Demanding the resignation of President Mubarak, a large number of people have assembled at Tahrir square today calling the day as day of departure for President Mubarak. Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has said that he would like to step aside, but feared the country would be engulfed in chaos. In an interview with ABC television's yesterday, Mr. Mubarak said that he cares about his country, and unhappy about violence but that his government is not responsible for it. The interviewer also informed media that President Mubarak warned that the Muslim Brotherhood party would fill any power vacuum if he steps down.Meanwhile the supporters of President Mubarak are observing the day as day of allegiance. The General Secretary of ruling NDP party, Dr. Ibrahim Kamel has said that President Mubarak will not step down and he claimed that demonstrators at Tahrir square do not represent the majority of Egyptians.In a related report, New York Times says that Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately, turning over power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman, with the support of the Egyptian military. A White House statement said that Vice President Biden urged that credible, inclusive negotiations begin immediately in order for Egypt to transition to a democratic government that addresses the aspirations of the Egyptian people.Egypt's Health Ministry has said that 12 people were killed and more than 1200 injured in the fighting at Tahrir square so far. Reports say that journalists were manhandled yesterday by Mubarak supporters. US state department spokesman Robert Gibbs said the systematic targeting of journalists is unacceptable.Earlier, country’s Vice President Omar Suleiman urged protesters to leave Tahrir Square saying their demands had been met. In his address on State television last evening, he slammed their demands for Mubarak's ouster as a call for chaos adding that violence against protesters in the square could have been the result of a conspiracy. Suleiman also invited Muslim Brotherhood to join talks between the government and opposition aimed at ending the protests. Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq apologised for the fighting between pro- and anti-government demonstrators and pledged to investigate the violence.In view of the present situation, Embassy of India in Cairo has been giving advice to Indian community on the phone as well as through email. In a statement, the Embassy in Cairo has said that a control room is set up which has been in operation on 24 hours basis for the last one week. The numbers are 002022736-0556, 002022735-6168 and 002022736-0052 and fax No. 002022736-1972.Meanwhile, Italy has expressed solidarity towards Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today praised Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as a wise man and said he should remain in place during the country's transition to democracy.There can be a transition toward a more democratic system without a break from President Mubarak,Berlusconi said this in a statement.Yesterday, Berlusconi and four other European leaders said in a joint statement that they were extremely concerned about the situation in Egypt and called for a rapid and orderly transition towards a broadly representative government.