As thousands of youth continued their movement at Shahbagh in Dhaka to press for death penalty for war criminals, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said he believed Bangladeshi youths would determine the country's future. ...
04:08 AM, Mar 03, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee is visiting Bangladesh on March 3-5, 2013 in a trip that is expected to take bilateral relations between the two neighbours to new heights. ...
06:25 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Bangladesh's choice hilsa fish from the Padma river will be on the platter during President Pranab Mukherjee's Bangladesh visit, his first trip overseas after taking over the country's top office last July. Besides hilsa, the Indian president will also be treated to other special culinary delights when he visits Bangladesh from March 3-5, said a diplomatic official. ...
04:03 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): Indo-French oceanographic study satellite 'SARAL' and six foreign mini and micro spacecrafts were succesfully launched on Monday evening by ISRO's PSLV-C20 rocket from the spaceport at Sriharikota. Indian Space Research Organisation's(ISRO) workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) lifted off from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at around 6 pm at the end of the 59-hour countdown and placed in the orbit the satellites about...
06:09 PM, Feb 25, 2013
All is set for the launch of Indo-French satellite 'SARAL', aimed at oceanographic studies, and six foreign mini and micro satellites onboard ISRO's workhorse rocket PSLV from the spaceport of Sriharikota in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Monday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C20 is slated for blast-off at 5.56 pm local time from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, 110 kms from here. President Pranab Mukherjee is...
10:42 AM, Feb 25, 2013
India will launch its first mission to Mars in 2013, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday, as the emerging Asian nation looks to play catch up in the global space race alongside the United States, Russia and its giant neighbour China. ...
04:43 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Terming as a 'damp squib' President Pranab Mukherjee's joint address to Parliament, BJP on Thursday said the speech did not touch upon relevant issues like price rise and corruption. "It is a damp squib as it has not actually touched what is relevant today and we are very disappointed," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters outside Parliament after the President's address. Rudy also dubbed the address as a "old...
03:25 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Terming the President's Address to Parliament as "uninspiring", the CPI on Thursday said the government had admitted a slowdown in the economy but not come out with any solution. ...
02:31 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The Budget Session of Parliament has formally begun with President Pranab Mukherjee's address in which he laid out the government's agenda in the forthcoming session. Pranab Mukherjee spoke on issues including safety of women, economic slowdown, inflation and also laid stress on cross-border relations. ...
12:57 PM, Feb 21, 2013
DMK and AIADMK MPs on Thursday shouted slogans over Sri Lankan Tamil issue during the maiden Address of President Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament. ...
11:50 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The Budget Session began on Thursday with President Pranab Mukherjee addressing Parliament. The President in his speech expressed concern over the security of women in the country. "People are concerned about the security of women. The past year has been a difficult one," President Pranab Mukherjee said. ...
11:20 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the Union Cabinet will take a final call on settlement of the Rs 11,200-crore Vodafone tax case after seeking opinion of the Attorney General. ...
01:34 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Supreme Court on Wednesday cited Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar case and extended the stay on the execution of four aides of the infamous forest brigand Veerappan "till further orders". The apex court also adjourned the matter for six weeks. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Uncertainty remains over the fate of four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan on death row after their mercy plea was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee as well as the Supreme Court. The apex court on Saturday refused to admit their petition amidst speculation that they may be hanged soon. ...
09:59 AM, Feb 17, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday urged parliamentarians to not make disrupting Parliament a "trend" and asked them to spend sufficient time discussing financial matters. ...
11:33 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The Supreme Court on Saturday declined to hear the review plea filed by the four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan against their death penalty. The SC, while rejecting the plea, said there was no proof the hanging would take place on Sunday. ...
08:44 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan have moved the Supreme Court against death penalty. The four were sentenced to death for a landmine blast that killed 21 people in Palar, Karnataka, in 1993. Recently, President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected their mercy pleas. ...
06:39 PM, Feb 16, 2013
India would halt the decelerating economic growth and revert to the eight per cent-plus growth levels soon, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday. Speaking at the 20th International Engineering and Technology Fair (IETF-2013), which he inaugurated here, the president said India's economic growth had recently declined. ...
05:21 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Even as the UPA government's factsheet on the AgustaWestland helicopter deal can bring embarrassment for the Congress, three key decision makers who were involved in finalising the deal including President Pranab Mukherjee enjoy Constitutional immunity. The Defence Ministry's factsheet categorically states that the tender was finalised in 2005 - a time when President Pranab was the defence minister, SP Tyagi was Air Force Chief, Bharat Vir Wanchoo was SPG Chief...
12:30 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The warm spring sunshine graciously bathes the floral carpets of exquisitely manicured lawns of Mughal Gardens adorned with myriad flowers of every description. Rashtrapati Bhavan's treasured gardens are set to be opened to the public from Friday. ...
09:10 AM, Feb 15, 2013
