President Ram Nath Kovind drops predecessor Pranab Mukherjee’s smart gram projectThe foundation clarified that there was no formal request from Mukherjee or his office to ask Rashtrapati Bhavan to continue the project af...
08 Oct, 2018, 08.49 AM IST
Pranab Mukherjee leaves behind gravitas of a political PresidentHowever, what is easy to gauge is that Pranab's successor, Ram Nath Kovind, will be conscious from day one about the inevitable comparison ...
21 Jul, 2017, 08.09 AM IST
Numbers in Ram Nath Kovind's favour, may get more votes than Pranab MukherjeeThe total comes to 10,98,903 votes with each MP carrying a vote value of 708. The vote weight of an MLA depends on the population of the st...
20 Jun, 2017, 08.16 PM IST
Mercy pleas of Bihar’s Bara massacre convicts reach President after 14 yearsMercy pleas of Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh reportedly went missing in 2014.
23 Aug, 2016, 02.18 AM IST
Yogesh Kumar Tyagi is new Vice-Chancellor of Delhi UniversityYogesh Kumar Tyagi, currently Dean of Faculty of Legal Studies at South Asian University, was today appointed Vice-Chancellor of Delhi Univ...
15 Feb, 2016, 09.46 PM IST
Arun Jaitley's speech puts spotlight on Pranab-Chidambaram rivalryThe retrospective tax changes introduced in the 2012-13 budget unveiled by Mukherjee had drawn sharp criticism from across the globe and sc...
21 Mar, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
P Chidambaram: Vinod Rai did not write to me on audit of PPP projects“I do not recall any letter addressed to me by the CAG on the subject. I have since confirmed that no letter was addressed to me."
17 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan calls on President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra ModiMahajan called on the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, while she met the Prime Minister at his official residence.
08 Jun, 2014, 06.06 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee not to vote in ongoing Lok Sabha pollsPresident Pranab Mukherjee on Friday decided not to vote in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in order to express his "neutrality in the poli...
09 May, 2014, 04.30 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Pranab Mukherjee to use postal ballotPranab will become the first Head of the State to exercise his franchise through postal ballot when he will cast his vote early next week f...
29 Apr, 2014, 08.01 PM IST
FM Chidambaram blames Pranab Mukherjee for the dire state of the economyShifting tack from his usual theme of blaming the global environment, FM admitted domestic problems had also contributed to the economy's t...
28 Aug, 2013, 07.03 AM IST
In 9-month tenure, Pranab Mukherjee rejected 9 mercy pleasPresident Pranab Mukherjee has rejected nine mercy petitions sentencing 14 convicts including one woman to death in nine months.
13 Apr, 2013, 10.48 AM IST
Mercy Plea: Pranab Mukherjee's speedy disposalsPranab has cleared all mercy plea files on his table with speed. He cleared execution of 13 persons, including Ajmal Kasab and Mohammad Afz...
05 Apr, 2013, 05.31 AM IST
- I will take up death row issue with President Pranab Mukherjee: M Karunanidhi
Karunanidhi today hinted that he would take up with Mukherjee the issue of clemency for the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi as...
25 Jul, 2012, 10.47 PM IST
- President Election 2012: After rough and tumble of politics, a new journey for Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Mukherjee will embark on a new journey transcending political affiliations in the high Constitutional job with an ease.
22 Jul, 2012, 06.06 PM IST
- Budget 2011: Mr FM, the glass is half full
P Chidambaram, when he was finance minister, famously spurred small car production with tax incentives that lured big players into making t...
01 Mar, 2011, 05.55 AM IST
- Agri stocks rise on FM focus on agriculture
Shares of Advanta India, Aries Agro, Kaveri Seeds and Monsanto India rose after the finance minister reiterated the government's thrust on ...
16 Feb, 2009, 12.09 PM IST