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.
Press Trust of India | Thursday October 21, 2010Upset over reports that US President Barack Obama may skip Golden Temple during his India visit, a Sikh group in Washington on Thursday asked the community members to campaign through Twitter and Facebook accounts of the White House for his visit to Sikhism's holiest.United Sikhs also urged Obama not to cancel his visit to Golden Temple. "The Presi...
- Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday October 21, 2010
Amid reports that President Barack Obama has dropped plans to visit the Golden temple in Amritsar to avoid wearing a headscarf that could make him look like a Muslim, the White House has stressed his schedule isn't "finalised.""We have not finalised the schedule for Asia," press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday on Air Force One. "Loo...
- Press Trust of India | Thursday October 21, 2010
US President Barack Obama would travel to Pakistan next year but not make a stopover there during his November trip to Asia including India, the White House has said.Obama conveyed this to a visiting delegation from Pakistan, who are in Washington to participate in the US-Pak Strategic Dialogue, it said in a statement.The visiting Pakistani delegat...
- Sarah Jacob | Wednesday October 20, 2010
It's all about the optics. Last year, a photograph of US President Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor on a visit to Japan incensed critics.Some went as far as accusing Obama of weak foreign policy by not standing tall when representing America overseas.In 2006, pictures of Obama dressed as a Somali elder on a visit to Africa were plastered on c...
- NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday October 19, 2010
US President Barack Obama, who is set to visit India early next month, may not visit Amritsar as earlier planned.Sources say Amritsar posed logistical problems, though New Delhi has no official word on it yet.The US President was to visit Amritsar on November 7, a day after arriving in Mumbai for a four-day visit.Meanwhile, according to some unconf...
- Indo-Asian News Service | Friday September 24, 2010
US President Barack Obama is looking forward to visiting India in early November and first lady Michelle is excited about the trip.
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