President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday greeted people on Holi and expressed hope that the festival of colours will strengthen faith in national values and promote oneness and harmony. ...
10:19 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The office of the President has taken off the 'mercy petition' section from its official website and it said matters relating to the subject for public information will henceforth be dealt by the Union Home Ministry. The website had a separate section giving details of the number of clemency petitions pending with President Pranab Mukherjee and those cleared by him after he assumed office in July, 2012. ...
08:17 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Briefing the media at an informal interface in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday, Mukherjee said the library was big enough for "anybody to spend five years reading". ...
06:48 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Every road leading to India Gate, the centre of protests over the past few days, was barricaded on Monday to stop protestors from coming there. ...
08:40 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Keenan Santos's father Valerian Santos wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of women's safety, in the aftermath of the Delhi gangrape and protests thereafter. Keenan Santos and his friend Reuben Fernandes were stabbed to death by a mob for taking on a man who had harassed their female friends in Mumbai in October 2011. ...
08:00 PM, Dec 24, 2012
As the outrage over the Delhi gangrape incident continued, the chief of Andhra Pradesh unit of Congress on Monday courted controversy over his remark that women should not "roam" the streets in the night just because India got Independence at midnight. ...
06:56 PM, Dec 24, 2012
As the outrage over the Delhi gangrape incident continued, the chief of Andhra Pradesh unit of Congress on Monday courted controversy over his remark that women should not "roam" the streets in the night just because India got Independence at midnight. ...
06:56 PM, Dec 24, 2012
A day after the police crackdown on anti-rape protesters at India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhawan, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde justified the police action. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardsai, Shinde said, "We face criticism from all ends. Rashtrapati Bhawan is a prestigious house for the country and protesters were breaking down public property." ...
10:45 AM, Dec 24, 2012
A day after the police crackdown on anti-rape protesters at India Gate, the police have now cleared the media from India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhawan. All media vans have been removed from the two locations and the policemen have told the media that they could not assemble there as Section 144 was in place. All the roads leading to India Gate have also been heavily barricaded. ...
08:47 AM, Dec 24, 2012
It's the morning after the police crackdown on the anti-rape protesters at India Gate. The government has apologised for it, but says that it cannot allow protests at India Gate. Adamant protesters, however, have said that they will be back. ...
07:43 AM, Dec 24, 2012
Women protesters at India Gate talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai demanded proper security and concrete measures to ensure that they can be safe in Delhi. One of the women protesters said that she did not feel safe even while going to the police to lodge any complaint. ...
03:31 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh said that the protesters needed to calm down so that a dialogue from a government representative could happen in an orderly manner. Speaking to CNN-IBN, RPN Singh said, "The protesters need to calm down, only then can a dialogue happen from the government's side in an orderly manner. We can't let the protesters break barricades and run into government property. The government ...
03:27 PM, Dec 22, 2012
As hundreds of protesters gathered at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi to protest against the bus gangrape incident, police lathicharged them and opened water cannons at them to disperse them from the site. ...
01:58 PM, Dec 22, 2012
There is a nationwide outrage over the issue of women's safety after the horrific gangrape of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi. The movement has also gone viral. As the nation was numbed by the horror, protests spilled on to the streets across the country, and internet users, too, are seethed in anger. Twitter, Facebook, BBMs, the rape of the 23-year-old has left everyone shocked. ...
01:33 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Hours after the Union Home Secretary defended the police and their response post the horrific and brutal assault on a girl in a moving bus, MoS, Home Affairs RPN Singh witnessed first hand how the capital remains an unsafe place for women. ...
01:08 PM, Dec 22, 2012
The brutal incident that shook the very roots of humanity, after a 23-year-old was gangraped in a private bus, has stirred uproar in the society. From Rajya Sabha to the streets of the country, the entire nation is demanding justice for the rape victim who is battling for her life in the hospital. ...
12:41 PM, Dec 22, 2012
The brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi has left people across the nation. As the victim continues to be critical, protests have intensified with people across India demanding justice for the victim and stricter laws for cases of crime against women. ...
08:10 AM, Dec 22, 2012
New Delhi: Rashtrapati Bhawan will now host 200 public visitors every Saturday at its forecourt for witnessing the ceremonial 'Change of Guard' conducted in precision by smartly dressed Armymen and caparisoned horses. The ceremony which entails a series of military traditions, from bugles and bands to the horse-riding President's Body Guards (PBG), will have a new look as the drill will be conducted in the backdrop of the majestic dome...
01:56 PM, Dec 08, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. Several ministers were elevated to the Cabinet rank, with many new faces being included at the MoS level, even as portfolios of several ministers were changed. The...
11:42 AM, Oct 28, 2012
