New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's dinner for US President Barack Obama, currently on at his residence on Delhi's Racecourse Road, is said to be an all-vegetarian affair.
Tomorrow, US President Barack Obama will be using a teleprompter for his address to Parliament, the first time the device will be in use in the Central Hall. Teleprompters are textbook-sized panes of glass holding the prepared remarks of the speaker which rests on top of a tall, narrow pole in front of the podium during speeches.
Obama's programme in Parliament House complex will be an affair of less than an hour right from his arrival at 1725 hours. He will start his address at 1738 hours.
Obama will be received by Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Speaker Meira Kumar and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The programme will feature a welcome speech by Ansari and a vote of thanks by Kumar.
Obama will also sign the Golden Book, the visitors' diary of Parliament.
Prime Minister Singh will be on the dais along with the presiding officers during Obama's address.
Dinner, not dance, at 7 Race Course Road: Final stop on Day 2 of Obama's India visit at PM Manmohan Singh's residence for a private dinner. Sources say the PM, Obama met on a one-to-one 20 minutes before the dinner.
Delhi traffic police tweets that traffic movement will be affected at and around Delhi Gate Rajghat on Monday between 9 am and 11 am because of VVIP movement. Traffic movement will be affected on Sardar Patel Marg from Dhaula Kuan to 11 Murty on between 8 am and 10 pm because of VVIP movement

