Obama Amritsar

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...

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...

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...

When US President Barack Obama lands in India next month, his itinerary will include a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Obama will arrive in the Sikh holy city from Mumbai on November 7and visit the Golden Temple and offer prayers at Harmandar Sahib, the sanctum sanctorum."Obama will visit the Golden Temple. US embassy officials and security...

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...

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...

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...

When US President Barack Obama lands in India next month, his itinerary will include a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Obama will arrive in the Sikh holy city from Mumbai on November 7and visit the Golden Temple and offer prayers at Harmandar Sahib, the sanctum sanctorum."Obama will visit the Golden Temple. US embassy officials and security...