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Lahore, Nov.24 (ANI): The United States is in secret talks with the Afghan Taliban, with countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Britain playing the role of mediators, sources have revealed.

Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Stating that the edifice of the India-US partnership is founded on many pillars, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmhan Singh said on Monday that one of these pillars was the large Indian-American community, which has contributed enormously and significantly to building ties between the two countries.

Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Accepting that India was a latecomer to industrialization and has contributed very little to the accumulation of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said New Delhi is determined to be part of the solution on the climate change front.

Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): The United States has thanked India for extending hospitality to Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a comment and a situation that isn't going to please China, which views the latter as a renegade and a splitist.

Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Nicholas Burns, the lead negotiator on the U.S.-India nuclear deal in the Bush administration, has said that Washington must reassure New Delhi that it is a "valued strategic partner."

Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Expressing his appreciation for the cooperation that India has received from the United States in the area of counter-terrorism in the recent past, particularly in the context of the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said on Monday that he was convinced that both countries had the wherewithal to expand cooperation in this area further.

Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said on Monday that India has been committed to the goal of creating a world free of nuclear weapons since it gained independence from Britain in 1947.

Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday once again called on the United States and other developed countries to take a leadership role in ensuring that reform takes place in the United Nations and its Security Council.

Washington, Nov. 24 (ANI): Building blocks for deepening Indo-US economic cooperation were put in place on Monday with the signing of a dozen agreements and memoranda of understanding between different Indian and US partners in the presence of Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia and India's Ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar.

Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): India and United States inked two significant inter-governmental agreements at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday.

Washington, Nov. 24 (ANI): To have a peaceful South Asia, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said on Tuesday that Pakistan must make a break with the past, abjure terrorism and come to the table with good faith and sincerity.

Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Expressing confidence and optimism about the future of the India-US partnership, visiting Indian Prime Minister Dr.

Washington, Nov.23 (ANI): The Obama kids will be quite happy they aren't attending Tuesday's banquet hosted by their parents - Barack and Michelle-in honour of the Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Washington, Nov. 23 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday assured that economic reforms being carried out by India will continue.

Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said that the civil nuclear cooperation agreement between India and the United States should be seen as a landmark achievement in relations between the two countries, adding that once it becomes fully operational, it will open large commercial opportunities for US business.

Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): To involve Indian and American industries in enhancing investment flows between both countries, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday said that Indian private sector defence suppliers are now allowed to have up to 26 percent foreign investment, opening a new avenue for Indo-US collaboration.

Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): Addressing a select gathering of Indo-US business leaders here, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh said on Monday that New Delhi plans to sign with the US Government a Memorandum of Understanding on energy security, clean energy and climate change with the objective of increasing bilateral cooperation in specific areas.

Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday boosted the forecast for India's economic growth, saying he expected growth to get back to around nine percent within the next two years.

Washington, Nov. 23 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said that American business has played a vital role in transforming the Indo-US relationship into a strategic partnership.

Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): It's a different kind of china that will be in focus in Washington's social circles this week. The details about the first official banquet to be hosted by the Obamas' are so closely guarded that it has become a subject of intense speculation.