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  PM Modi seeks blessings of former President Pratibha Patil, ex-PMs Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda

  India | June 10, 2024 20:55 IST

  Shortly before meeting Patil, Singh and Gowda, the Modi government 3.0 announced the portfolios of Cabinet ministers who took oath on Sunday. Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar and Nirmala Sitharaman retained the top four ministries of Home, Defence, External Affairs and FInance respectively.

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  Former President Pratibha Patil hospitalised in Pune, condition stable

  India | March 14, 2024 8:52 IST

  Pratibha Patil was the first woman to serve as the President of India. She held the top constitutional post from 2007 to 2012.

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  Former President Pratibha Patil's husband Dr Devisingh Shekhawat passes away

  India | February 24, 2023 14:27 IST

  Devisingh Shekhawat death: He was 88-year-old and breathed his last at the KEM Hospital. He is survived by his ex-President wife, a son Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is a Congress leader, and a daughter Jyoti Rathod.

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  Ex-President Pratibha Patil conferred Mexico's highest civilian honour

  India | June 01, 2019 20:45 IST

  Former President Patil is only the second Indian head of state to get this award. 

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  President Pranab rejects 92% of mercy petitions, highest by any Prez

  India | August 06, 2015 15:06 IST

  The rejection of Yakub Memon's mercy plea by President Pranab Mukherjee has once again brought the issue of mercy petitions to the limelight. While some presidents were kinder, others were not. However, there is no consistency

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  Pratibha Patil denies Gen Singh's claim on quitting

  India | November 08, 2013 20:27 IST

  Nashik: Contradicting his claim, former President Pratibha Patil today denied that she had advised the then Army Chief Gen V K Singh not to resign over the age controversy.She said she had told him that

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  Not a single flight goes to Jalgaon airport, inaugurated hurriedly by then President Pratibha Patil

  India | May 18, 2013 15:48 IST

  Jalgaon (Maharashtra), May 18: The then President  Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at the fag end of her tenure, hurriedly inaugurated an airport in her home district Jalgaon, but airline carriers are showing scant interest in flying

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  Seychelles' invitation to Pratibha Patil shredded, burnt

  India | January 07, 2013 17:57 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 7 :  Pratibha Patil, who had undertaken a number of foreign trips as President, visited Seychelles for which invitation came as a telegram.The invitation was received by Central Cipher Bureau and the

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  Rashtrapati Bhawan asks for return of gifts taken by private family trust of Pratibha Patil

  Politics | September 25, 2012 12:55 IST

  New delhi, Sep 25: The President's Secretariat has taken steps to  recover return gifts received by former President Pratibha Patil in her official capacity as President of India, says RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal.  A

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  Pawar, Patel skip PM's dinner

  Politics | July 24, 2012 10:38 IST

  New Delhi, July 24 :Sulking NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday skipped the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the honour of outgoing President Pratibha Patil.Besides the Agriculture Minister, his party colleague and

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  Diesel price hike after Presidential elections

  India | July 12, 2012 22:58 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 12 : Diesel prices may be hiked after Presidential elections on July 19 as the Government plans to take bold measures to rein in run-away fiscal deficit.  “Price increase is inevitable. But

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  Leaving with a sense of satisfaction: President Patil

  Politics | July 12, 2012 16:46 IST

  New Delhi, July 12: Thirteen days before her tenure comes to an end, Pratibha Patil today looked back on her five years as President with a sense of satisfaction, dismissing as “ill-informed” the criticism of

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  I am ready to talk to Mamata when she is ready for it: Pranab

  Politics | July 12, 2012 20:22 IST

  Kolkata, Jul 9: UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee today said he will talk to Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to seek support for his candidature when she is ready to talk to him.“I am ready

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  President defends clemency decisions

  India | June 25, 2012 20:23 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 25: The Rashtrapati Bhavan today defended its granting mercy to some death row convicts saying the power to pardon is not a private act of grace by the President but a part

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  Post-retirement residence for Patil finalised in Pune

  Politics | June 24, 2012 13:44 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 24: A post-retirement residence for President Pratibha Patil has been finalised in Pune by the government, after she had to give up an accommodation following a controversy.Officials said that the bungalow which

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  President pardons a death row convict who died 5 years ago

  India | June 23, 2012 18:51 IST

  Belgaum, Karnataka, June 23 : President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of a death row convict Bandu Tidke, who, it now appears, died five years ago in prison.  Tidke was 31 years old

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  Pratibha Patil commuted death sentence of 35 people

  India | June 22, 2012 21:31 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 22: President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of 35 people to life imprisonment, the highest by the country's any head of state in three decades.However, the first woman President of

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  President says, Army Chief, govt standoff should not have happened

  India | April 29, 2012 10:19 IST

  New Delhi, April 29: Outgoing president Pratibha Patil, in an interview to The Indian Express, has said that the recent standoff between Army Chief Gen V K Singh and the government could have been handled

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  Prez Poll Expected To Go Down To The Wire

  Politics | April 01, 2012 16:37 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 1: With the recent ganging up of regional parties on common issues, the coming Presidential election appears set to go down to the wire unless the ruling UPA manages to evolve a

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  Gandhi Was 'Power', Says President

  India | March 25, 2012 19:16 IST

  Jalgaon, Mar 25: President Pratibha Patil today said that Mahatma Gandhi was not just a person, but a “power” whose teachings can give the youth new strength and vision.Speaking at a gathering after inaugurating Gandhi