Bear hug with Modi gets Obama's India trip off to warm start

By Roberta Rampton and Douglas Busvine NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Signalling his determination to take relations with the United States to a higher level, Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke with protocol to meet and bear-hug U.S. President Barack Obama as he landed in New Delhi on Sunday. Obama's visit is a fresh bid to make India an enduring strategic partner and will nurture his friendship with a prime minister who a year ago was persona non grata in Washington. The White House declined to com