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1. PM Modi greeted President Obama with a hug and the leaders shook hands, before the US President and his wife got into their special car, called the Beast, that had driven up to the tarmac. The car has both the US and the Indian flags on it today.
2. President Obama has been invited by PM Modi to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations tomorrow. He will be the first US President to be chief guest at the Republic Day parade.  
3. In a message to President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of Republic Day, President Obama said he and his wife Michelle were looking forward to the India visit and enjoying the "generosity, hospitality, and beauty that marked our last visit" in 2010.
4. President Obama will be accorded a ceremonial welcome at about 12 noon at the Rashtrapati Bhawan by the President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi; he will then pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
5. President Obama will join PM Modi for a working lunch at the Hyderabad House and participate in a "walk and talk" there. With progress in talks on a stalled nuclear deal, India is optimistic that a key breakthrough will be made, officials said.
6. The two leaders will have an expanded delegation level meeting expected to last for about an hour. Later in the evening, President Obama is scheduled to meet US embassy personnel and their families. He will also attend the state banquet hosted by President Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
7. Tomorrow, President Obama will be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade at Delhi’s Rajpath. Later, the Obamas will attend an ’at home’ reception hosted by President Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
8. On Monday afternoon, President Obama and PM Modi will participate in a CEO forum roundtable and address the US-India Business Summit.
9. On Tuesday, the US President will give an address at the Siri Fort Auditorium before leaving for Saudi Arabia.
10. President Obama has cancelled his plans to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra; he is cutting short his visit to fly to Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah. Saudi Arabia is a longstanding US ally and the world’s leading oil exporter.

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