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  Kashi weavers pack 100 Benarasi saris for Michelle Obama

  India | January 23, 2015 12:30 IST

  New Delhi: As the nation gears up to welcome the Obamas, people of Varanasi, on their part are busy weaving and packing 100 Benarasi saris for the First Lady of the US, Michelle Obama.According to

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  Obama hosts 'Selma' screening at White House

  Hollywood | January 17, 2015 18:04 IST

  Los Angeles: US President Barack Obama hosted a private screening of the historical drama film "Selma" at the White House. It was attended by a string of celebrities.Guests at the Friday night screening included media

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  Delhi Police, US sleuths discuss security for Obama

  India | January 16, 2015 21:42 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Police today held meetings with sleuths of US Secret Service and top police officials of neighbouring states to chalk out a coordination plan and identify possible challenges in order to ensure fool-proof

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  Barack Obama's India visit: India-US investment initiative launched

  January 14, 2015 10:54 IST

  Washington: Ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to India later this month, India and the US have launched an investment initiative to focus on capital market reforms and policy measures that would help spur long-term

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  Obama to host British Prime Minister David Cameron next week

  World | January 11, 2015 7:21 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House in the coming week.Their meeting follows the worst terrorist attack in France in decades. Seventeen people were slain in attacks

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  Obama pays respects at French Embassy after Paris attack

  World | January 09, 2015 8:05 IST

  Washington: Declaring that “terror is no match for freedom,” President Barack Obama paid his respects Thursday at the French Embassy in Washington following the Paris terrorist attack that left a dozen people dead at a

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  Obama rules out huge funding for anti-IS battle

  World | December 30, 2014 8:31 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama acknowledged the 'real' threat posed by the Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) in an interview aired on Monday, but ruled out another trillion dollars in aid in the efforts

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  Obama visit a security challenge: intelligence officer

  India | December 23, 2014 23:30 IST

  New Delhi: The forthcoming visit of US President Barack Obama to India has been termed by the security establishment as a “challenge” in terms of providing foolproof security to the dignitaries and common people during

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  North Korea hack was 'vandalism', not act of war: Obama

  World | December 21, 2014 21:17 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama said North Korea's hack of Sony Pictures was an act of "cyber vandalism" and not an act of war, according to an interview today."No, I don't think it was an

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  Govt taking steps for security ahead of Obama's visit: Rajnath

  Politics | December 18, 2014 20:37 IST

  New Delhi: In the wake of terror attack in Peshawar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the government is taking all possible steps for security during the ensuing visit of US President Barack Obama.“Whatever high

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  CIA chief admits use of brutal interrogation techniques

  World | December 12, 2014 15:51 IST

  Washington:  Some officers of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used brutal techniques on terrorist suspects and there was no proof of useful information yielded from the interrogation, the chief of the US spy agency has

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  See what these images tell about 2014

  World | December 10, 2014 12:24 IST

  New Delhi :  The year 2014 has entered into its final month and it's time to look back all the major events that have taken place this year.While there were some fine events like  Sochi

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  Rahul Gandhi attacks Narendra Modi's style of functioning

  Politics | December 04, 2014 18:50 IST

  Amethi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's style of functioning, saying that he wants complete power in his hands."Prime Ministerji has a different thinking... That he has complete power

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  'Modi govt should take up Bhopal gas tragedy issue with Obama'

  India | November 30, 2014 20:58 IST

  Bhopal: Two days before world's worst industrial disaster's 30th anniversary, Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty on Sunday said that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government should raise issues pertaining to the Bhopal Gas tragedy with

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  US keen for co-production, co-development in defence with India

  World | November 30, 2014 18:01 IST

  Washington: With India being one of the top priorities of the Obama Administration, the US is keen to explore co-production and co-development opportunities in defence with the rising Asian power and expand maritime security cooperation

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  Chuck Hagel understood India's value, opened US military for Sikhs

  World | November 25, 2014 17:20 IST

  Washington: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who quit amid differences with President Barack Obama, understood the strategic importance of India and opened up the US military a little bit more for the Sikhs.  Hagel, 68, who

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  Kashmir issue can be taken up with Pakistan under agreed framework: MEA

  India | November 23, 2014 20:59 IST

  New Delhi: India today said that the Kashmir issue can only be discussed under the framework for dialogue agreed with Pakistan even as it remained non-committal about any meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

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  Report clears Obama administration on Benghazi attack

  World | November 22, 2014 12:03 IST

  Washington: A two-year Congressional probe into an attack on a US diplomatic post in Libya's Benghazi city has cleared the Obama administration of accusations of mishandling its response, media reports said Saturday.The report released Friday

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  Modi had an extraordinarily successful US visit: US official

  World | November 21, 2014 9:38 IST

  Washington: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit as "extraordinarily successful", a top official in the Obama administration has said US-India relationship has come "a remarkable distance"."We've just had the extraordinarily successful visit of Prime

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  Obama to fix US's 'broken' immigration system, lakhs of Indian immigrants to benefit

  World | November 20, 2014 19:33 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama has opted for Facebook as a platform to inform Americans about his executive actions on fixing the country's "broken" immigration system.The executive actions, to be announced on Thursday, are expected