US vice president Joe Biden to visit India next month

US Vice President Joe Biden will visit India next month in what will be the highest level visit by an American official for three years, Secretary of State John Kerry said on a trip to New Delhi today.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for his first visit to India as the top US diplomat, looking to deliver on a pledge to realise "the full potential" in stuttering bilateral ties.

US F-16 fighter jets intercepted two small planes that separately violated flight restrictions set up in Florida for US President Barack Obama's visit, according to a media report.

The man who stood up to US Secret Service Agents and refused to take orders from them when US President Barack Obama visited India in November 2010, will be serving as Director General of Police (DGP) of the state for the next three years.

The US has decided to give top priority to its ties with India, which is reflected in an unprecedented series of high-level exchange visits between the two countries this month. The visits are aimed at taking forward their cooperation in areas like defence, trade and education.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, US President Barack Obama and 51 other world leaders can expect to enjoy a sumptuous spread of Western and Korean delicacies at official banquets during the two-day nuclear summit. The international leaders can taste 'bibimbap' which is rice with assorted vegetables, reported The Chosun Ilbo. Then there is tilefish from Jeju Islan...

President Barack Obama will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Bali on November 18 on the sidelines of the East Asia summit, a top White House presidential aide said today. The two leaders who are meeting for the first time in about a year, are expected to review the progress of the bilateral ties since Obama's visit to India last November; besides discussing a wid...

Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani called off, at the eleventh hour, his planned visit to the US after President Barack Obama refused to meet him on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, a media report said here today.

When Michelle Obama visited Mumbai, her dance with school children provided a dream photo-op. Hillary Clinton didn't join dancers in Chennai today, but she was very much the star of the show.

Chef, author and restaurateur Vikas Khanna was recently in Mumbai for a short but important visit -- he was researching for the third part of his seven-part film series, Holy Kitchen. The series explores the link between food and Indian religions. The first part, True Business, on Sikhism and the langar, a free food service premised on the notion of seva, was release...

With spiraling health care costs a cause of concern in America, US President Barack Obama today pushed for an affordable health care arguing that he would not like his countrymen to travel to countries like India and Mexico for cheaper treatment."My preference would be that you don't have to travel to Mexico or India to get cheap health care. I'd l...

The multi-agency security deployed for the cricket World Cup final was "unprecedented" in the history of Mumbai, surpassing even the stringent cover during US President Barack Obama's two-day visit last year, a top official said Tuesday."The multi-tier security was necessitated in view of the huge number of VVIPs, including Indian President Pratibh...