Mumbai: Transcript of remarks by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at town hall with students at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai: Michelle Obama: Hello, everyone. Namaste. It is a pleasure and an honor to be here in India. Everyone, please sit, who can sit. Rest. It's warm. We are thrilled to be here and to have a chance to spend time with so many outstanding young people...
09:24 AM, Nov 08, 2010
Washington: US President Barack Obama will discuss Pakistan in the context of regional security and counter-terrorism in his speech to Parliament on Monday, a senior US administration official said on Sunday. "The President will definitely discuss Pakistan", the official said, but declined to go further than that because he did not want to get ahead of the president's remarks. Obama drew criticism on Saturday after he paid tribute to victims...
07:58 PM, Nov 07, 2010
Washington: US President Barack Obama's unscripted dance moves while celebrating Diwali with students in Mumbai are making news back home in the US. Pictures of Obama's "Dancing, Diwali", as CNN put it, are already hitting the airwaves. "Obama started his second day in India on a lighter note: pulling a few dance moves and celebrating a major religious festival with local students," it said reporting how the Obamas spent Sunday...
07:09 PM, Nov 07, 2010
Mumbai: Strong winds today played a bit of a spoilsport for the red carpet send off to the Obamas for Delhi as the gusts blew away the rug twice despite the best efforts of officials who finally decided to get rid of it to avoid an embarrassment. Even as authorities in Mumbai were preparing to bid adieu to President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, strong winds kept blowing away...
04:30 PM, Nov 07, 2010
The award-winning Shillong Chamber Choir will perform for Barack Obama in New Delhi. ...
04:23 PM, Nov 07, 2010
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama arrived in Delhi on the second leg of his three-day visit to India and was personally received by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who set aside protocol to welcome the guest. The Air Force One carrying Obama, his wife Michelle and the official delegation touched down at the Delhi Airport at 3.19 PM and the President and the First Lady waved their hands while getting...
03:51 PM, Nov 07, 2010
A Mumbai student finally got US President Barack Obama talking about Pakistan during his trip to India. ...
01:10 PM, Nov 07, 2010
Barack and Michelle Obama danced a jig to the tune of a Marathi folk song with students of the Holy Name School. ...
11:25 AM, Nov 07, 2010
New Delhi: Snipers on rooftops, surveillance over Yamuna banks, heightened vigil on flyovers and traffic curbs -- security cover for US President Barack Obama in the capital will be impregnable as the establishment spreads out an elaborate paraphernalia for the visiting dignitary. Watch towers have been erected on the central ridge opposite Hotel ITC Maurya Sheraton where Obama is staying while armed personnel from the elite National Security Guards and...
10:57 AM, Nov 07, 2010
CNN-IBN's Bikramjit Ray puts together a special Delhi-style platter for Barack Obama. ...
10:38 AM, Nov 07, 2010
Mumbai: US first couple Barack and Michelle Obama today hit the dance floor to a foot-tapping Marathi folk number, joining a group of students at a school here to participate in symbolic Diwali festivities. The US President and the First Lady's engagement for the day started at the Holy Name High School in upmarket Colaba locality in south Mumbai where a group of students entertained them with a cultural extravaganza....
10:36 AM, Nov 07, 2010
