Tag: President Kovind

Patna: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday stressed the need to understand different religions and their different traditions, as they all are one and the same, leading to the path of truth. Inaugurating the 4th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference on “State and Social Order in Dharma-Dhamma Traditions” in Rajgir of Nalanda district in Bihar, the President […]

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday appointed eight new governors giving them charge of the administration of new states.

Rarely has a Presidential visit left behind such an unsavoury trail of controversies in its wake. On his maiden, two-day visit to Odisha that ended on Sunday, President Ramnath Kovind could have certainly done without these controversies, at least some of them of his own office’s making. The biggest of these controversies was over his […]

Cotonou (Benin): President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday arrived here in Benin on the first leg of his three nations’ tour to the West African region, the first visit by an Indian head of state to the country. Kovind arrived at the Cardinal Bernadine de Cotonou International Airport in Cotonou, the largest city in the […]

New Delhi:  President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday gave assent to a legislation for bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, and two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh — will come into existence on October 31. The Parliament had earlier this week given its nod to the legislation for bifurcating the state, a bold […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the nation on Eid-al-Adha. Kovind took to Twitter to extend his Eid greetings and posted messages on the microblogging site in three languages — Hindi, English and Urdu. “Eid Mubarak to all fellow citizens, especially to our Muslim brothers and sisters […]

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led government’s decision to withdraw special status to Jammu & Kashmir and divide the state into two Union Territories came in for praise from President Ram Nath Kovind during his address to the nation on the eve of India’s 73rd Independence Day on Wednesday. “I believe, the recent changes carried out […]

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday conveyed his greetings to India on the occasion of its 73rd Independence Day, saying the country rightfully takes pride in its great achievements in every field as well as its “high authority in the international arena”. In a message, Putin sent his congratulations to President Ram Nath […]

Mumbai: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday inaugurated the underground ‘Bunker Museum’ at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. The 15,000 square feet underground bunker museum has virtual reality booths in which visitors can “time travel” to the 19th century, a state government official said. The bunker was created in the 19th century to fire cannons at […]

Mumbai: President Ram Nath Kovind has met Lata Mangeshkar at her residence here. The legendary singer said that she felt deeply honoured and humbled by the President’s visit. Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday took to Twitter, where she shared a candid photograph of herself chatting with the President. “Namaskar, was deeply honoured and humbled when the […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and many other leaders took to Twitter on Thursday to pay homage to former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on his 131st birth anniversary. Paying tribute to S. Radhakrishnan and the entire teaching community, Kovind tweeted: “On Teachers’ Day, I pay homage to […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind here on Friday conferred the Swachh Bharat Awards on 27 women champions from each state for their outstanding contribution to the Swachh Bharat Mission. These women worked at the grassroots level to provide better sanitation access to their families. Addressing the Swachh Mahotsav, the President said the biggest achievement […]

New Delhi: “Hum honge kamayab, mann me hai vishwas, poora hai vishwas hum honge kamyaab ek din,” this is how President Ram Nath Kovind summed up his thoughts on the Chandrayan-2 mission on Saturday. ISRO’s plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script in the early […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday extended his greetings to the countrymen on the eve of Dussehra or Vijayadashami — a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year. “On the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashmi, I extend my warm greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens and wish […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished people on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi – the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Extending the wishes, the President wrote on Twitter: “On the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), good wishes to all fellow citizens, especially to our Muslim […]