Here's what lies ahead for Obama on Day 1 of his three-day visit:
The United States has blacklisted extremist outfit Harakat-ul-Jihad-i-Islami Bangladesh, suspected of involvement in bomb attacks in India and other countries, as a 'global terrorist organisation'. The US financial institutions will now be required to freeze assets and properties of the outfit that are in the US or "within the control of US persons," a US embassy statement said. Bangladesh, which has already banned HuJI-B, immediately reaffirmed its position against terrorism
India has extradited to the US a man accused by the Florida police of murdering his 20-year- old niece.
As investigators grope for clues in various terror attacks in the country, the United States on Monday said it is ready to offer help in the probes if New Delhi wants. "We are ready to offer any kind of help to Indian authorities in investigation of blast cases if government wants us to do so," Legal Attache of the US Embassy in New Delhi Kathy Stearman said.
Al-Qaeda on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the brutal killings of Bangladesh's first gay magazine editor
Bangladesh's first gay magazine editor was brutally murdered on Monday along with a friend in his flat in Dhaka by suspected Islamists, in the latest audacious attack on high-profile bloggers and intellectuals in the Muslim-majority country.
The United States has revised the non-immigrant Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee from $100 to $131 from January 1, 2008.
Pre-departure orientation programme for students and parents regarding US studies.
The US Educational Foundation in India (USEFI), New Delhi organised a pre-departure orientation program for 155 Indian students leaving for higher studies in the US The program was held at the American Centre, New Delhi on July 6, 2007.
Atul Keshap, a senior Indian American career diplomat and one of the rising stars in the United States foreign service, has been picked by Nisha Desai Biswal, the newly appointed assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, to be her deputy.
The Democratic Senator with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
'A senior US diplomat last week asked me when things will go back to normal. I had to tell her that if normalcy meant getting back these perks, it is not going to happen for a very long time, if ever at all,' says Mohan Guruswamy. 'For the Indian public now is outraged that US diplomats have enjoyed all these winking at the rulebook.'
In December 2009, the Consulate will change its address from the landmark Lincoln House in south Mumbai to the Bandra-Kurla Complex, where it will have 40 visa windows as compared with the 17 visa windows at present.
More than 50 American scholars have been waiting up to 11 months for their Indian visas.
Security agencies are also working in close coordination with the US Secret Service, officials said. In Ahmedabad, over 10,000 policemen from different parts of Gujarat have been deployed at strategic locations as part of the elaborate security arrangements, officials said.
Strongly protesting the use of Hindu deity's image allegedly by an American website to market its products, the Orissa government on Monday said it would take up the matter with the US embassy.
Forty-eight-year-old Verma, who played a quiet but key role in deepening Indo-US ties, will quit before the president-elect assumes charge as his team said the envoys, who are political appointees, will not be given any "grace period" beyond Trump's inauguration day.
Eighty-six deaths were reported in mainland China with 3,399 fresh cases from 31 provincial-level regions, the country's National Health Commission said on Saturday.
Amid accusations by Pakistan that America deliberately sabotaged peace talks by killing Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the Unites States on Sunday said the militant group has a "symbiotic relationship" with the Al Qaeda and provided "safe haven" to terrorists.
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The move by Westinghouse, which is to build six reactors in India under the Indo-US civil nuclear deal inked in 2008, has raised uncertainties over the future of the implementation of the historic pact.
The training was in technical and practical aspects of dealing with cyber crime and cyber terrorism in the programme.\n
In the backdrop of Varanasi bomb blasts, the US Embassy in New Delhi has issued an advisory asking American citizens to be aware of additional security measures that may be imposed by authorities
The US on Friday warned that Al Qaeda and some other foreign terrorists may carry out attacks in New Delhi and Mumbai around Independence Day.
Effective Monday, August 7, 2006 the United States consular sections in India will adjust the consular exchange rate from Rs 46 to the dollar to Rs 48 to the dollar.
Pompeo defended the killing of Soleimani saying he was making efforts for an attack on Americans in the region.
The fine particulate matter PM2.5 touched 304 micrograms per cubic metre on Saturday, which is regarded very unhealthy specially for people with heart and lung problems.
Argentina will play at Jerusalem's Teddy Kollek Stadium on Saturday night in a World Cup warm-up match that has attracted huge interest among the Israeli fans, mainly because of Messi's planned participation. But the Palestinians are not happy that the match will be held in Jerusalem and Palestinian FA chief Jibril Rajoub wrote to Claudio Tapia, the head of the Argentinian FA, last week accusing Israel of using the match as a "political tool".
Haji Baz was one of eight individuals designated by President Bush for sanctions pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.\n
The state department granted visa to the newly-elected President, overruling concerns by the department of homeland security, which suspects that Ahmadinejad participated in the hostage taking at the US embassy in Iran in 1979.
Afghanistan's cash-strapped government relies heavily on financial aid from the United States and elsewhere. Most of the country is impoverished and there is little infrastructure outside of a handful of cities.
The US President was received by Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz when he arrived in his limousine from\nthe highly-guarded US embassy, where he reportedly rested last night along with wife Laura Bush
'I suspect that in the future you will find American presidents visiting India regularly because it is good politics to do so.'
Duggal repeatedly ducked questions whether there was any presence of al Qaeda in the country. "I have only seen the advisory and there is no intelligence input shared with us.
Sources say the sale is expected to be finalised in the next few months.
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Queries about US visas answered by Sally Ironfield, Non-Immigrant Visa Chief, US Embassy, New Delhi.
Washington believed that India will not join Non Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state.
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