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US First Lady Melania Trump visited a state government-run school in Delhi this afternoon to observe the flagship "Happiness Class". Ms Trump was welcomed by students and teachers of the Sarvodaya Co-Education Senior Secondary School in south Delhi's Moti Bagh.

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear an application filed by former Chief information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah and others seeking lodging of FIRs with regard to the recent violence in Delhi over the amended citizenship law.

US President Donald Trump's message in the visitor's book at the Mahatma Gandhi's memorial in New Delhi on Tuesday mentioned the Independence movement icon, a day after the American leader's note at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad left many surprised.

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania on Tuesday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at the memorial of India's Father of the Nation at Rajghat.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today called for sealing the city's border in areas that saw violence over the amended citizenship law to prevent "outsiders" from entering the national capital and creating trouble. He said he has got reports that the "police could not do anything" to prevent trouble.

Six Supreme Court judges are down with swine flu and a meeting had been held with the Chief Justice to explore remedial measures, a senior judge said today in court. Hearings in two constitution bench cases, including a nine-judge bench on religion versus rights hearing, has been affected because of judges falling sick.

Speaking about the violence in northeast Delhi, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today alleged that people are paying the price for putting in power "insensitive and shortsighted" leaders.

Several Chinese cities, including Beijing, have dramatically improved their air quality in recent years, while Indian metropolises remain some of the world's worst polluted, according to a new report.

US President Donald Trump was accorded a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

A global ranking of cities and countries based on air pollution levels in 2019 is out and, on the face of it, there is good news for India. But on reading the fine print there's little reason to cheer.

For Asia's richest man, online gaming could be the next big thing in his home market.

US President Donald Trump received 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.