New Delhi: Suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has approached the President on the 2002 post-Godhra riots probe. In a letter to President Pratibha Patil, Bhatt has sought probe against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Bhatt has sought that the Centre appoints a two-member commission to probe the role and conduct of Modi and his Cabinet, officials, police officers in the Godhra incident and the subsequent riots. He has also...
06:21 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Member of 'Justice for Jawans', Colonel SK Patil said he believed President Pratibha Patil was innocent in the defence land case. ...
02:48 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Friday decided to give up her proposed post-retirement accommodation in Pune. Her decision came after allegations by RTI activists that the bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms. After a furore on social media platforms on the excess land allotted to Patil, the President's office announced that she will forego the land. The defence plot in Khadkee hit controversy after...
07:34 AM, Apr 28, 2012
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11:32 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Former defence officials Commander (retd) Ravindra Pathak hailed the media for the Pune land story. ...
11:11 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil decided to give up her proposed post-retirement accommodation in Pune on Friday. This came after allegations that the President's bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms. The President's bungalow was being built on 2.6 lakh sq ft in Pune but the President is eligible for only 4,500 sq feet on retirement. Presidential Spokesperson Archana Dutta said, "The President was very much...
09:31 PM, Apr 27, 2012
President Pratibha Patil decided to give up her proposed post-retirement accommodation in Pune on Friday. This came after allegations that the President's bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms. ...
09:30 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Home Ministry on Friday issued a notification formally nominating master batsman Sachin Tendulkar, actress Rekha and industrialist Anu Aga as members of Rajya Sabha. The notification was issued a day after President Pratibha Patil gave her approval to the government's proposal to make them members of the Upper House. The names of Tendulkar, Rekha, and Aga were sent by the Prime Minister to the Home Ministry which...
09:12 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil has decided to give up her proposed accommodation in Pune. A bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms and was meant for Patil's post-retirement stay. Following is the Press Release issued by the President's office on Pratibha Patil's decision: The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil has been reading and watching the unfolding of some fallacious observations regarding the accommodation...
07:36 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil has decided to give up the proposed accommodation in Pune. A bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms and was meant for Patil's post-retirement stay. Presidential Spokesperson Archana Dutta said, "The President was very much pained at fabricated observation in the media that this land was being transferred to her. She has decided to forego her post retirement home in Pune....
07:11 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee appear to be holding the key to the election of the next President amid indications that Congress will initiate formal talks with parties on the issue in a fortnight. UPA as well as NDA leaders say that anybody who has the support of two of the three non-Congress leaders Mulayam, Mamata and Mayawati can have the next President of his choice to...
03:39 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Welcoming the envoys of 12 countries, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said it was very important to work together and have institutions in which the voices from developing countries find expression owing to the global financial crisis and developments in the Euro zone. "Improved financial governance, employment generation, promoting trade and investments are essential," said Pratibha. She said that India is willing to share its development experiences and...
12:18 AM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: India's highest Constitutional post falls vacant on July 24, 2012 when President Pratibha Patil's term ends. Several names are doing the rounds as nominees for the top post, including that of Vice President Hamid Ansari and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.Presidential elections will be held in July and the UPA has to depend on other parties as it does not have the required numbers to elect a President on...
03:10 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: With less than three months before President Pratibha Patil demits office, a host of possible successors have now surfaced and the political battle is heating up over the issue. There are many names doing the round but UPA allies seem to be getting together to push for an apolitical presidential candidate. And the name that seems to be getting the maximum leverage is that of the former president...
05:37 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Mumbai: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday said a "non-political" person could be an "ideal" choice as the country's next President, while denying that his party had endorsed PA Sangma as a possible candidate for the same. "Both UPA and NDA don't have the required numbers to ensure that candidate of their choice gets elected as the next President. Hence, I feel that a non-political person can be an ideal...
05:21 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Five years ago, one 'almost' broke the story of India's next President. Amidst feverish speculation, a source sent an sms: "Congratulations! India is getting its ...
12:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: Post-retirement will President Pratibha Patil, the constitutional head of the military forces, live on land that virtually homeless jawans asked to be accommodated on? Activists argue that this controversial piece of land in Khadki, Pune where the President's post-retirement bungalow is being built, could have gone to jawans, who now live in slum like conditions. The President is the last resort for justice in this country. But with the...
09:20 PM, Apr 13, 2012
President Pratibha Patil's son, Rajendra Shekhawat said on Friday that the land will not remain in the President's possession forever. ...
01:55 PM, Apr 13, 2012
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11:53 PM, Apr 12, 2012
While an RTI plea showed that a defence land was allotted to President Pratibha Patil, her office denied any land grab. ...
11:52 PM, Apr 12, 2012
