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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: 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:  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 […]

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 Monday presented Padma Awards to 43 persons including cricket legend M.S. Dhoni in a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. According to a release, the Padma Bhushan – the third highest civillian honour – was presented to five people– Dhoni, billiards champion Pankaj Advani, Russian Ambassador to India Alexander […]

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 […]

Puri: President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to visit Puri Srimandir on March 18 to pay obeisance to Lord Jagannath during his two-day Odisha visit. This will be the first visit of the President to the 12th century shrine after taking office. The President will be welcomed at the Singhdwar by senior servitors including ‘Koulika […]

Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Odisha to dedicate Anand Bhawan Museum and Learning Centre to the people of the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Saturday. The Chief Minister, who paid a courtesy call on the President of India in New Delhi on Saturday, said the President will visit the state on […]

Kanpur: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said farmers in different parts of the country need different solutions and that the quality of farm products should be of international standards. “In a country as vast as India, problems of farmers in different regions are different. We will have to find solutions according to their needs,” […]

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 […]