West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will lead her party Trinamool Congress, the second largest ally of the UPA government at the Centre, in Kolkata today to protest against the steep hike in petrol price.
A multi-tier security ring was thrown around each floor of the city hotel, where visiting US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is staying with a 40-member delegation, with elite US security personnel from the FBI entirely looking after the dignitary's security.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday began a three-day visit to India by meeting women rescued from human traffickers in Kolkata and promising to help.
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton today visited Victoria Memorial, the grand edifice of the British Raj in Kolkata , and was delighted to see some exhibits.
The US secretary of state is expected to urge Mamata Banerjee to support opening India's retail sector to foreign giants such as Walmart after the West Bengal chief minister opposed the move in the Parliament last year.
India's Look East policy was essential for the integration of the Asia Pacific region, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Monday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging energy-starved India to reduce the oil it imports from Iran to keep up pressure on the Islamic republic to come clean about its nuclear program.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today lauded the "incredible contribution" of Indian Americans in her country and said the people to people relationship was at the heart of the ties between the two countries.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged India to do "even more" to cut its purchases of oil from sanctions-hit Iran to keep pressure on that country to to prove its nuclear programme is peaceful.
Pakistan has not done enough on the terror question, US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, remarked at an interactive programme in Kolkata on Monday morning, pointing out Al Queda senior leader Al Zawahiri is still on the run somewhere in Pakistan.
Pakistan has not taken necessary action against Hafiz Saeed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday, referring to the Islamist suspected of masterminding an attack by Pakistan-based gunmen on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008.
The US has agreed to treat West Bengal as a partner state for investment in the changed political situation, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata on Monday. She also said that the issue of FDI in retail and Teesta water issue did not come up during the meeting.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said that water-sharing issue between India and Bangladesh should be solved amicably.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said that both India and America were becoming increasingly interdependent in the economic sphere and their strategic interests were alike.