US Energy Secretary delays India trip amid diplomatic row

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 08:05

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will no longer travel to India as planned next week, an official of the US Energy Department said on Wednesday, the most serious repercussion yet in a row over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York.

Can maintain strong historic relations with India, says US

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 07:54

Appearing unfazed by India`s strong reaction in the wake of the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York last month, the US on Thursday insisted that it can still maintain a strong historic relationship with India.

Obama invites Merkel to Washington after phone-tap row

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 02:00

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Will soon appoint SC judge to probe snooping charge: Shinde

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 00:03

A retired judge of Supreme Court would be appointed "soon" to probe charges of spying on a young woman by Gujarat government in 2009, Sushilkumar Shinde said.

Google loses another appeal in Street View privacy row

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 20:07

Google has reportedly lost another appeal in the ongoing Street View privacy row as the court has ruled that the search giant breached federal wiretap laws when collecting user data from unencrypted wireless networks for its mapping program.

Snoopgate: Court accepts Pradeep Sharma application`s jurisdiction

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 20:02

A local court on Thursday accepted the jurisdiction of a criminal defamation suit filed by suspended Gujarat IAS officer Pradeep Sharma against columnist-activist Madhu Kishwar.

Devyani Khobragade row: Salary of embassy staff based upon prevailing local wages, says US

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 09:18

The US has said that the salary of its embassy staff in countries around the world is based on prevailing wages in conjunction with the local law.

Devyani row: New Indian envoy Jaishankar works to resolve diplomatic standoff

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 11:14

India`s new ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar, has begun in right earnest the task of finding a way to resolve the India-US diplomatic row sparked by the arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat.

Congress MPs write to Shinde, seek probe into Modi snoopgate case

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 22:49

Congress MPs have written to Sushilkumar Shinde demanding the setting up of a commission headed by a retired SC judge to inquire into the case of illegal snooping in Gujarat.

Devyani Khobragade gets waiver from court appearance, UN papers under process

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 00:09

Devyani Khobragade, the former deputy consul general at the centre of an India-US diplomatic row, has got a waiver from a US court from personally appearing for pre-trial processes, but her UN accreditation is still in the works.

Devyani Khobragade gets UN accreditation

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 23:36

Senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, facing a visa fraud case, has been granted accreditation to the UN headquarters here and the process to get a separate State Department identity card which would give her full diplomatic immunity is underway.

Talks on with US on Devyani case: Preneet Kaur

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 22:12

The Centre is holding confabulations with the US over the Devyani Khobragade case and the issue will be resolved, said Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur here on Monday.