Tag: Ram Nath Kovind

New Delhi: The people of India have given a mandate to continue with the country’s development journey that started in 2014, President Ram Nath Kovind said Thursday. In his address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament in the historic Central Hall, he said government is moving ahead to create a strong, secure […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday urged the government to ensure stringent punishment for crimes against women and said the new Modi government’s main objective was to build a secure nation. Addressing the joint session of Parliament, Kovind said the penal provisions for crimes committed against women should be strictly enforced. He added […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday urged all MPs to consider the government’s ‘one nation, one election’ concept. “I urge all the parliamentarians to think over ‘one nation, one election’ concept proposed by the government for the development of the country,” the President said while addressing the joint sitting of both Houses of […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday landed in a fresh controversy for not paying attention to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament. Gandhi was busy browsing through his phone for over 20 minutes when Kovind was addressing the first joint sitting of the 17th Lok […]

Sambalpur: A day after President Ram Nath Kovind stressed on Centre’s plans to extend the ‘Namami Gange’ scheme up to Odisha, the focus has again shifted on the rampant pollution in Mahanadi, the life line of the State. At present, polluted water from several industries is being directly discharged into Mahanadi river. Similarly, untreated waste […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Chief minister, Naveen Patnaik’s decision to support BJP candidate and former IAS officer, Ashwini Vaishnav for the third Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha has taken many by surprise. After all, only about a month and a half ago the Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and BJP were at each other’s throats. […]

New Delhi: Pratap Sarangi, Union Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, stunned all present in the Parliament with his oratory skills during his maiden speech in the 17th Lok Sabha today while tabling the Motion of Thanks on President Ram Nath Kovind’s address. Sarangi’s multi-lingual oratory skills came to fore as he spoke fluently in […]

New Delhi: Ambassadors of Ethiopia, Tajikistan, the Philippines and Nicaragua presented their credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. The Ambassadors are Tizita Mulugeta (Ethiopia), Rahimzoda Sulton (Tajikistan), Ramon S. Bagatsing, Jr. (The Philippines) and Rodrigo Coronel Kinloch (Nicaragua), a statement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders across party lines on Monday hailed the launch of India’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 from the spaceport in Sriharikota. These leaders also congratulated the ISRO scientists and engineers for the “historic launch”, and said it was a proud moment […]

Washington/London: “India is on its way to the moon,” a leading US newspaper wrote on Monday as the country successfully launched its second lunar mission to explore the moon’s uncharted south pole by landing a rover there. The country’s most powerful rocket “GSLV-Mk-III” carrying the orbiter, lander Vikram and rover Pragyaan took off from the […]

New Delhi:  The Indian Army on Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Kargil War to remember the valour of the soldiers who took part in Operation Vijay. “A grateful nation acknowledges the gallantry of our Armed Forces on the heights of Kargil in 1999. We salute the grit and valour of those who defended […]

Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday paid tributes to the fallen soldiers on the 20th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas by laying a wreath at the war memorial at the Army’s 15 Corps headquarters in Kashmir’s Badami Bagh Cantonment here. Kovind was scheduled to take part in the function at the Dras War […]

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 […]

Cotonou (Benin): Technology has been at the centre of India’s development partnership with countries in Africa, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday, underlining that India is keen to share its digital revolution with Africa to enhance the well-being of its people. Addressing the National Assembly of Benin, President Kovind said that following the success […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday gave his assent to the Triple Talaq Bill, making the practice of giving instant triple talaq orally a criminal offence with provisions of a jail term of up to three years. The Triple Talaq Bill or Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 which prohibits […]