Pranab should've been PM, Manmohan Prez because...: Aiyar in new book

Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, in his latest book, argues that Pranab Mukherjee should have been made Prime Minister in 2012 instead of Manmohan Singh, who was then recovering from......

Former Prez Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for COVID-19

Former President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.   Photograph: Kind courtesy @CitiznMukherjee/Twitter The 84-year-old requested people who came in......

Prez Pranab to convene Governors conference on Feb 12

President Pranab Mukherjee has convened a three-day Governors conference from February 12 to articulate the stability of the Union Government, anticipating a hung Parliament in May 2014. Pranab......

CM, Jagan urge Prez Pranab to stop division of Andhra

Leaders of various parties from both sides of the political divide met President Pranab Mukherjee at the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday night and put forth their arguments for and against......

Government alert to deal with subnormal monsoon: Prez

The new government is ‘alert’ about the possibility of a below-normal monsoon this year and is preparing contingency plans, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday. With 60 per cent......

Modi govt can put India back on high growth path: Prez

Terming the current economic situation as ‘extremely difficult’, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday expressed the government's commitment to put India back on high growth path, while......

Curbing food prices is Modi govt's top priority: Prez

The new government, headed by Narendra Modi, will accord topmost priority to containing food inflation and take tough against hoarding and black marketing, President Pranab Mukherjee said on......

India must go back to 8% growth at any cost, says Prez

Observing that India's growth declined during the last two years and was lowest during last financial year, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the immediate challenge was to reverse the......