Modi, who was accompanied by Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Manoj Tiwari, said Dikhsit made a noteworthy contribution to the development of the national capital.
Pranab Mukherkee's remarkably workable political relationship with the Left is will known in Bengali political lore as is his animosity with Mamata Banerjee, says Anirban Ganguly.
'For the last 10 years the Congress made the RSS an idea of intolerance, anti-minority, especially anti-Muslim, and an idea of fascism.' 'That has been demolished now by Pranab Mukherjee.'
With United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi naming Pranab Mukherjee as the Presidential candidate, priests at Sri Jagannath Temple at Puri sought the Lord's blessings for him.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the Budget Speech of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee:
Pranab's 1963-word speech that lasted 28 minutes, hit all the right notes, as he spoke of nation, nationalism and patriotism in the context of India.
Narendra Modi along with his team of 65 ministers will attend President Pranab Mukherjee's 79th birthday bash at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 11. After a cake cutting and a toast by Team Modi, the President will host a dinner at the banquet hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Congress MPs approach PM to protest against Chidambaram's public remarks on blaming Mukherjee for economic crisis.
The President may not have agreed with the government on many occasions. Not once was this ever made public -- though he told off ministers in private.
People's mandate is sacrosanct and has to be above any iota of reasonable doubt, Pranab said.
Former Union minister C K Jaffer Shareif, in a letter to Mukherjee, expressed surprise over the move and said he like other secular people was 'stunned' to hear about his attending the RSS function.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday described as 'scandalous' Bharatiya Janata Party's contention that Pranab Mukherjee's resignation letter to the Indian Statistical Institute was forged, and said the UPA Presidential candidate must surely have taken note of this allegation levelled against him.
President Pranab Mukherjee -- rewarded as president yet not trusted enough to be prime minister.
As part of their ongoing campaign for the July 19 Presidential election, United Progressive Alliance nominee Pranab Mukherjee and his rival P A Sangma will be separately visiting Gujarat in next couple of days.
By asking Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to move the resolution authorising the Congress president to select the party's presidential nominee, Sonia Gandhi has strengthened her political position. Sheela Bhatt analyses
Discuss Pranab Mukherjee's tenure as FM with Senior Associate Editor (Business)Faisal Kidwai.
Celebrations have begun at United Progressive Alliance candidate Pranab Mukherjee native village Mirati in Birbhum district of West Bengal ahead of the formal declaration of the 2012 presidential poll results.
Anirban Ganguly recounts moments from the past when Pranab Mukherjee had to face uncomfortable questions from opposition MPs.
Team Anna on Sunday targeted Congress Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee and demanded an independent inquiry into allegations they had made against him despite the fact that the government has trashed the charges against him and 14 other ministers made by it last month.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Maneka Gandhi, who met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Monday, described him as an excellent candidate for the coveted post of President of India.
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday led a delegation of party leaders to congratulate President-elect Pranab Mukherjee.
The 2000-batch IAS officer, who sparked several controversies and was accused of violating the service rule, had taken voluntary retirement from government service on October 23 this year.
From starting off his career a teacher in West Bengal to joining politics and holding several ministerial positions, it has been an enviable journey for Pranab Mukherjee through the echelons of power.
Despite a middling career in politics, Pranab Mukherjee has endured because of his reputation as a political troubleshooter par excellence.
Why Krishna is miffed. The Congress's power politics. The BJP's politics over Modi. All this, and more, in Dilli Gupshup....
The expectations of our people and that of our global collaborators and the foreign investors from us are high and rising. In the best of times these expectations would rest heavily on our shoulders.
Can an active politician like Pranab Mukherjee ever be an apolitical President. Join Dilliwalla on Wednesday, June 25, 2012 at 2pm IST for some answers.
At a time when his close aides are going hammer and tongs against President Pranab Mukherjee, Anna Hazare on Thursday congratulated him on his election to the highest constitutional office.
Rare glimpses of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Kind courtesy: Architectural Digest India.
Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala said that Mukherjee, in his speech at RSS headquarter in Nagpur, reminded them of India's pluralism, tolerance, secularism and inclusiveness.
She's the Moana of your fairy tale because 'a little bit of ocean, a little bit of sand' make her mighty happy.
The Lok Sabha witnessed a rare show of camaraderie between Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani and Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday when the former lauded the union minister for his role as the principal trouble-shooter of the government.Mukherjee blushingly smiled and welcomed the statement with folded hands even as the House applauded with thumping of desks.
President Pranab Mukherjee will address the nation on the eve of demitting office
President Pranab Mukherjee is deeply satisfied with his three-day visit to Mauritius, Saisuresh Sivaswamy reports.
The Lok Sabha witnessed a rare show of camaraderie between leader of Opposition L K Advani and leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday when the former lauded the latter for his role as the principal trouble-shooter of the government. Mukherjee blushed, smiled and welcomed the statement with folded hands as the House applauded with thumping of desks.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday congratulated French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde on her appointment as the new Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Finance Minister is unhappy over lack of storage capacity.
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.
Focusing on rural India and attaining a high GDP, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee outlined targets such as speeding up infrastructure development and spending more for the development of rural areas and the poor.
Saisuresh Sivaswamy, who is accompanying President Pranab Mukherjee on his trip to Mauritius, reports on the spectacular celebrations of the 45th anniversary of independence of the island nation
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