Obama India Visit

Dismissing news reports as totally absurd, the US has denied that it has moved some 34 war ships around Mumbai, where President Barack Obama would arrive on the wee hours of Saturday, the Pentagon has said."That's just comical. Nothing close to that is being done," Pentagon spokesman, Geoff Morrell, told reporters at a news briefing.Morrell was res...

The countdown to US President Barack Obama's India visit has begun.The President and his entourage have left Washington, for what is Obama's longest overseas tour of his presidency.The tour begins in India where he hopes to encourage business deals to rejuvenate the US economy and also improve his re-election prospects for 2012. The President is ta...

Hours before US President Barack Obama left for his visit to India, the US has slapped sanctions against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).It has also targeted Lashkar commander Azam Cheema, who helped trained militants for the 26/11 attacks, and was the mastermind in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings.The US...

From making America eat better to advocating social causes, US First Lady Michelle Obama is trying hard to make a difference. And perhaps that is why she's fitted in meeting a group of children from Mumbai's orphanages on her jam packed  itinerary. For a year now, these children  are preparing to meet the US First Lady - they are learning...

On the eve of President Barack Obama's maiden visit to India, the US slapped sanctions on Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e Mohammad, besides targeting LeT commander Azam Cheema, a key operational figure in the 26/11 attacks.The Treasury Department took action against Cheema, who helped train operatives for the 26/11 attacks ...

First choppers surveying the shore and then a full-blown mock drill in South Mumbai from the helipad where US President Barack Obama will land to his first stop - the Taj Hotel.Agents from the US secret services, Indian intelligence agencies and the local police participated in this unique security, a drive to gauge how much time the convoy will ta...