nepal.
Scott H. DeLisi, a career ... Read more...
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Nalin Surie takes over as Indian high commissioner to Britain
September 23rd, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 23 (IANS) Nalin Surie, a senior career diplomat, has taken over as the Indian high commissioner to Britain following the retirement of his predecessor Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, the High Commission ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan diplomat who advocated power sharing is sacked
July 19th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) One of Sri Lanka's most outspoken diplomats who consistently argued for devolution of power to the country's minorities has been sacked by Colombo.In one ... Read more...
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Karim is Dhaka’s new envoy to New Delhi
June 24th, 2009 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 24 (IANS) Retired career diplomat Ahmad Tariq Karim has been appointed the new high commissioner of Bangladesh to India.
Brought back from voluntary retirement and a sabbatical in a US university, ... Read more...
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Timothy Roemer to be new US Ambassador to India
May 28th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 28 (ANI): President Barack Obama has nominated distinguished scholar and former Democratic congressman Timothy Roemer of Indiana to be America's new Ambassador to India.Roemer served on the blue-ribbon ... Read more...
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Obama names Timothy Roemer as envoy to India
May 28th, 2009 - 10:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 28 (IANS) President Barack Obama has named Democratic former congressman Timothy Roemer to be his envoy in India, the White House said.
Roemer served on the blue-ribbon commission investigating the ... Read more...
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Indian diplomacy in Washington presents a new elegant face
May 23rd, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 23 (IANS) The face of Indian diplomacy in Washington underwent a change this week as Meera Shankar, the second Indian woman envoy to the US, presented her ... Read more...
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Blake approved as US pointsman for South Asia
May 21st, 2009 - 10:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 21 (IANS) A US Senate Committee has approved the nomination of Robert Blake, currently the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, as Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.
President ... Read more...
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Vikas Swarup, Om Puri in Cannes limelight
May 19th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Saibal Chatterjee
Cannes, May 19 (IANS) Bestselling Indian author Vikas Swarup and veteran actor Om Puri are not physically present at the ongoing 62nd Cannes Film Festival but they are nonetheless ... Read more...
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