'New US immigration bill to benefit Indian skilled workers'

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 22:17

The Senate version of the comprehensive immigration bill would benefit Indian skilled workers in the US, the Obama Administration said on Friday.

Apple, Google, dozens of others urge US surveillance disclosures

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 11:35

Dozens of companies, non-profits and trade organizations including Apple Inc, Google Inc and Facebook Inc sent a letter on Thursday pushing the Obama administration and Congress for more disclosures on the government's national security-related requests for user data.

Obama Admin seeks steep decline in aid to Pakistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 08:50

The Obama Administration has requested to the US Congress for a steep decline in its economic and security aid to Pakistan for the year 2014, a latest Congressional report has said.

Oceans are essential to India`s security: Robert Blake

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 22:12

India, whose 90 per cent of the goods trade by volume is carried by sea, has a strong interest in guaranteeing unhindered freedom of navigation in the international waters, Blake said.

As a show of solidarity with federal workers, Obama takes 5% salary cut

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 00:04

As show of solidarity with federal workers reeling under $85 billion austerity measure due to government-wide spending cuts, US President Obama has decided to return 5% of his salary to US Treasury.

US won`t publish Taliban attack figures

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 00:39

The US-led military command in Afghanistan said it will no longer publish figures on Taliban attacks, a week after acknowledging that its report of a 7 per cent decline in attacks last year was actually no decline at all.

Will deepen engagement in Asia Pacific: US

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 11:27

The US would deepen its engagement in the Asia Pacific region in the second term of the Obama Administration to seize opportunities for a more secure and prosperous future, a senior American official said.

Indian-Americans` interest in lobbying for Indo-US ties waning

Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 15:10

With Indo-US relationship blossoming under Obama Administration, interest of the small but powerful Indian-American community to lobby for closer bilateral ties appears to be waning.

Facebook apologizes for threatening Conservative ''Chicks''

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 08:57

"Chicks on the Right" is a popular conservative website that boasts more than 90,000 fans on their Facebook page, reports Fox News.

US remains committed to two-State solution in Mid East

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 08:24

The US remains committed to the two-State solution in the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Obama Administration on Tuesday said, a day after it entered into its second term.

Obama appoints Indian-American Smita Singh to a key Post

Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 11:31

The Obama administration has announced to appoint yet another Indian-American to a key administrative post, after it named Smita Singh as member of the president's Global Development Council.

Much work remains to be done to open China's market: US officials

Last Updated: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 11:10

Much more work remains to be done to open China's market to US exports and investment, top Obama Administration officials have said expressing satisfaction over the progress made during the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT).