<p>The Air Force One carrying Obama, his wife Michelle and top officials of his administration, took off around 9 a.m. <br /><br />Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar and Union Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who was the minister-in-waiting for the US president, were at the airport to see him off.<br /><br />Obama flew into India Saturday, and spent a night in Mumbai, where he stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel, one of the key targets of Pakistani terrorists in November 2008.<br />He flew into New Delhi Sunday for two hectic days of engagements.<br /><br />Besides visiting and admiring the Humayun's Tomb with Michelle, Obama held talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and addressed members of both houses of Indian parliament. <br /><br />The US' declaration of support for India for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council formed the high-point of Obama's maiden visit to this country.<br /><br />Indonesia is the second leg of Obama's four-nation Asia tour that will also take him to South Korea and Japan.</p>
<p>The Air Force One carrying Obama, his wife Michelle and top officials of his administration, took off around 9 a.m. <br /><br />Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar and Union Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who was the minister-in-waiting for the US president, were at the airport to see him off.<br /><br />Obama flew into India Saturday, and spent a night in Mumbai, where he stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel, one of the key targets of Pakistani terrorists in November 2008.<br />He flew into New Delhi Sunday for two hectic days of engagements.<br /><br />Besides visiting and admiring the Humayun's Tomb with Michelle, Obama held talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and addressed members of both houses of Indian parliament. <br /><br />The US' declaration of support for India for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council formed the high-point of Obama's maiden visit to this country.<br /><br />Indonesia is the second leg of Obama's four-nation Asia tour that will also take him to South Korea and Japan.</p>
