The Mangalore pub assault episode, which took place on January 24, 2009, when the activists of Sri Rama Sene barged into a pub and violently beat up the girls present there in the name of preserving Indian culture, has received condemnations and reactions from all political parties. BJP's national leaders condemned the attack too - though their focus was more on dissociating themselves from the Sene and avoiding any tengential blame.

  On January 22, 2009, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurated a new Indian-built road in Western Afghanistan. The Delaram-Zaranj highway was built six months ahead of schedule, by the Border Roads Organisation. 

Barack Obama's 2009 Presidential Inaugural will be covered extensively on TV and online. Here are the TV schedules for Obama's Inauguration live coverage: 1) CNN, 2009 Presidential Inauguration TV schedule 7.00 AM - 2.00 PM: Swearing-in and Parade coverage anchored by Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper 2) ABC, 2009 Inaugural TV schedule 7.00 AM - ...

The 56th Presidential Inaguration is one of the most high-profile presidential Inaugurations in history. Reports say that around an uprecedented 2 - 4 million are expected to attend the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Day.

Barack Obama's Inaugural Day swearing-in ceremony is likely to set a new precedent in terms of celebrity participation.

  India and the United States are said to have made a good amount of progress in their parleys on the providing the US missile defense shield system to India. Not something Pakistan would like, even without the current tensions between the two countries in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has announced that HBO has bagged the rights to air the opening ceremony of President-Elect Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration week, that will be held at Lincoln Memorial on January 20, 2008.