Wednesday,
January
21,
2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
US
ushers in new era Barack Obama becomes
first black American to occupy White House Sworn in as the 44th
President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama today
became the first black American to occupy the White House,
fulfilling Martin Luther King's dream sooner than anyone had
imagined. Obama’s rise from a small-time community worker to
the most powerful man in the world marks a huge political
transformation in a country with a racist past.
Barack Obama
takes oath as the 44th President of the United States as his wife
Michelle holds the Bible during
the inauguration ceremony in Washington DC on Tuesday.
— Reuters
Obama
for an era of responsibility Washington, January
20
Riding to power with a
message of hope and promise of change, US President Barack Obama
today said the nation was in the middle of a crisis and there
are serious challenges which will be met.
Obama
to bat for strong Indo-US ties Washington, January 20
There may be some anxiety in India
about how the Obama administration will deal with the sub-continent, but
Barack Obama has personally voiced his commitment to further build a
close strategic partnership between the two countries.
India’s
wish list... New Delhi, January 20
Even as a sense of anxiety prevails
in the foreign office here over the likely activism of the Barack Obama
administration on the Kashmir issue, India has its own ‘wish list’
for the new US President, dealing with terrorism emanating from Pakistan
being on top of it.
Jolt
to BJP as Kalyan quits Ex-UP CM says he can’t
take humiliation any more Lucknow,
January 20
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) of humiliating and neglecting him, senior BJP leader and former
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh today resigned from the
primary membership of the party.
Fraud
fallout: Satyam loses SEZ land Hyderabad, January 20
As fallout of the massive fraud in
Satyam Computers, Andhra Pradesh government has cancelled allotment of
50 acres of land given to the software company in the port city of
Visakhapatnam for establishing an information technology special
economic zone (SEZ).
Tribune Impact
Budda Nullah Deadline
for polluters Ludhiana, January 20
The state government has set yet
another deadline for the local dyeing industry to ensure discharge of
effluents into Budda Nullah as per the stipulated standards of the
Punjab Pollution Control Board.
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Ex-UP CM says he can’t
take humiliation any more