• DUE TO CONSTRUCTION WORK,CONSULAR SERVICES WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008.
  
  IN OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY, THE CONSULAR SECTION WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, september 1, 2008. 

Assistant Secretary of State Goli Ameri addressing students and faculty members at Techno India group at Salt Lake, Kolkata, on August 21, 2008. The group, one of the largest in Eastern India, has more than 50,000 engineering and management students on its roll.

• Remarks by Assistant Secretary Ameri at the Techno India College, Kolkata, India, Thursday, August 21, 2008

"The Whale" -- One-Man Show Tells The Classic Story of Man’s Struggle With Nature

Delhi audiences treated to a range of innovative theater techniques in an outstanding adaptation of the classic American novel "Moby Dick" on August 14, 2008.  (more)

The United States condemns the vicious terrorist attacks in Bangalore on Friday and Ahmedabad on Saturday. We extend our condolences to the victims of these senseless criminal attacks and to their families.

• SECURITY CAUTIONS FOLLOWING BOMBS IN BANGALORE, KARNATAKA AND AHMEDABAD AND SURAT, GUJARAT, July 30, 2008

United States Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank Vice President Ray Ellis and India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited Chairman S.S. Kohli sign a memorandum of understanding regarding financing support for Indian buyers of U.S. exports in New Delhi on August 22, 2008. IIFCL is one of the original eight partners for the Ex-Im India Infrastructure Facility, now valued at US $2.45 billion.

President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Singh at G8 Summit, Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa, Toyako, Japan, July 9, 2008

"I also respect India a lot, and I think it's very important that the United States continues to work with our friends to develop not only a new strategic relationship, but a relationship that addresses some of the world's problems" -- President Bush.

INDIA, U.S. NOW FULL PARTNERS IN EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

United States Ambassador David C. Mulford and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon signed an historic new Fulbright agreement July 4, 2008, strengthening educational exchanges between India and the United States.  This new Fulbright-Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship Agreement doubles the size of the exchange program to approximately USD 5 million (Rs. 21.37 crore) and makes India and the United States full partners in the program. Reflecting this new partnership, scholarships awarded under this program will be known as Fulbright-Nehru Scholarships. The agreement was signed in the presence of U.S. Representatives Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Thad McCotter (R-MI), and Randy Neugebauer (R-TX). Since its signing by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and U.S. Ambassador Loy Henderson February 2, 1950, more than 9,800 Americans have come to India and 5,000 Indians have traveled to the U.S. as Fulbright scholars.