Pranab Mukherjee Profile

President Ram Nath Kovind will keep a low profile during the Lok Sabha elections and confine himself only to essential programmes during the election period, NDTV has learnt. According to sources in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, only an Indian Air Force programme and a diplomatic visit have been scheduled.

Former president Pranab Mukherjee has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, by President Ram Nath Kovind. Along with him, social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and music maestro Bhupen Hazarika have also received the Bharat Ratna posthumously. Calling Mr Mukherjee "an outstanding statesman" PM Modi congratulated him on Twi...

Pranab Mukherjee, the Congress Party's nomination for the Presidential post, is going to step down as the Finance Minister Tuesday, creating an opening to take charge of an economy battered by policy gridlock, inflation, and sluggish investment. In the absence of an obvious successor, talk in New Delhi also suggests PM Manmohan Singh could take the...

President Ram Nath Kovind will keep a low profile during the Lok Sabha elections and confine himself only to essential programmes during the election period, NDTV has learnt. According to sources in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, only an Indian Air Force programme and a diplomatic visit have been scheduled.

Former president Pranab Mukherjee has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, by President Ram Nath Kovind. Along with him, social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and music maestro Bhupen Hazarika have also received the Bharat Ratna posthumously. Calling Mr Mukherjee "an outstanding statesman" PM Modi congratulated him on Twi...

Pranab Mukherjee, the Congress Party's nomination for the Presidential post, is going to step down as the Finance Minister Tuesday, creating an opening to take charge of an economy battered by policy gridlock, inflation, and sluggish investment. In the absence of an obvious successor, talk in New Delhi also suggests PM Manmohan Singh could take the...