India’s Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi is among the top 10 most powerful people in the world, according to Forbes magazine, which placed Chinese President Hu Jintao on top of the list.

US President Barack Obama said here Wednesday that his four-nation Asia trip beginning with India later this week would create job opportunities for Ameri-cans, now facing high unemployment.

On the eve of President Barack Obama’s maiden visit to India, the US on Thursday slapped sanctions on Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, besides targeting LeT command

Relations between India and China has deteriorated in the last 18 months and is unlikely to get better, a former US ambassador to India has said and he shared the perception of many Indian strategic t

As US President Barack Obama prepares to visit India, a prominent think tank said that the two countries would build their strong bilateral defence ties based on the new strategic realities of Asia.

India’s ruling Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is among the top 10 most powerful people in the world, according to the Forbes magazine.

Nikki Haley, the daughter of Sikh immigrant parents from Amritsar, created history by becoming the first woman to win the governor’s race in South Carolina and the first Indian-American woman to become a US governor. Ms Haley, born Nimrata Randhawa, will be America’s second Indian-American governor after Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal, also a Republican, who became the first three years ago.

US President Barack Obama faced a bleak political landscape on Wednesday after voters punished Democrats for the sluggish economic recovery and handed control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans.

Ahead of his landmark visit starting this weekend, US President Barack Obama on Wednesday described India as a “cornerstone” of America’s engagement in Asia, but held out no assurances on key issues — support for India’s permanent membership of the UN Security Council and ending curbs on export of dual-use technology.

"Humbled" in defeat, US President Barack Obama has vowed to "re-set" the button with American business by focusing his trip to Asia, starting with India, on opening up markets to create more jobs at h