Already close and cordial India/US political ties surged in the early hours of the new Trump administration. India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was honoured with rare front row seating at the Inauguration of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the Washington ceremony.

Global media also reports on India and the US exploring a deeper defence partnership, with Trump pushing Modi to buy more American-made weapons.

All 64 aboard passenger jet that collided with Army chopper feared dead, says Washington DC fire chief

Mr Trump and Mr Modi enjoyed warm relations in the US president’s first term, but during his campaign for re-election Mr Trump called India a “very big abuser” on trade and vowed to use tariffs on global imports into the US to correct imbalances.

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious congregation

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment and moving toward a fair bilateral trading relationship in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday,

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US President Donald Trump reacted to Wednesday night’s mid-air collision between a passenger jet and an Army Black Ha

Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press briefing at Reagan National Airport alongside federal and local officials to address the incident.

An American Airlines plane carrying 64 people crashed after a midair collision with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington DC. Trump said the tragedy, which resulted in 18 deaths, should have been prevented.

US President Donald Trump has said that he will likely meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington in February. This after Trump and Modi shared what he described as a productive phone call on Monday in which they stressed the need for ‘a mutually beneficial and trusted partnership.