23:46
The Obamas at Andrews Air Force Base, where the former president is to deliver a thank you speech to staff. Michelle and I weve really been milking this good-bye thing, he begins. So it behooves me to be very brief.He says that when they started, they did so with an abiding faith in the...
23:37
As President Trump begins his first day as the 45th President of the United States, he and the vice president along with their invited guests will attend a luncheon put on by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies at Statuary Hall in the US Capitol. The JCCIC has held the...
23:31
This from the Washington Post:Trump's speech was about 1,400 words versus about 2,400 for President Obama's first inaugural speech. Obama's second inaugural address in 2013 was about 2,100 words.
23:30
And the 45th President of the United States of America posts his first tweet. Donald J Trump writes, Today we are not merely transferring power from one Administration to another, or from one party to another but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the...
23:17
The helicopter winds up. And leaves. They're heading to the airport and thence to California, for family vacation.
23:16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight congratulated Donald Trump on assuming the office as the US President and said he looked forward to working with him to further deepen the bilateral ties and realise the full potential of cooperation.Congratulations @realDonaldTrump on assuming office as US...
22:49
The official presidential Twitter account has been transferred to Donald Trump and scrubbed of the Obama administration's tweets.@POTUS hasn't tweeted yet, it says. But you can bet he will soon.
22:49
After being sworn in, Trump addresses the people for the first time as the President of the United States. He says, Thank you. We the citizens of America are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. Together we will...
22:32
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to Donald J Trump. With these words, Trump is now officially the 45th president of the United States of America. Melania Trump holds the Bible.He finishes. Congratulations Mr President, Roberts says. Cheering. Trump...
22:27
Mike Pence is sworn in as vice president of the United States. The Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States administered the oath of office to Pence. Pence hugs wife Karen members of his family. Proud smiles all around. Pence waves and there is cheering.
22:23
A choir from Missouri State university sings at the inauguration. The choir is singing an original 'Now We Belong', written by Michael Dennis Browne for the inauguration.
22:09
Missouri senator Roy Blunt, as chairman of the congressional inauguration committee, makes the opening remarks
22:06
Donald Trump is on stage at the Capitol Hill for his swearing-in as the 65th US presidentTrump pauses atop the stairs and gives a little first pump. He smiles. Walks down the stairs and shakes hands again with Obama and Biden. Crosses back over to his familys side. Ignores Melania Trump. Mouths...
22:01
CNN's Jeff Zeleny reports: In the days before he becomes commander-in-chief, Donald Trump has been practicing his salute, just as Barack Obama did eight years ago.An adviser with military experience helped Trump, according to an aide, and he has been saluting a couple times in the last...
21:59
President Obama arrives on stage for the inauguration. He then walks over to the Trump family and exchanges pleasantries with them.
21:39
After their tea reception, US President-elect Donald Trump and US President Barack Obama emerged from the White House. They will now head to Capitol Hill where the swearing-in ceremony will be held. This will be the last time Barack and Michelle Obama depart the White House.
21:31
A group of self-described anti-fascist, anti-capitalist protestors marched from Logan Circle toward the Mall. Some in the group tossed bricks at cars and businesses, knocked over trash cans and smashed a limousine. Earlier They yelled No more president.Authorities used a chemical spray to...
21:28
Melania Trump made it very clear that she will be a fashion- forward First Lady, selecting a baby blue dress and jacket by Ralph Lauren for her husband Donald's inauguration ceremony.Melania accessorised her outfit with a pair of heels, clutch and elbow-length gloves that were all the same hue of...
21:16
A source close to US President-elect says that the moment is beginning to sink in for Trump.He was emotional. Can see it hitting him, the source said.Trump hugged members of his cabinet on his way out. He was teary eyed.Trump met the Obamas at the White House along with his wife at the White...
21:11
Senators Bernie Sanders (left) and John McCain (right) are seen arriving at Capitol Hill.
21:03
Former President Bill Clinton and Trump's democrat rival in the presidential elections, Hillary Clinton arrive at US Capitol for the inauguration.
20:48
Know all 44 US presidents that came before Trump?Here's a quick history lesson for you!
20:45
Donald Trump's inauguration speech would set the tone of making America Great Again and unifying the divided country to meet the challenges, his top aide said.I believe today, Donald Trump is our new president (and he) will set a great tone and a great content to try to unify the country and it's...
20:39
Donald Trump is a true outsider and a successful businessman who will fix things, Greg Pressley said.In less than a year, a lot of peoples minds are going to change, he added. People need to give him a chance. Just chill out and give him a chance.
20:21
Donald and Melania Trump have arrived at the White House after attending a service at St John's Church. Barack Obama gives a hand to Melania Trump as she mounts the stairs. It is reported that Melania has presented the Obamas a gift, something in a Tiffany blue box.Here's all of...
20:05
The Trumps have just left church and hopped in a car. Next stop: White House.
20:05
Barack Obama is tweeting some farewell notes.It's been the honor of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man.I won't stop; I'll be right there with you as a citizen, inspired by your voices of truth and justice, good humor, and love.I'm still asking you to believe - not...
19:50
The Centre has bent to the wishes of the people and an ordinance has been passed on Jallikattu. The law ministry passed the ordinance with minor changes. Protests have been on for the past four days with people demanding that an ordinance be passed on the ancient custom practised by the...
19:44
Take a look at Donald Trump's inaugural program photo. We don't know about you, but we do find the image to be a bit too stern.
19:39
So, here's an update that might interest those who keep an eye on fashion. Melania Trump will reportedly be dressed in outfits by Karl Lagerfeld and Ralph Lauren for her husband's inaugural celebrations, marking a departure from the traditional rule of the First Lady wearing only US brands...
19:39
Donald and Melania Trump, who was wearing a light blue outfit, similar to something that former First Lady Jackie Kennedy would wear, are leaving Blair House in Washington and getting into a large black car.They are now on their way to St John's Church for the traditional...
19:19
Meanwhile, back in India in Chennai, Lakshmi Saravanakumar, who won the Yuva Puraskar award last year for his novel on tiger hunting, 'Kaanakan,' returned it at the Sahitya Akademi office protesting against the lack of positive action from the Centre on the Jallikattu issue.In a Facebook page,...
18:36
Donald J Trump has fired off the first tweet on the day hell be sworn in president. It all begins today, he said.He also went into caps lock mode to say: THE MOVEMENT CONTINUES - THE WORK BEGINS.Trump will be sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts, and make his inaugural speech.The ceremony will...
18:31
The ED has issued summons to Zakir Naik as part of its probe against the controversial preacher and his Islamic Research Foundation under anti-money laundering laws.Officials said today the agency has issued the summons to Naik under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and...
18:00
Amid talks of a possible alliance with Congress in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Samajwadi Party has announced its candidate for Kidwai Nagar seat where the incumbent is a Congress MLA, thus raising some eyebrows.In its first list of 191 candidates, Samajwadi Party has named Omprakash Mishra for...
17:55
The Environment Ministry today gave its observations to the proposal sent by the Tamil Nadu government for lifting of the ban on bull-taming sport jallikatu and returned it to the Home Ministry for final decision.The proposal was submitted to the Home Ministry. The Home Ministry sent it to us for...
17:47
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not too happy with Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, say sources, and there's a reason behind it. The PMO, say sources, has been receiving inputs that the senior AIADMK leader has been making not too flattering remarks about the PM, which have...
17:26
The presidential Twitter handle -- @Potus -- will be handed over later as Donald Trump becomes America's 45th president.Outgoing US leader Barack Obama has promised followers that tweets from his eight years in office will be preserved.It means if you currently follow the official account you'll...
17:06
As Barack Obama makes way for the 45th President of US Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the world's most followed leader on social media.PM Modi now has the highest number of followers among all leaders of states on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+.Currently, Modi's...
16:58
Income tax raids on Karnataka ministers on Friday has upset party vice president Rahul Gandhi who feels that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is intentionally blocking poll funds from Karnataka to the All India Congress Committee just before the assembly elections in five states. Being one of the big...
16:50
The most frenzied American ritual you've never seen is called the transfer of families,' a five-hour tsunami of activity that transforms President Obama's home into President Trump's. See full story HERE
16:48
The Supreme Court would next month take up pleas filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad and her two controversial NGOs, challenging the freezing of their accounts by the Ahmedabad Police, for final disposal.A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi said it would commence the final hearing...
16:40
JUST IN: SBI will open its first ATM on India's largest warship INS Vikramaditya on Saturday.
16:28
Six people have been found alive in an Italy hotel two days after devastating avalanche, Italian media report. Several people have died after a ski hotel was buried by an avalanche in earthquake-hit central Italy. Reports said there had been at least 20 guests and seven staff at the...
16:23
Independent thinking and free expression in Indian universities are now under threat, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today alleged, targeting the Centre.The Congress leader said the recent attempts to interfere with free expression of the student community in Hyderabad Central University...
16:01
We arrived in New Delhi on September 26, 2016 -- a week after the Uri attack had left at least 17 Indian soldiers dead. India attributed the attack to Pakistan-based militants who had crossed into Kashmir. The political class and media were in an uproar, demanding retribution. We were there to...
15:56
The Jammu and Kashmir legislative council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution for the respectable return of Kashmiri Pandits to the state. On the 27th anniversary of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Thursday passed a resolution for their return to the...
15:54
Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel on Friday told the Public Accounts Committee that the cash crunch in the country post the November 8 demonetisation drive will normalise with the passage of time.Sources said the central banking institution also informed the PAC that specific agencies...
15:50
Just In: Govt bars cooperative banks from accepting deposits under the new tax amnesty scheme, Prime Minister's Garib Kalyan Yojana.
15:49
Just In: Sensex tanks 274.10 points to close at 27,034.50; Niftyfalls 85.75 points to 8,349.35.
15:47
Samsung's investigation into the problems that led to the recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones found that some batteries were irregularly sized, causing overheating, while others had manufacturing problems.Samsung, which will unveil the results of its probe on Monday, January 23, recalled 2.5...
15:22
Cracking the whip on its over-weight cabin staff, the government-owned Air India has temporarily taken off 57 crew members from flying and put them on ground duty.These cabin crew members, including air hostesses, have been told to shape up within a stipulated time frame, failing which they would...
15:08
The Supreme Court on Friday deferred till January 23 the hearing on a plea seeking postponement of the Union Budget presentation ahead of assembly polls in five states.The apex court had on January 6 refused an urgent hearing into the matter saying that they would decide the issue when it comes...
14:44
A day after ruling out tie-up with the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the Samajwadi Party on Friday said that it has not got any positive response from Congress on alliance and that it could give the party only 85 of 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party, which is not on the same page with...
13:53
President Pranab Mukherjee has approved changes in government rules to allow merger of rail budget with the central budget. The Department of Economic Affairs has been entrusted with the work relating to preparation of central budget including rail budget, as per a recent order issued by Cabinet...
13:51
Dangal actor Zaira Wasim, who has been in the eye of a storm for her social media posts appealing Kashmiris to not look up to her as a role model, on Friday involved in a Twitter spat with Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel. The BJP leader tweeted a picture of a painting of a...
13:33
In a setback to the 3rd edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not attend the event today amid the not-so-good current political relationship between the state and the Centre.Jaitley was scheduled to attend the event, but he was believed to have...
13:03
Samajwadi Party headed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday released the first list of 192 candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.Interestingly, Akhilesh's warring uncle, Shivpal Singh Yadav has been given an election ticket to contest from Jaswantnagar...
12:50
The Bombay high court today said that it is not happy with probe in Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare murder cases.The Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted ballistic report from Ahmedabad forensic lab to the HC in sealed cover.Both investigating agencies have been submitting periodic...
12:15
Just In: Industrialist Sanjiv Goenka announces an investment of Rs 10,000 crore in West Bengal in the next few years, at the Bengal Global Business Summit.
12:08
All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday waded into the Jallikattu ban controversy and linked it to the debate surrounding the Uniform Civil Code.Owaisi aired his views on Twitter where he said that no uniform law can be imposed in India as people don't have a...
11:54
Commentator Doug Adler has been dropped by sports broadcaster ESPN after he compared Venus Williams to a 'gorilla', but the former has insisted that the word he used at the Australian Open was 'guerrilla'. During an Australian Open stream on ESPN3, Doug Adler should have been more...
11:52
Singer Mika Singh was invited for the pre-inaugration dinner organised by Donald Trump. The 39-year-old singer took to social media to share picture from the party and said he was honoured to be a part of the guest list. What a privilege it is being in the same vicinity as...
11:28
Mahindra & Mahindra has acquired a majority stake in Turkey-based farm equipment company Hisarlar Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim irketi (Hisarlar) for around USD 19 million (nearly Rs 129 crore), thus foraying into the European nation.Under the transaction, which is expected to close by...
11:21
S Gurumurthy tweets: Be clear on Jallikattu. Central govt order declassifying bull as not performing animal is sub justice. Till court decides Modi can't act.
11:19
The Supreme Court today agreed not to pass judgment for a week in the Jallikattu issue while taking into account the Centre's submission that they were in talks with Tamil Nadu to find a way out in the matter. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter before a bench...
11:15
Scores of DMK workers, including the party's working secretary M K Stalin, were today detained for staging rail roko on the Jallikattu issue, even as protesters stayed put at Marina beach in Chennai and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu notwithstanding the chief minister's assurance that an ordinance for...
10:49
A layer of shallow fog engulfed parts of Delhi, resulting in the cancellation of four north-bound train services and delay of 23 others. Flight operations, however, were normal, according to the official website of Indira Gandhi International Airport. Besides the...
10:36
Sania Mirza and her Czech partner, Barbora Strycova advances to round 3 of the Australian Open after defeating S Stosur of Australia and Shuai Zhang of China by 6-1,6-4 in women's double.
10:24
Massive protest continued for the fourth day on Friday at Chennai's Marina Beach with schools across Tamil Nadu remained closed in support of bull-taming sport Jallikattu.Members of South Indian Artists association,Nadigar Sangam will come out in support of Jallikattu.Music maestro A R...
10:00
Samsung Electronics said today it will announce on January 23 the reason why its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones overheated and caught fire.The announcement will be livestreamed in Chinese, English and Korean on its websites. Koh Dong-jin, Samsung's mobile president, will give details of the probe.The...
09:50
Shankar Sharma, the stock market expert, tweets: 'The sentiment against India at Davos has been the most negative I have seen in 20 years. That takes some doing.'
09:40
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the team for the upcoming Under 19 one-day series against England Under-19 to be held in India in January-February. The five-match ODI series will begin from January 30 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and will end on February 8 at...
09:36
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court has quashed the election of the BJP MLA from Gadchiroli on the plea that he didn't disclose details about the office of profit he was holding at the time of filing his nomination papers for the 2014 assembly elections. A petition against...
09:29
Just In: Enforcement Directorate arrests Surat-based businessman Kishore Bhajiawala in a money-laundering case registered post the notes ban.
09:15
As protests over the ban on bull-taming sport, Jallikattu continue to keep Tamil Nadu on the edge, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Friday announced a state-wide 'rail roko agitation' where they will create a massive blockade around the state's railway stations.Party's Working President M K...
09:09
Appealing pro-Jallikattu agitators to withdraw their protest, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister today said that the bull-taming sport will likely to take place in 1 to 2 days. The Tamil Nadu government has sent draft of amendment to the MHA this morning. I believe draft would be approved in...
08:19
The Punjab and Haryana high court observed on Thursday that the statements of some witnesses and the recovery of women's undergarments indicate that rapes had taken place at Murthal during the Jat quota protests in February 2016.The court asked the state police special investigation team to find...
08:16
Mexico extradited drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman to the United States after his final appeals were rejected -- handing US authorities a massive drug case on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration.Guzman is the head of the Sinaloa cartel, which is accused of generating much of the deadly...
08:02
A day ahead of his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump on Thursday said he is going to unite the country as he promised the Americans to work hard and turn things around. We are going to unify our country and we will make America great again. We will make America...
00:59
As PETA faced pro-Jallikattu protesters' ire for opposing the bull taming sport, Tamil film star Dhanush today said he was not part of the animal rights advocacy group and described as an insult an award given to him by the NGO a few years ago.A few years ago, PETA honoured me for being a...
00:28
Donald Trump is preparing to begin taking executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to roll back policies of outgoing President Barack Obama and implement parts of his plans to crack down on immigration and build a wall on the US-Mexican border.Trump, a Republican who was...
00:26
Former US Army officer Chelsea Manning today thanked outgoing US President Barack Obama for commuting her 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified military documents. Thank you @BarackObama for giving me a chance. =,), Manning tweeted.In a surprise decision, Obama commuted Manning's...
00:25
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation proposes to send human rights observers to Kashmir in March to assess the situation there, Pakistan claimed today.Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement that Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz met OIC Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaime on the...
00:24
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today raked up the Kashmir issue in his first meeting with the new UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres but got no positive response to his request for the world body's intervention in the issue.Sharif, who met Guterres on the sidelines of World Economic...
00:23
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