Thiruvananthapuram: President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive here on Monday for a two-day visit to the state capital. On his first official visit to the state as President, Mukherjee would arrive here in the evening by a special aircraft and stay at the Raj Bhavan. He will inaugurate the Viswa Malayala Mahotsavam (World Malayalam Festival) and address MLAs as part of the ongoing 125th anniversary celebrations of the state Assembly on...
12:29 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Amid talks of a new-look UPA Cabinet, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday accepted the resignations of seven Union ministers ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle, which will take place on Sunday. Resignations of as many as four senior and three junior ministers were accepted by the President. This came ahead of the Sunday UPA Cabinet reshuffle where some major changes are expected to take place. The senior ministers whose...
08:05 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday welcomed the Home Ministry's decision to reject 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition and demanded that he be hanged at the earliest to send across a stern message to terrorists and terror sponsors. "We welcome this decision of the government against Kasab. It should be implemented immediately now that the Home Ministry has rejected his mercy plea. Doing so will send a strong message...
06:56 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Birbhum: The Durga Puja festivities are on in West Bengal and Birbhum has more than one reason to celebrate. President Pranab Mukherjee is at his village Mirati and will take part in the festivities for the next few days. This is his first visit to the village after being appointed for the country's top job. On Sunday, he met relatives and friends along with son, Abhijeet Mukherjee, who was recently...
08:21 AM, Oct 22, 2012
Suri: President Pranab Mukherjee arrived on Saturday at his ancestral home at Mirati for worshipping the family deity, Devi Durga, in West Bengal's Birbhum district. The President flew to Kirnahar, 240KM from Kolkata, in a helicopter with his wife Subhra and spent around 20 minutes with his elder sister Annapurna Banerjee. From Kirnahar, he drove the three kilometre distance to his ancestral house at Mirati where he would worship Durga...
09:58 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Kolkata: President Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a one-on-one meeting at the VIP lounge of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Saturday. There was no official word on what transpired at the meeting. Pranab arrived by a special plane of the Indian Air Force at around 2.15 pm and was received by Governor MK Narayanan, the chief minister and high officials. He left by...
04:29 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Suri: Security has been beefed up in Mirati village of Birbhum district in view of President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to his ancestral house during the Durga puja rituals, official sources said on Friday. Security has been beefed up and the entire road from Kirnahar to Mirati is being guarded by security personnel, the sources said. The President will reach NSC Bose International Airport at Kolkata from New Delhi by an...
01:43 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar deposed before the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. Putting the blame back on the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Chandrasekhar said that he saw the note that said P Chidambaram could have stopped the 2G scam for the first time when he came to the JPC. Chandrasekhar hinted that the finance ministry was behind note that blamed Chidambaram....
02:40 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee amid speculation of a possible Cabinet reshuffle. It was not immediately clear as to what transpired during the half-an-hour meeting. This comes two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi met the President on Tuesday. Sources said Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde also met Mukherjee and briefed him about security-related issues in the...
02:31 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Under fire on the corruption front, the government seems to be fast-tracking a decision on the contentious Telangana issue. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde met President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday to discuss the issue. The meeting comes on the heels of Congress war room meeting which Shinde attended on Thursday night. Congress sources have told CNN-IBN that a decision on the separate statehood question could be made soon....
01:44 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday chose to stay away from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam. Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar is expected to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. He is likely to be questioned about the contentious Finance Ministry note that had laid the 2G mess at Finance Minister P Chidambaram's door. Chandrashekhar is expected to...
12:37 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Hyderabad: Under fire on the corruption front, the government seems to be fast-tracking a decision on the contentious Telangana issue. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the issue. The meeting comes on the heels of Congress war room meeting which Shinde attended on Thursday night. Congress sources have told CNN-IBN that a decision on the separate statehood question could be made soon....
11:07 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar is expected to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is probing the 2G spectrum case on Thursday. He is likely to be questioned about the contentious Finance Ministry note that had laid the 2G mess at Finance Minister P Chidambaram's door. Chandrashekhar is expected to tell the JPC that the note was solely the prerogative of the ministry then headed by Pranab...
09:34 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: All eyes are on the much-delayed Cabinet reshuffle that is expected to happen over the next ten days. A series of high-level political meetings have been taking place. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari is also expected to call on the President after Wednesday afternoon. Speculation of an imminent Cabinet reshuffle gained fresh...
11:08 AM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: Speculation of an imminent Cabinet reshuffle gained fresh momentum on Tuesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi meeting President Pranab Mukherjee separately. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has also sought an appointment with the President on Wednesday. According to sources, the Cabinet reshuffle can happen as early as on Friday or Saturday. Sources further said that the Congress is assessing the political situation in...
05:22 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday called for a closer alignment of domestic prices of petroleum products with global prices, saying it is in the interest of both consumers and investors and necessary for a sustainable future. He said that for an over-8 percent growth during the 12th plan (2012-2017), India has to ensure a better demand management, maintaining a balance between energy consumption and its cost and availability....
09:52 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Close on the heels of steep increase in diesel price and cap on supply of subsidised LPG, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said greater alignment of domestic rates with global prices was in the interest of both consumers and investors. A steep Rs 5.62 per litre hike notwithstanding, diesel continues to be sold at a discount of Rs 11.05 per litre to its actual cost as international rates...
02:14 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Congress candidate and son of President Pranab Mukherjee, Abhijit won the Jangipur Lok Sabha by-poll by a slender margin of 2,536 votes on Saturday. Abhijit was leading by a margin of 6541 votes at end of the counting of votes in the ninth round, reports earlier in the day said. There were jitters in the Congress camp early in the morning after, at the end of vote-counting in...
03:15 PM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit was leading by a margin of 6541 votes at end of the counting of votes in the ninth round in the Jangipur Lok Sabha by-poll, reports said on Saturday. There was slight nervousness in the Congress camp after, at the end of vote-counting in the first round, Abhijit trailed behind CPM candidate Muzaffar Hussain. However, he bounced back and established a lead of...
12:57 PM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, lauding the achievements of Jnanpith award winner Chandrashekhara Kambar in the Kannada language, said Thursday that Indian vernacular literature if promoted abroad would win "greater laurels" than the mark made by Indian writing in English. In his address while presenting the 46th Bharatiya Jnanpith Award to Kambar, the president also said that philanthropists and the private sector must help in nurturing and promoting Indian literature...
05:41 PM, Oct 12, 2012
