Meera Shankar

Gulzar, who worked with Pandit Ravi Shankar for 1979 movie Meera, remembers the late sitar maestro as an honest person who was young at heart.

Two decades ago, the world of music lost one of its brightest stars -- Freddie Mercury.

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is set to be the next Indian ambassador to the United States, official sources said here on Wednesday.Ms Rao, 60, will be demitting office on July 31 at the end of her two-year term. The government has decided to appoint Ms Rao as the next envoy in Washington, the sources said. She will replace Meera Shankar, who has ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today to discuss the plight of the Indian students caught in the Tri-Valley University visa fraud.Rao alongwith the Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, is expected to meet Clinton at the US State Department today.The two Indian diplomats are likely to ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar today to discuss the Tr-Valley University issue.The meeting comes after Clinton asked Shankar earlier to provide her with all details on the plight of the Indian students enrolled at what was dubbed a "sham university".The Secretary of State had, earlier on Su...

Days after the news that India's envoy to Washington, Meera Shankar, was patted down for wearing a sari, comes the news that India's envoy to the UN, Hardeep Puri, was also pulled out at an American airport, because of his turban.The incident happened on November 13 at the airport in Austin, Texas."The incident happened at the airport in Austin, Te...

India has summoned the US deputy chief of mission Donald Lu over the pat down search of Indian diplomat Meera Shankar in Missisippi.The Ministry of External Affairs has conveyed its strong concerns over the incident.The summons come even after Hillary Clinton's assurance a couple of days ago that the US would look into the incident."We will be look...

Amid an uproar over the "pat down" screening of Indian ambassador Meera Shankar at a US airport, Washington has reached out to her and promised to see what could be done to prevent such incidents."We obviously are concerned about it," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday as India reacted strongly to Shankar being pulled out of an ...

A day after India slammed the frisking of its envoy to the US, Meera Shankar, the Obama Administration has gone into major damage control. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the government will review its policies and will respond to Foreign Minister SM Krishna. "We will be looking into it and not only responding to the Indian Foreign Mini...

India Thursday termed as "unacceptable" the "pat down" search Indian ambassador Meera Shankar was subjected to in the US, the second time in three months, and said it will take up the issue. Washington however, asserted that diplomats were not exempt from the searches even as it expressed regret and agreed to look into the incident."I am rather sur...

Reacting to reports that Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, was patted down by an American security agent at a US airport, Ronen Sen, a former Indian envoy to US, said security screening at airports is applicable to dignitaries from all countries.Sen said such screenings were not new and he too faced similar experiences between 2004 and 20...

India's envoy to Washington, Meera Shankar, is at the centre of a diplomatic storm.On December 4, Ms Shankar who was travelling from the American state of Mississippi to Baltimore in Maryland was pulled out of an airport security line and patted down by an American security official. That despite letting them know her diplomatic status.Reports say ...

Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by an American security agent in Mississippi despite being told of her diplomatic status. The incident took place on December 4 at the Jackson-Evers International Airport where sari-clad Shankar was about to board a flight to Baltimore after attending...

The Friends of Indian Caucus in the US Senate is holding a reception for the ambassador.

Gulzar, who worked with Pandit Ravi Shankar for 1979 movie Meera, remembers the late sitar maestro as an honest person who was young at heart.

Two decades ago, the world of music lost one of its brightest stars -- Freddie Mercury.

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is set to be the next Indian ambassador to the United States, official sources said here on Wednesday.Ms Rao, 60, will be demitting office on July 31 at the end of her two-year term. The government has decided to appoint Ms Rao as the next envoy in Washington, the sources said. She will replace Meera Shankar, who has ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today to discuss the plight of the Indian students caught in the Tri-Valley University visa fraud.Rao alongwith the Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, is expected to meet Clinton at the US State Department today.The two Indian diplomats are likely to ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar today to discuss the Tr-Valley University issue.The meeting comes after Clinton asked Shankar earlier to provide her with all details on the plight of the Indian students enrolled at what was dubbed a "sham university".The Secretary of State had, earlier on Su...

Days after the news that India's envoy to Washington, Meera Shankar, was patted down for wearing a sari, comes the news that India's envoy to the UN, Hardeep Puri, was also pulled out at an American airport, because of his turban.The incident happened on November 13 at the airport in Austin, Texas."The incident happened at the airport in Austin, Te...

India has summoned the US deputy chief of mission Donald Lu over the pat down search of Indian diplomat Meera Shankar in Missisippi.The Ministry of External Affairs has conveyed its strong concerns over the incident.The summons come even after Hillary Clinton's assurance a couple of days ago that the US would look into the incident."We will be look...

Amid an uproar over the "pat down" screening of Indian ambassador Meera Shankar at a US airport, Washington has reached out to her and promised to see what could be done to prevent such incidents."We obviously are concerned about it," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday as India reacted strongly to Shankar being pulled out of an ...

A day after India slammed the frisking of its envoy to the US, Meera Shankar, the Obama Administration has gone into major damage control. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the government will review its policies and will respond to Foreign Minister SM Krishna. "We will be looking into it and not only responding to the Indian Foreign Mini...

India Thursday termed as "unacceptable" the "pat down" search Indian ambassador Meera Shankar was subjected to in the US, the second time in three months, and said it will take up the issue. Washington however, asserted that diplomats were not exempt from the searches even as it expressed regret and agreed to look into the incident."I am rather sur...

Reacting to reports that Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, was patted down by an American security agent at a US airport, Ronen Sen, a former Indian envoy to US, said security screening at airports is applicable to dignitaries from all countries.Sen said such screenings were not new and he too faced similar experiences between 2004 and 20...

India's envoy to Washington, Meera Shankar, is at the centre of a diplomatic storm.On December 4, Ms Shankar who was travelling from the American state of Mississippi to Baltimore in Maryland was pulled out of an airport security line and patted down by an American security official. That despite letting them know her diplomatic status.Reports say ...

Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by an American security agent in Mississippi despite being told of her diplomatic status. The incident took place on December 4 at the Jackson-Evers International Airport where sari-clad Shankar was about to board a flight to Baltimore after attending...

The Friends of Indian Caucus in the US Senate is holding a reception for the ambassador.