Obamas visit Humayun's Tomb, interact with kids

"Spectacular!" that's what visiting US President Barack Obama said about the Humayun's Tomb as he and his wife Michelle toured the 450-year-old Mughal monument soon after landing in Delhi.The couple spent half an hour at the monument enquiring about the architecture and how the world heritage site is being conserved.Obama, who kicked off his engage...

At a panel discussion last week on relations between India and the United States, Strobe Talbott, the former American diplomat, told an audience of Indian business leaders that he had learned a valuable lesson about India: Do not hyphenate it. As in Indo-Pak. (Or, in a close cousin of a hyphen, as in Chindia.) The audience smiled at his epiphany: I...

After a tribute to 26/11 victims, and wowing India Inc, US President Barack Obama heads to Delhi today for a two-day stopover. In the Capital, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will receive him, security agencies are taking no chances, and a multi-layered security in is in place. There is tight security at the ITC Maurya hotel where President Oba...

US President Barack Obama is on a four day presidential visit to India, his longest overseas visit as the President. Here are the highlights of the second day  of his visit, which began with interacting with students in Mumbai and ended with dining with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.The Obamas visit the Holy Name High School and celebrate Diwa...

US President Barack Obama, fresh off a stinging electoral defeat for the Democrats, opened a 10-day tour of Asia on Saturday with a courtship of corporate America, including private meetings with business executives and an announcement that he will lift longstanding restrictions on American exports of closely held technologies to India. After an el...

Victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy held a demonstration in the city on Saturday protesting against US President Barack Obama's India visit and sought to know why he and his predecessors remained silent over the world's biggest industrial disaster."Despite knowing that over 25,000 persons have died till now due to the leak of poisonous gas from ...

US President Barack Obama's India visit was widely tracked by netizens today, making his maiden trip to the country as the most searched item on Google.     According to Google Trends, which provides insights into broad search patterns, Obama's visit ranked as the most searched item on search website Google India.  &nb...

It will make headlines back home in the United States, and after his 'shellacking' in the mid-term polls, Barack Obama could certainly use some good press. And, India Inc seems to be buying into President Obama's 'win-win' mantra.  Obama today announced that "several landmark" deals worth $10 billion (nearly Rs 44,000 crore) have been reached ...

US President Barack Obama's eyes said it all.     This is how Scherr Kia Dilisek, an American survivor of 26/11 attacks, summed up her brief interaction with the visiting dignitary at a private meeting here today.     "He (Obama) deeply connected with each of us present in the room. It was a very heartfelt an...

When US President Barack Obama was talking serious business with industry honchos this evening, his wife Michelle interacted with differently-abled children at the library of Mumbai University and danced with them to the tunes of a hit number from Aaamir Khan-starrer "Rang De Basanti".During her half-hour interaction, Michelle spoke to the kids and...

The United States could back India's membership of the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG. This membership makes it easier for India to get dual-use technology from member countries though it's subject to rules of individual nations. It's also means India has a say in framing export control rules.In a statement, Mike Froman, the Deputy Nation...

BJP today voiced disappointment over US President Barack Obama making no direct reference to terror emanating from Pakistan in his first speech on arrival in Mumbai, saying his words were not backed with action and intent.(Watch: President Obama's speech at 26/11 memorial)     "It was the first address by the US President at a p...