Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in India; to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With PTI inputs) | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, who is in India on a three-day visit, will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this evening where he is expected to push for an expansion for India's security involvement in Afghanistan.
Public tours of Rashtrapati Bhavan to cost Rs.25
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 20, 2013
Daily public tours of Rashtrapati Bhavan, which began for the first time from January 1 this year at the initiative of President Pranab Mukherjee and have become very popular with tourists, will now cost Rs.25 per person.
TDP to protest against 'tainted ministers' in Andhra Pradesh, demand their removal
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Stepping up its campaign for removal of Andhra Pradesh ministers facing allegations of corruption and impropriety, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today announced that it would stage protests over the issue.
President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Assam from May 13
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 11, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee will be on a two-day visit to Assam from May 13 to give away the Asom Ratna, Srimanta Sankaradeva Awards and to address the 13th Annual Convocation of Assam University.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets President Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi
Press Trust of India | Thursday May 9, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee and discussed the just-concluded Budget Session of Parliament which was adjourned abruptly on Wednesday, two days ahead of schedule.
President Pranab Mukherjee to arrive in West Bengal on Sunday on 3-day visit
Press Trust of India | Friday May 3, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Kolkata on May 5 on a three-day visit to the state to attend a number of programmes, including the Valedictory Function of the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Calcutta High Court.
Parineeti Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui collect National Awards
Written by Gitanjali Roy | Friday May 3, 2013
Actors Irrfan Khan, Vikram Gokhale, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Parineeti Chopra collected their National Awards today in New Delhi. The awards were handed out by President Pranab Mukherjee.
President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Kanpur on May 10
Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee will address a convocation ceremony of a reputed medical college in Kanpur on May 10.
Cash purchase of gold above Rs 2 lakh to get expensive from June 1
Thursday May 2, 2013
Cash purchase of gold, including coins and articles, exceeding over Rs 2 lakh will attract one per cent tax from June 1. As per the existing provisions, coins are neither included in bullion nor in jewellery.
MNCs parking profits in tax havens a challenge for tax department: President
Monday April 29, 2013
The basic objective of such units is to locate places where rate of taxation is low to evade or avoid tax, he said.
President arrives Odisha, to visit Sri Jagannath Temple on April 25
Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 24, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Bhubaneswar this evening on a two-day visit to Odisha amidst tight security arrangement.
President Pranab Mukherjee on two-day visit to Odisha from Wednesday
Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 23, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Odisha.
President to chair Income Tax academy event in Nagpur
Press Trust of India | Sunday April 21, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee will chair the valedictory function of the passing out of the 64th batch of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) in Nagpur on April 29.
President Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards
Press Trust of India | Saturday April 20, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee today conferred the Padma awards on several eminent personalities including industrialist Adi Godrej, Olympic medal winners Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar, actor Nana Patekar and designer Ritu Kumar.
President shocked and anguished over five-year-old girl's rape in Delhi
Press Trust of India | Saturday April 20, 2013
Shocked and anguished at the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee today called for urgent introspection to identify causes behind repeated failure of society to ensure security of women and children.
