Indians glued to TV sets, watch Obama inauguration

September 5th, 2009 The Inauguration of the World Class Auditorium of Atharva Group of Institutes was held on Friday, 4 September 2009 at 2.00 p.m. at Atharva Campus, Malad.

July 4th, 2009 Turtle named for Obama freed on Independence DayKEY WEST, Fla. — A sea turtle named after President Barack Obama that was rescued just before Inauguration Day has been set free on Independence Day.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A majority of Indians were hooked to the small screen Saturday as the election results poured in. People switched channels by the minute to watch the fast-changing leads and the country's biggest political drama reach a climax.

April 30th, 2009 PRETORIA - US President Barack Obama will not be among the heads of state attending ANC leader Jacob Zuma's inauguration as the country's fourth democratically-elected president, the foreign affairs department said on Wednesday. Director general Ayanda Ntsaluba told the media in Pretoria that confirmations were continuing to flow in for the May 9 festivities, and so far, 21 heads of state have confirmed that they will be attending.

March 8th, 2009 Kaohsiung (Chinese Taipei),MA - Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi battled out a furious four-setter against Yang Tsung-hua and Yi Chu-huan to give India a critical 2-1 lead over Chinese Taipei on second day of their Asia-Oceania Group- I Davis Cup tie here Saturday. It took the experienced India pair three and a half hours to dispatch the young Taipei pair 6-4, 7-6(0), 6-7(2), 6-2, in what was their 22nd consecutive win in Davis Cup.

February 6th, 2009 LONDON - The man who designed American First Lady Michelle Obama's inauguration ceremony gown has been applauded by animal lovers for not using fur for the dress. Jason Wu won acclaim for the off-shoulder dress he styled for Michelle, and now America's Humane Society is lauding him for ditching fur, reported contactmusic.com 'We are delighted that Jason Wu has put aside the cruelty of fur for now, and hope he will adopt a permanent fur-free policy,' said a spokesperson of the Humane Society of the United States.

January 29th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Rene Zellweger was desperate to attend US President Barack Obama's inauguration and at the last minute went to Washington DC alone. According to contactmusic.com, Zellweger went unrecognised at the capital joining millions of others to watch the swearing-in ceremony.

January 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Rapper Jay-Z explained the meaning of the new song he sang at the pre-inauguration ball of the 44th US President Barack Obama recently. Ananova.com reports that Jay-Z sang 'History' before he attended US president Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday.

January 20th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Credit-card processing company Heartland has revealed what is possibly the greatest data breach in history, prompting widespread speculation that it waited until the inauguration of President Barack Obama to release the news. The company serves some 250,000 businesses and processes an estimated 100 million transactions a month.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Obamamania gripped India as people hailed the historical inauguration of Barack Obama as America's first black president and expressed hope that he would have a positive approach towards India. 'I think Obama is the best man to occupy the US highest office ever.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - People across India sat glued to their TV screens to watch history in making live as Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the US. Ratings reflect that viewership for news channels that aired the oath ceremony live shot up by 21 percent in the prime time slot, according to a media research group.

January 20th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Former South African president Nelson Mandela congratulated Barack Obama on his inauguration as the first black president of the US and said the historic event reminded him of the excitement that surrounded his own election as his country's first democratically-elected president. In a letter handed to Obama shortly before his inauguration Tuesday, the 90-year-old iconic leader of Africa said: 'There is a special excitement on our continent today, Mister President, in the knowledge that you have such strong personal ties with Africa, we share in that excitement and pride.' 'You will always be in our affection as a young man who dared to dream and to pursue that dream,' the anti-apartheid hero said.

January 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The sea of humanity that swept Washington DC Tuesday for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th US president may have been the largest gathering in the American capital so far. Early estimates of the crowd that included many foreigners who had travelled specially for the occasion ranged from upward of a million to around two million.

January 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Some 400 disadvantaged Americans watched the inauguration of Barack Obama as US president, courtesy a black millionaire who arranged for their all-expense-paid trip to Washington. They included disabled war veterans, the terminally ill and victims of hurricanes from 23 states across the US.

January 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - Many US newspapers are planning special commemorative issues to mark the Jan 20 inauguration of Barack Obama as president, the trade journal Editor and Publisher reported. The Washington Post is to cover the event with more than 70 reporters and plans to put out a special afternoon edition of the paper on the day of the inauguration.