South Korean President to visit India from July 8 to 11

President Moon Jae-in will hold summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, their discussions are expected to focus on economic cooperation.

Prez Kovind says no to religious functions at Rashtrapati Bhavan; no Iftar this year

Like APJ Abdul Kalam, the President won't host Iftar celebrations at the Rashtrapati Bhavan after a decade-long gap.

Conference will focus on internal security and Clean India mission among other issues on the agenda.

This is the first mercy plea decided by Ram Nath Kovind after he became the President in July 2017.

The MoU on the same was signed on April 8 during President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to Equatorial Guinea.

Many winners decided to 'boycott' the award ceremony over the president handing over the honour to only a select set of winners.

The plea for urgent hearing of the appeal was mentioned before a bench of Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and A.K. Chawla, which listed it for Wednesday.

Cong alleged there was a deal between BJP and AAP due to which EC delayed disqualification recommendation by a month.

AAP in a soup as membership of 27 other MLAs, including former parl secys, also at stake.

“Our country is making rapid economic progress. Health and socio-economic indicators must gallop along with it,” Mr Kovind said.