Kolkata, May 7: Sparking off a controversy, the US Monday claimed that the issue of increasing US investment in West Bengal, including in the retail sector, was touched upon by visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The statement came hours after Banerjee categorically ...

New Delhi, May 8: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday discussed terrorism emanating from the region, the Afghan situation and other global issues. Clinton, in India on a three-day visit, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday. She had earlier met ...

New Delhi, May 8: The US and India share the goal of preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday. Addressing the media along with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna after their talks here, she said Iran was unlikely to discuss the issue with other ...

Kolkata, May 7: Describing her meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as "positive, constructive and creative", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said the former assured her of American investment in the state for its business and economic development, considering Bengal as a "partner state". Banerjee, however, said issues ...

New Delhi, May 7: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reached New Delhi Monday on the last leg of her India visit during which she will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. Clinton met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata in the morning.

Kolkata, May 7: Stressing that all those involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack be brought to justice, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday accused Pakistan of not taking "steps which India and US have been repeatedly" requesting in this regard. "You have to go after those who are trying to kill ...

Kolkata, May 7: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said countries like India were being pressurised to reduce their oil imports from Iran to make Tehran change its nuclear policy. "We knew that Iran's continuing development of nuclear programme would be very destabilising for the region because there would be an ...

Kolkata, May 7: Calling nuclear-armed Iran a principal threat to the world, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest problems in the world. "The proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest problems the world is facing. It's not only one ...

Washington, May 4: Osama bin Laden ordered suicide squads to be created in Pakistan and Afghanistan to track down US President Barack Obama and then NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus, according to a treasure trove of his letters. Bin Laden's directions about Obama and Petraeus come in a May 2010 letter, one ...

New Delhi, May 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday said it will seek a detailed discussion in both houses of parliament on the plight of Hindu minorities in Pakistan. Talking to reporters in the Parliament House complex, party spokesperson Sayed Shahnawaz Hussain said notices in both houses will be given to take ...