'Will work on issue of immigration: says Neera Tanden ahead of taking over as new White House Domestic Policy Advisor"My father came here from India in the early 1950s, and my mother came in the 1960s. They moved to Bedford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Bost...
27 May, 2023, 10.01 AM IST
2022 huge year in US-India ties, 2023 going to be even bigger: White HousePrincipal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer also applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being instrumental in forging a consen...
21 Nov, 2022, 08.21 AM IST
Indian-American policy expert Neera Tanden named White House staff secretaryWashington, Indian-American policy expert Neera Tanden, a close confidant of US President Joe Biden, has been named White House staff secre...
23 Oct, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
Indian-American policy expert Neera Tanden appointed White House senior adviserTanden has been entrusted with two tasks - launch a review of the US Digital Service, and plan contingencies that could result from the Sup...
15 May, 2021, 11.04 AM IST
Budget nominee Neera Tanden withdraws nomination amid oppositionTanden's viability was in doubt after Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and a number of moderate Republicans came out against her l...
03 Mar, 2021, 09.53 AM IST
View: Neera Tanden's nomination has kicked up a veritable storm. Will she survive the scrutiny?There is a record number of Indian Americans in the Biden Administration, but the community is alarmed as the high-profile nomination of Ne...
27 Feb, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
The Senate Business: Joe Biden's 50-50 challengeRepublicans remain poised to block most of Biden's proposals, just as they thwarted much of President Barack Obama's efforts on Capitol Hil...
19 Jan, 2021, 09.30 AM IST
Republicans object to President-elect Biden's Cabinet nominees, a sign of what's to comeUnder leader Mitch McConnell, the Republican senators will hold great sway in confirming Biden's nominees regardless of which party holds t...
02 Dec, 2020, 01.23 PM IST
Despite Trump's continued claims, U.S. Attorney General William Barr sees no sign of major U.S. vote fraudDemocrat Joe Biden defeated Trump in the Nov. 3 election by 306 to 232 in the state-by-state Electoral College that chooses the president -...
02 Dec, 2020, 08.53 AM IST
Tanden-tious: Biden's Indian-American cabinet pick meets storm of criticismWith the US Senate currently at 50-48 (and 50-50 if Democrats win the run-off for two Georgia seats), Tanden would need the support of ever...
01 Dec, 2020, 10.39 PM IST
Republicans oppose nomination of Neera Tanden as Director of OMB; call her worst nominee of Joe BidenTanden, 50, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first woman of colour and first Indian-American to lead the Office of Management and B...
01 Dec, 2020, 01.46 PM IST
Delhi violence: US urges India to 'protect and respect' right to peaceful assemblyThe Comments came as Delhi this week witnessed worst riots in more than three decades, killing 38 people and injuring 200 others.The commun...
28 Feb, 2020, 12.56 PM IST
- Indian-American lawmakers slam Trump's new executive order on family separation
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said Trump's new executive order allows for indefinite detention of families which is absolutely unacceptable...
21 Jun, 2018, 04.30 PM IST
Lone Hindu-American lawmaker in US Congress draws flak for meeting Assad during secret Syrian visitGabbard’s office said in a press release on January 25 that she went to Syria “to see and hear firsthand the impact of the war in Syria dir...
30 Jan, 2017, 01.50 PM IST
Indian community eyes doubling representation in US CongressBera, who was elected for the first time to the US House of Representatives in 2012, said he was joined by three other Indian-Americans in ...
05 Jan, 2017, 12.45 PM IST
Political debate turning Americans against each other: Neera TandenAhluwalia alleged the prestige and reputation of the United States under the Obama Administration has come down. and terrorism is on the ri...
19 Oct, 2016, 11.56 AM IST
US Presidential polls: Prominent Indian American women throw their weight behind Hillary ClintonSecond- and third-generation Indian Americans are drawn to the Democratic Party and the values it stands for in much larger numbers.
31 Jul, 2016, 07.57 AM IST