Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted a private dinner for visiting US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on Sunday which was attended by political bigwigs, business leaders, actors and sports personalities.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted a private dinner for visiting US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on Sunday, which was attended by political bigwigs, business leaders, actors and sports personalities.
The US First Couple had a glimpse of India's rich cultural and historic heritage as they visited the 450-year-old Mughal marvel Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi.
The Obamas landed in New Delhi after completing the Mumbai leg of their visit, which saw successful interactions with business leaders, youth and school students.
In his first comments on Pakistan during his four-day trip to India, President Obama said, "Pakistan is a strategically important country, not just for America, but for the world." Obama was responding to a question from a student at the St Xavier's College, who asked why United States had refrained from calling Pakistan a terrorist state.
President Obama got a firsthand account of how IT has revolutionised life in rural India, when villagers of Kanpura (near Ajmer) interacted with him in Mumbai through video conference.