Salman Khurshid is Obama's minister-in-waiting

Union Minister of State for Minority as well as Corporate Affairs, Salman Khurshid, will be the minister-in-waiting during US President Barack Obama's India visit. The minister-in-waiting, a ceremonial facet of any Head of State visit, accompanies the visiting dignitary to all important events. Khurshid will receive Obama at the Mumbai airport and ...

The White House has clarified that US President Barack Obama will not be visiting the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the Taj Mahal at Agra because of paucity of time."Anybody who would go to (India), would love to... spend a lot more time there," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters on Monday when asked why Obama is not visiting t...

President Barack Obama on Saturday warned of a "credible terrorist threat" against America after the overseas discovery of two US-bound packages containing explosives aboard cargo jets, even as the White House said the development would have no impact on his upcoming India visit.Obama said the packages, which according to the officials originated i...

Usually at this time of the year the only thing Mumbai would be getting ready for would be Diwali. But with President Barack Obama arriving in just a few days Mumbai is being given a quick coat of polish.A man can be seen painting the lamp post opposite the Taj. At another place a man can be seen planting saplings on the Marine Drive's divider.Thes...

Disappointed, but determined not to give up, the Sikh community in the US now wants President Barack Obama to visit gurudwaras in Pakistan when he visits the country next year, after Amritsar's Golden Temple was not included in his India trip in November.     "With the White House's confirmation of President Obama's visit to Pak...

The nearly 450-year-old Humayun's tomb will be the first stop for President Barack Obama when he arrives here with his wife Michelle on November 7, followed by a private dinner with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur."The President felt it was important give the rich civilization that India has, to pay tribute to that through...

With Delhi and Mumbai gearing up for President Obama's visit, the government says that there are no specific security threats.  "All arrangements are in place... we hope it will be a successful visit," said Home Secretary GK Pillai to NDTV.Pillai also elaborated on his comments yesterday - he had said, "We could say that we were disappointed t...

US President Barack Obama would begin his India visit on November 6 with a message of condolence for the victims of 26/11 attacks. He will then celebrate Diwali with school children of Mumbai along with First Lady Michelle.Obama would also visit the Gandhi Museum in Mumbai where he is also scheduled to attend a major business meeting, before headin...

The White House has announced US President Barack Obama's itinerary in India. (Pics: Welcome Barack Obama! India gets ready) Obama will leave Washington on November 5 and will arrive in Mumbai on November 6.His first stop will be the iconic Taj Hotel, targeted by Pakistan-based terrorists in 2008. He will meet 26/11 survivors there. He will th...

The guessing game is on among presidential watchers of the gastronomic kind: What will be on the 'Obama Platter' that US President Barack Obama intends to create when he visits India next month?Back in June, making a rare visit to the State Department for a reception for External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to demonstrate that US-India ties are amo...

For the first time in several years, the US Secretary of State will not be part of the Presidential delegation when Barack Obama visits India next month.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has played a key role in accelerating the Indo-US relationship, will not accompany Obama during his November visit due to "scheduling conflict".Clinton would...

Jammu and Kashmir is on security alert ahead of US President Barack Obama's India visit early November. State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will preside over a Unified Headquarters meeting in Srinagar later on Monday, to take stock of the security measures.Top security sources have told NDTV that the meeting will focus on specific counter-strategies...