US President Barack Obama made a strong appeal for religious freedom at a town hall-style meeting in Delhi on Tuesday, weighing in on one of India's most controversial topics as he wound up a three-day visit.
The banquet for US president Barack Obama tonight will be among the biggest to be organized at the Presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan.
US President Barack Obama landed in New Delhi Sunday for the start of a three-day visit to India, receiving a hug from Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he disembarked from Air Force One.
As US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama left the Delhi airport on Sunday and headed to the city to begin their three-day visit, the entire route was shut down. The Obamas' convoy was blocked from the view of the media and the public by strategically placed buses.
Ahead of the three-day visit to India by the US President, police today took a 49-year-old man into custody from a cyber cafe in temple town of Bodh Gaya for allegedly trying to send an e-mail to Barack Obama seeking 130 crore dollars as fund for national relief.
Obama is tired and dispirited, writes Mani Shankar Aiyar.
US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will, in a separate "one-on-one" walk at Delhi's Hyderabad House on Sunday, discuss the nuclear deal, which has been stalled since 2008, say sources.
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