President Pranab Mukherjee
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Govt to carry out reforms in defence procurement: President
India | Jun 09, 2014, 05:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government today promised that it will overhaul the defence procurement system to increase efficiency and encourage domestic military industrial base against the backdrop of long delays in acquisitions and scams such as the
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India to engage with China, add vigour to US ties: President
National | Jun 09, 2014, 01:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: India would "engage energetically" with neighbours like China, Japan and Russia and bring in "renewed vigour" to its ties with the US, President Pranab Mukherjee said Monday.Addressing a joint sitting of both houses
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Government will set up IITs and IIMs in every state: President
India | Jun 09, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the government will set up IITs and IIMs in every state of the country."My government will set up IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) and IIMs (Indian Institutes of
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Narendra Modi to take oath as PM on May 26
National | May 20, 2014, 04:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Narendra Modi, who steered BJP and the NDA to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, was today appointed Prime Minister, ushering in a new era of a non-Congress government with an
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PM to submit resignation to President Saturday
India | May 16, 2014, 02:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the nation Saturday morning before going to meet President Pranab Mukherjee to submit his resignation at noon, as the BJP-led NDA looks poised to come to power.After
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President Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards
India | Apr 26, 2014, 05:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today presented Padma awards to 56 distinguished personalities including actor Paresh Rawal, ace tennis player Leander Paes and author Ruskin Bond.Cricketer Yuvraj Singh, eminent writer Anita Desai and noted painter
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President calls PSLV-C24 launch important landmark
India | Apr 04, 2014, 08:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today congratulated the ISRO for the successful launch of PSLV-C24 calling the latest space foray an “important landmark”. In his message to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K
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Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit presents credentials to President
India | Apr 02, 2014, 07:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pakistani High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit was among four envoys who presented their credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee here today. According to a Pakistani High Commission release, after the ceremony, Basit conveyed
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Parliament is the Gangotri of Indian democracy: President
National | Feb 10, 2014, 06:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday unveiled the photographs of the presidents of the central legislative assembly and the portraits of former Lok Sabha speakers at the Parliament House."Indian parliament is the 'Gangotri' of our
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President Pranab Mukherjee may ride gold-plated buggy to Rajpath
India | Jan 24, 2014, 01:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: For the first time in last 20 years, the President of India may opt to ride the open air Presidential buggy at the Beating The Retreat on Jan 29 instead of the six-door
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Youth energy will decide India's progress: President
India | Jan 07, 2014, 07:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said the extent of India's progress will be decided by the energy, drive, initiative and industry of the youth.Mukherjee said pursuit of academic excellence should be accompanied with the
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President Pranab Mukherjee turns 78 today
India | Dec 11, 2013, 04:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee turned 78 today and was greeted by Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other dignitaries. Arriving here this morning after attending the memorial service for Nelson
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World leaders gather in South Africa for Mandela memorial
World | Dec 09, 2013, 09:43 PM ISTJohannesburg: President Pranab Mukherjee will be among over 90 heads of state and government who will attend an emotional memorial service in South Africa tomorrow for anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela, making it one of the
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Fake Twitter account of Pranab Mukherjee opened, then shut
India | Dec 02, 2013, 10:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: A fake account of President Pranab Mukherjee on social networking site 'Twitter' was found and shut as well as the competent authorities are planning legal action against those responsible for it.The Twitter handle--PoIndia--was
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YSR Cong chief to meet President Pranab Mukherjee
India | Nov 23, 2013, 08:46 AM ISTHyderabad : YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is scheduled to meet President Pranab Mukherjee today as part of his campaign against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.He would also meet NCP leader and Union
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Mamata absent from programme presided over by President
India | Nov 22, 2013, 08:52 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday did not attend a programme presided over by President Pranab Mukherjee here.According to the programme schedule provided by Rashtrapati Bhawan, Banerjee was to address the international conference
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Nation remembers Indira on 29th death anniversary
India | Oct 31, 2013, 10:01 AM ISTNew Delhi : The nation today remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 29th death anniversary, with President Pranab Mukherjee and other leaders paying tributes to her.Mukherjee paid floral tributes at Shakti Sthal, the
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President cuts short Bengal visit due to cyclone
India | Oct 12, 2013, 02:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has decided to cut short his visit to his native village in Birbhum, West Bengal in view of the severe cyclonic storm.The President was due to return on October 14,
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BJP relieved as President cuts short his Bihar visit
National | Oct 10, 2013, 06:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a big relief to BJP, President Pranab Mukherjee has decided to cut short his Bihar visit by one day.According to his changed schedule, Pranab Mukherjee will now be in the Bihar capital
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Terror needs to be dealt with individually, collectively, says President
India | Oct 08, 2013, 07:47 PM ISTOn Board Special Air India plane: Raising the issue of cross border terrorism during his first visit to Turkey, a traditional ally of Pakistan, President Pranab Mukherjee today said the menace must be dealt with