Obama's visit: Under siege in south Mumbai?

South Mumbai's familiar rhythms, its hustle-bustle, street vendors and their wares - it will all be missing  when Air Force One touches down at the Mumbai airport on Saturday.Popular tourist areas like Colaba and Churchgate will turn into a virtual fortress. All roads leading to the Gateway of India will be shut for vehicular traffic because t...

An intense security drill involving US secret service agents, Indian intelligence agencies and NSG commandos will take place tomorrow in Mumbai ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit.     The full security dress rehearsal in Mumbai will see participation of US agents, NSG commandos, officials of different Indian intelligence...

As part of its security measures, a team of Force One, a special terror counter unit formed on the lines of National Security Guard, has inspected the venues that are on the itinerary of US President Barack Obama during his two-day visit to the city.     A team of senior officials of the Force One has visited Taj Mahal, Trident,...

President Barack Obama's tight schedule in Mumbai and New Delhi has prevented him to put Golden Temple and other places in India out of his itinerary when he visits the country later this week, the White House has said."We had a very full schedule in three days that frankly, unfortunately prevented us from being able to go to all the places that yo...

Barack Obama, who became the first US president to personally celebrate Diwali in the historic East Room in 2009, wanted to "specifically" celebrate the festival of lights with Indians, the White House has said."He (Obama) specifically wanted to have an opportunity to celebrate Diwali and to do so with the Indian people, getting beyond simply his o...

As he touches down in India for the longest overseas visit of his Presidency, on top of Barack Obama's agenda will be a frank exchange of views on Af-Pak and the rise of China.American officials say Washington sees a bigger role for India in the region, especially with US unease over China's growing assertiveness.But will a stronger India-US relati...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is hosting a dinner on November 7 in the honour of US President Barack Obama when he visits India. Sources tell NDTV that the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday will have 25 guests.

The US would be spending a whopping $200 million (Rs 900 crore approx) per day on President Barack Obama's visit to the city.

Security concerns have forced authorities to disable the "virtual tour" of Hotel Maurya Sheraton where US President Barack Obama will stay during his visit to the capital beginning this Sunday.The management has disabled the "online virtual tour" section in the Delhi hotel website, officials said.The virtual tour enables a client to have a peek loo...

No ferry boats will be sailing off the Gateway of India for three days: November 5, 6 and 7. Given the vulnerability of the coastline, security agencies are taking all possible measures during the Obama visit. Operations of private ferry boats and cruise boats going to Alibaug, Mandwa, Elephanta Island and Rewas have been asked to stay closed for t...

The US president may not be touching down the desert state during his three-day visit to India, but he is set to taste the tech-cookie from Kanpura. Obama will be apprised on how the use of information technology had benefited Kanpura villagers through video-conference. District collector of Ajmer Rajesh Yadav told DNA on Monday that officers from ...

Although US President Barack Obama will be only served food made by his personal chef, the management at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel hope they can at least welcome Obama with an exclusive drink.To that end, the hotel has prepared a list of high-end liquor that will be served to the President, including the rare Glenfiddich scotch whisky.A hotel source r...