White House

Kamala Harris as vice president further cements US-India relationship: White House

11:52 am January 22, 2021

Washington : The historic inauguration of Kamala Harris as America’s vice president has further cemented the importance of the relationship between the United States and India, according to a top White House official. Born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, 56-year-old Harris made history on Wednesday when she was sworn in as the first female, first Black and first Asian-American US vice-president. The former senator from California was sworn in […]

Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’

Biden puts forth virus strategy, requires mask use to travel

8:12 pm January 21, 2021

Washington: As the US enters “what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks – including a requirement that they be worn for travel. Biden also will address […]

President Biden sends comprehensive immigration reform bill to Congress on day one in White House

3:40 pm January 21, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden on the day one of his presidency sent a comprehensive immigration bill to Congress which proposes major overhauls to the system, including granting legal status and a path to citizenship to tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants and other groups and reduce the time that family members must wait outside the US for green […]

Biden takes oath as 46th US President, Harris as Vice President amidst unprecedented security

11:29 pm January 20, 2021

Washington: Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris took oath as first woman Vice President on Wednesday in a historic but scaled down ceremony under the unprecedented security umbrella of thousands of security personnel, who transformed the Capitol into a fortress to prevent any breach by pro-Trump extremists. The 78-year-old veteran Democrat leader was administered the […]

‘Clear the Capitol,’ Mike Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows

US Capitol briefly put under lockdown due to ‘external security treat’

11:52 pm January 18, 2021

Washington : The Capitol Hill, the complex comprising of US Congress and its buildings, was briefly put under lockdown on Monday due to ”an external security treat”, local police said after a fire was reported a few blocks away. ”All buildings within the Capitol Complex: External security threat, no entry or exit is permitted, stay away from exterior windows, doors. […]