New Delhi, Apr. 9- President Droupadi Murmu yesterday took her maiden fighter jet flight. She was seen wearing an anti-gravity suit before stepping into a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam, a strategic air base. The President, who is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, flew…
Droupadi Murmu’s journey from Odisha to New Delhi
July 24, 2022By Dr. Manik A.V. Bengeri In the 2022 Presidential election, Droupadi Murmu defeated Yashwant Sinha. According to the official data, Murmu won a total of 6,76,803 votes against Sinha’s 3,80,177 votes. She would be the 15th President of the Republic of India. Even before the results were declared, victory became clear and as such, the…
In 2022, who will make it to Rashtrapathi Bhavan ?
May 29, 2022Names of Dr. Sudha Murty, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Arif Mohammad Khan doing the rounds New Delhi: By July 24, India has to elect a new President. In October last year, President Ram Nath Kovind (whose five-year term ends in July 2022) turned 76. If the BJP applies PM Narendra Modi’s…
Guess who will be the President and Vice-President of India!
May 29, 2022This morning I saw in one Kannada newspaper, a news originating from New Delhi, about the election of India’s President and Vice-President as the term of incumbents will soon come to an end and the election to these two offices must be held before July 24th. The BJP Central Government is now engaged in a…
Kovind sworn-in as President
July 25, 2017New Delhi: A lawyer-turned-politician, Ram Nath Kovind, took oath as India’s 14th President this noon at a ceremony in the Central Hall of the Parliament. He is the first BJP member and second Dalit to occupy the country’s highest office. The first Dalit President was K.R. Narayanan. Outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee and 71-year-old President-elect Kovind…
Race To Raisina: Prez Poll on July 17
June 8, 2017New Delhi: The election to elect the next President of India, if needed, would be held on July 17 announced the Election Commission, yesterday. Though the Opposition has promised a contest on ideological grounds, the next President might be a consensus candidate, and no election might be needed. President Pranab Mukherjee completes his term on…
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