President Pranab Mukherjee
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Leaders remember moments spent with Pranab Mukherjee
News | Sep 01, 2020, 09:37 AM ISTFormer president and Bharat Ratna awardee Pranab Mukherjee passed away at age of 84 on August 31.
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A look at 5 years of President Pranab Mukherjee as he leaves office
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Special Screening of film Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Raagdesh will be held for President Pranab Mukherjee
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L-G trying to run Delhi govt on his own terms; bypassing CM, Ministers: Kejriwal tells President
National | May 19, 2015, 10:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met President Pranab Mukherjee and apprised him of the ongoing tussle with L-G Najeeb Jung over the appointment of senior bureaucrats in his government.“We had a good
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India | Apr 20, 2015, 09:39 PM ISTRahul Gandhi lashes out at Modi Governmnet, calls it ‘suit-boot ki sarkar'Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today lashed out at the Modi government and tried to corner the ruling party in the controversial and much
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Amitabh Bachchan, Prince Karim Aga Khan honoured with Padma Vibhushan
India | Apr 08, 2015, 02:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Prince Karim Aga Khan were among the eminent personalities awarded the Padma Vibhushan, country's second highest civilian honour, by President Pranab Mukherjee here today.Besides them, senior Supreme Court
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IIT Jodhpur students urge Prez, HRD Ministry to sack Director
India | Apr 04, 2015, 07:22 AM ISTJodhpur: Agitating students of the IIT Jodhpur have appealed to President Pranab Mukherjee and the HRD Ministry to remove Director CVR Murti for his "dictatorial attitude".The students have been agitating against a recently passed Code
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India | Mar 28, 2015, 12:01 AM IST1) Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee receives Bharat Ratna from President Pranab MukherjeeFormer Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was today conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, at his residence in New Delhi by
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Increasing engineering institutes affecting quality: Pranab Mukherjee
India | Mar 15, 2015, 03:14 PM ISTMandi: The proliferation of engineering Institutes in the country is growing because of burgeoning demand taking a toll on quality of education and physical infrastructure, President Pranab Mukherjee said today. His speech which was read
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Maharashtra bans beef, 5 years in prison for selling, possession of the red meat
India | Mar 03, 2015, 12:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Beef has been banned in Maharashtra with President Pranab Mukherjee giving his assent to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Amendment Bill 1995.The action has been taken nearly after 19 years the Maharashtra Assembly passed
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Budget 2015: Prez seeks cooperation of MPs in smooth conduct of Parliament
National | Feb 23, 2015, 12:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: With clouds of storm hovering over Parliament's budget session, President Pranab Mukherjee today sought the “cooperation” of all MPs in the smooth conduct of legislative business but gave no indication of plans to
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Govt believes in principle of 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas': President Pranab Mukherjee
National | Feb 23, 2015, 12:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today said that the fundamental tenet of the government is development of all.Addressing the members of two Houses of Parliament at the start of Budget session, Mukherjee said that the
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Election Commission presents 'India Votes' book to President
India | Feb 19, 2015, 11:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) today presented to President Pranab Mukherjee the first copy of its prestigious publication, ‘India Votes'. Mukherjee congratulated EC for launching a concise yet comprehensive account of the elections, the
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President Pranab Mukherjee doesn't favour ordinance route
India | Jan 19, 2015, 07:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday asked ruling and opposition parties to put their heads together and find out a workable solution, apparently to avoid resort to frequent issuing of ordinances.In comments that have
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Putin greets President, PM on New Year
India | Dec 29, 2014, 07:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin today sent new year greetings to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, exuding confidence of implementing several major joint projects in a range of key areas including
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President Pranab Mukherjee recovering well after angioplasty, to be in hospital till tomorrow
India | Dec 14, 2014, 09:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee is “recovering fast” following his coronary angioplasty but will remain in hospital till tomorrow as per the advice of doctors. Hospital sources said that the President, who turned 79 on
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President Mukherjee undergoes angioplasty at Army hospital
India | Dec 14, 2014, 07:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee underwent a heart procedure as doctors at the Army's Research and Referral hospital installed a coronary stent in his artery to remove a blockage.Mukherjee, 79, was taken to the hospital
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Emergency a misadventure and Indira paid a heavy price for that, says Pranab in his new book
India | Dec 11, 2014, 04:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: The 1975 Emergency was perhaps an “avoidable event” and Congress and Indira Gandhi had to pay a heavy price for this “misadventure” as suspension of fundamental rights and political activity, large scale arrests
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President Mukherjee's book titled 'The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years' to be released today
India | Dec 11, 2014, 09:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee's book titled ‘The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years' will be released today.The book tells the story of the 1970s, which saw emergency being imposed and the beginning of coalition
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President, PM greet people of Thailand on National Day
India | Dec 05, 2014, 11:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted the citizens of Thailand on their National Day.In a massage to the people of Thailand, the President said, “Greetings and felicitations to people