USINPAC welcomes Roemer’s appointment as envoy to India

August 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S.-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) expressed deep grief at the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. Dr. Bharat Tewarie, USINPAC leadership committee member from Massachusetts said, "Senator Kennedy was the senior statesman of American politics with a public service record of nearly half a century.

August 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - Recognising India's emergence as a global economic power, the world's largest stock exchange NASDAQ marked the country's 63rd Independence Day with display of the Indian tricolour on an electronic board at the Times Square in mid-town Manhattan. India's Consul General in New York Prabhu Dayal rang the closing bell Friday at the exchange, which lists seven Indian companies with combined market capitalisation of $35 billion, to mark a "very important occasion", as Dayal put it.

July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) has congratulated the members of the Senate Caucus on India for hosting a very successful reception to honor Meera Shankar, India's new ambassador to Washington. Calling it "energizing", Chairman of USINPAC, Sanjay Puri praised the Co-chairs of the Caucus, Senators Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and John Cornyn (R-TX) saying "We are fortunate to have leaders with a strong understanding of the strategic nature and value of the US-India relationship.

July 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - After the fiasco of appointing a junior bureaucrat as Pakistan's ambassador to France - a move that was later cancelled - it appears that the job may be offered to senior diplomat Jalil Abbas Jilani. Quoting sources, a private TV channel said Tuesday that Jilani had been offered the ambassadorship to Brussels but he rejected the offer and now is likely be appointed the country's new envoy to France.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Wednesday assured India that it has no plans to appoint a special envoy for Kashmir as it considers it to be a matter between New Delhi and Islamabad. "I can assure you that we are not going to appoint a special Kashmir envoy," Assistant Secretary for South Central Asian Affairs Robert O.

June 24th, 2009 DHAKA - 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, Karim was the deputy high commissioner in New Delhi in the 1980s.

June 14th, 2009 Obama welcomes Netanyahu's two-state speechWASHINGTON — The White House is welcoming Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu's call for the creation of a Palestinian state. Netanyahu said in Jerusalem that he would support a Palestinian state as long it is demilitarized and guarantees Israel's security.

June 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States says it would support more dialogue between India and Pakistan but has ruled out the appointment of a special envoy to deal with Kashmir that Islamabad contends is the key issue with New Delhi. "No, there's - there are no plans to that effect," State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Tuesday when asked if there was any prospect of a special envoy to be appointed specifically for Kashmir.

June 8th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Monday named Peter Varghese as the next envoy to India. Varghese is considered the country's top spy as the head of the Office of National Assessments (ONA).

June 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE J - Peter Varghese, Australia's top spy has been appointed the new high commissioner to India. Varghese will take over from John McCarthy, who will retire from the post in August.

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.

March 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration, in a stop gap arrangement has appointed Peter Burleigh as its envoy to India after David Mulford's term is over. Burleigh's name may not have been heard in recent times in diplomatic circles, between, but he himself is not new to India, as he was posted in New Delhi in 1973-1975, during which he was considered a representative of the CIA.xperts feel that Burleigh's past would not affect his assignment in India as both countries have developed stronger ties since the 1970s.

January 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a 'Washington Chalo' campaign in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, over 200 Indian-American community leaders from across the US have urged lawmakers to take a tougher line on terrorism emanating out of Pakistan. Spearheaded by the Indian-American Task Force, the 'Washington Chalo (march)' campaign capped day-long meetings Tuesday with some 60 members of the Congress and a reception in the evening at the Capitol Hill.

January 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - New Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday named former UN ambassador Richard Holbrooke as US' special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He will be charged with soothing relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, whose border is a safe haven for the Taliban.

January 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An Indian-American body has suggested that Pepsico 's India-born chairperson Indra Nooyi be considered for the commerce secretary's post following the withdrawal of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson due to a federal probe. 'In this currently tough economic climate, her global vision, leadership and ideas would be exactly what President Obama would need for a position that he has called the 'leading economic diplomat for America'', the US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC)said suggesting her name to the president-elect's transition team.