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US President Donald Trump will receive a ceremonial welcome at the presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning before talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over defence and trade deals on a packed day in Delhi, where he arrived last night after visiting Ahmedabad and Agra. He is also expected to address the media at 5 pm. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will find up their 36-hour visit with a presidential banquet and fly back to the US tonight.

US President Donald Trump, who is on his first two-day state visit to India, didn't go to see the original graves of Mughal ruler Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz during his visit to the Taj Mahal on Monday.

Expressing displeasure at the message left by US President Trump Donald Trump in the visitors' book at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad -- which has no mention of Mahatma Gandhi -- the Mahatma's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi on Monday said that it seemed Trump did not find visiting the Ashram set up by Mahatma Gandhi a worthwhile experience.

Any attempt to quell dissent would have a chilling effect on the democracy as "governments are not always right" and those opposing it couldn't be labelled anti-national, said Justice Deepak Gupta of the Supreme Court, on Monday.

Northeast Delhi continues to see intense violence this morning a day after protesters for and against the controversial citizenship law clashed and threw stones at each other, set vehicles and shops on fire. Five people, including a cop, were killed and over 50 were injured in Monday's unprecedented violence. Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a late-night meeting with the Delhi police chief, the Union Home Secretary and other senior officials. Three firefighters have been injured after a group of people set a fire engine ablaze and threw stones at another. The violence began on Monday hours before United States President Donald Trump, was expected in the capital. Mr Trump is expected to spend the day in Delhi for the operative part of his state visit.

Restrictions have been put in place and paramilitary forces called in after five people, including a cop, were killed and around 50 were injured on Monday after violence broke out across northeast Delhi. This was the second time there were clashes and violence in a span of less than 24 hours.

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will aim to expand India-US global partnership in their extensive talks today, a day after both lavished praise on each other and vowed to script a better future for people of the two democracies.

The architectural grandeur of 17th century Taj Mahal and the story of its construction by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan left US President Donald Trump "impressed" during his visit to Agra, the guide who accompanied him said.

The Pentagon announced Monday it has adopted "ethical principles" for the use of artificial intelligence by the armed forces, a measure aimed at convincing US tech giants to collaborate with the military.

The chemistry between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Donald Trump was evident once again on Monday as the two leaders shared hugs at least six times through the course of engagements in Ahmedabad.

The Supreme Court will hear today a petition filed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs seeking direction to execute the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case separately.

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Monday that India is set to rank among the top three economies in the world and technology will play a big role in that journey.

An autorickshaw driver on Monday alleged he was beaten up by a police officer for no reason, the cops, however, claimed that it was the driver who had first hurled abuses.

The opposition Congress in Manipur has reacted sharply to questions in the Class 12 state board examination asking students to draw the poll symbol of the ruling BJP and analyse four negative traits of the approach of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of the country, towards nation building.

The enthusiastic fervour at 'Namaste Trump' show here on Monday started decreasing by afternoon as the sections of the audience began leaving the Motera stadium after spending hours under a scorching sun even as US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished praise on each other.