Senate confirms Tim Roemer as new US ambassador to India

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The completion of the bilateral investment treaty by India and the US will lead to increased investment by American companies in infrastructure sectors, US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer said here Thursday.

October 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - US Ambassador Timothy Roemer will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Oct 13, the first day of his maiden two-day visit to the city, American Consulate sources said Thursday. Roemer will also meet representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), and visit the ancestral home of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore at Jorasanko, the sources said.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer Thursday condoled the death of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new US envoy to India, Timothy J. Roemer, arrived here Thursday night, ahead of the visit of the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who reaches Mumbai Friday.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hours before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lands in Mumbai to begin her five-day India visit, US ambassador-designate to India Timothy J. Roemer met Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon here Friday and discussed the agenda for talks.

July 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S.-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) has welcomed the appointment of Timothy J. Roemer as USA's Ambassador to India.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new US ambassador to India, Timothy John Tim Roemer arrives here Thursday night, a day before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins her five-day India visit. "He is coming here primarily for the Clinton visit.

July 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved former Democratic congressman Timothy Roemer to be the new ambassador to India, setting up a confirmation vote by the full Senate. The panel approved President Barack Obama's nominee as ambassador to New Delhi by Wednesday.

July 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has said that India has been the biggest sufferer of terrorism, and that it sincerely wants to help New Delhi overcome the crises and stabilize the region. Inaugurating a confirmation hearing for Timothy Roemer, who has been nominated as new US Ambassador to India, Democrat Senator John Kerry pointed out that militancy has affected India more than any other country, and that the United States sincerely wants to help India to address the menace.

July 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Even as the US recognises that India and Pakistan are two sovereign nations, it can still do much to encourage them to continue to talk in the event of another Mumbai type of attack, according to Washington's new envoy to India. "I think there's a lot of work here for me to do, and for the administration and the Congress to do," Ambassador designate Timothy Roemer told the Senate Foreign Relations panel at his confirmation hearing Tuesday.

July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The landmark India-US civil nuclear deal resulting in a strong and enduring partnership with New Delhi would enhance America's national security and economy, a top US lawmaker said Tuesday. However, the implementation of this historic deal would depend greatly on the diplomatic work by the new US ambassador to India, Senator Dick Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said at a confirmation hearing for Tim Roemer, President Barack Obama's nominee for the job.

May 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has named a distinguished scholar and former Democratic congressman Timothy Roemer to be his envoy in India in place of Bush administration's nominee David Mulford, the White House announced. Roemer served on the blue-ribbon commission investigating the Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States and on a key committee to prevent nuclear proliferation.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - 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 commission investigating the Sepetmber 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States and on a key committee to prevent nuclear proliferation.

May 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 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 Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States and on a key committee to prevent nuclear proliferation.

April 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON - Nearly a fortnight after A. Peter Burleigh moved in here as charge d'affaires of the US embassy, an American foreign policy magazine said Tim Roemer, the former Democrat Congressman from Indiana, will be the new US envoy to India.