Everything you need to know about Rashtrapati Bhawan: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Rashtrapati Bhawan: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): Congress Party workers from different parts of the country came together here on Wednesday to celebrate the 43rd birthday of Rahul Gandhi, and wished that he becomes the Prime Minister.
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Vidya Sagar was a sports enthusiast and an avid tennis player in his youth. But financial crunch forced him to work as a gardener in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Years later, his daughter has got an opportunity to fulfill his dream courtesy President Pranab Mukherjee.
New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): Shish Ram Ola, who today took over as the Union Minister of Labour and Employment at the Shram Shakti Bhawan here, said his effort would be to impart skill development with avenues of employment and give thrust to tackle the child labour issues.
New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): Oscar Fernandes on Tuesday assumed charge as the Road Transport and Highways Minister.
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The stately charm of Rashtrapati Bhavan's Durbar Hall was an appropriate setting for the cabinet expansion of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Monday as eight ministers took oath in its hallowed precincts that has seen history being made.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The newly-appointed Road Transport and Highways Minister, Oscar Fernandes, on Monday thanked the Congress Party for entrusting him with this responsibility, and said that a lot of work needs to be done for the welfare of the people and the country.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The newly-appointed Road Transport and Highways Minister, Oscar Fernandes, on Monday thanked the Congress Party for entrusting him with this responsibility, and said that a lot of work needs to be done for the welfare of the people and the country.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): Girija Vyas, who today took over as Housing, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, thanked UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for considering her apt for the coveted post.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): Launching a frontal attack on the ruling Congress Party after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inducted eight new faces in his Council of Minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said the UPA Government at the Centre will be thrown out of power in the next four to five months.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said the Congress-led UPA Government will get a third term.
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Singh Monday said BJP leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is not a "threat" to the Congress as people know what he "stands for".
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he is confident that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get a third term.
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Eight minister, mostly Congress party veterans, were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ministerial council Monday in possibly the last rejig before the 2014 general elections.
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to effect a cabinet reshuffle Monday evening with Mallikarjun Kharge, Oscar Fernandes and Sis Ram Ola likely to be included in the council of ministers, sources said.
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will effect a cabinet reshuffle Monday evening, official sources said.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): A reshuffle in the Union Cabinet will take place this evening.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday accepted resignations of cabinet ministers Ajay Maken and C.P. Joshi ahead of expected cabinet reshuffle Monday.
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated an audio-visual section in the Rashtrapati Bhavan library.
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday inaugurated a new audio-visual section in the Rashtrapati Bhavan library which will house historical speeches, films and footage.
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Enhance India's prestige and honour in foreign countries through dedicated service, President Pranab Mukherjee told a group of 34 Indian Foreign Service (IFS) probationers who called on him at Rashtrapati Bhawan Wednesday.
New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday told the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) probationers, who called on him at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here today to enhance India's prestige and honour abroad.
n a bid to create pressure on center for the demand for special package for the state, Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik has alleged that center has been ignoring the legitimate demands of the state.
New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik, who has brought his state's fight for special status to the national capital with a 'Swabhiman rally', today said that over one crore signatures collected by the party in support of this campaign will be submitted to President Pranab Mukherjee with a memorandum.
Raipur, June 11 (IANS) Congress leader V.C. Shukla, who succumbed to wounds he suffered during the May 25 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, had built the place where he will be cremated Wednesday evening.
New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of 'Nirbhaya Bhawan', the permanent headquarters of National Commission for Women, at a function here at Vigyan Bhawan.
New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): Passengers travelling on a Delhi Metro train were evacuated this morning after a train stopped on the track between the Central Secretariat station and Udyog Bhawan following some technical snag.
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS)) Hundreds of travellers on Delhi Metro's Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre line had a harrowing experience after a train got stuck in a tunnel during rush hour Tuesday morning. All the commuters on the train have been safely evacuated, an official said.
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A minor fire on the fourth floor of HUDCO Bhawan, a multi-storeyed building at India Habitat Centre, here Monday afternoon left a man injured, a fire official said.
New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): A group of 27 students from the remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district called on President Pranab Mukherjee here at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday will inaugurate a renovated shopping complex in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The new shopping complex would fulfill the long awaited desire of employees of the Rashtrapati Bhavan and their families living on the premises to enjoy a full-fledged complex that caters to their requirements.
New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate a renovated shopping complex in Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee presented Sangeet Natak Akademi's Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards - 2012 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here today.
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Envoys of four nations, including North Korea, presented their credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan here Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): Four envoys presented their credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here today.
Shimla, May 23 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee was accorded a ceremonial reception by Governor Urmila Singh and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on his arrival here Thursday on a three-day visit.
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Shashi Kant Sharma, a Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was Thursday sworn-in as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the government's official auditor.
New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): Shashikant Sharma was today sworn-in as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Shashi Kant Sharma, a Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was Thursday sworn-in the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the government's official auditor.
New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): India has assured its full support to Afghanistan in the critical period of transition, development and nation-building.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) India will stand by the government and people of Afghanistan in the critical period of transition, development and nation-building, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) India-China relations are truly good neighbourly and are based on a high degree of trust and understanding with a strong intersection of common interests, President Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday when Chinese premier Li Keqiang met him at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called on President Pranab Mukherjee here at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Stressing on the need for increased people-to-people interaction between India and China, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday declared 2014 as the year of exchanges between the two nations to boost understanding and friendship.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang came across as quite expressive and forceful in his speech delivery, using gesticulations with his arms and hands eloquently to emphasise a point.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Daily public tours of Rashtrapati Bhavan, which began for the first time from Jan 1 this year at the initiative of President Pranab Mukherjee and have become very popular with tourists, will now cost Rs.25 per person.
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Tibetan organisations are staging protests in different parts of Delhi against the three-day state visit to India of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, on Monday said that global prosperity would not be possible without the simultaneous development of China and India.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India is an "important neighbour", Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Monday while stressing that the main aim of his visit was to increase areas of mutual interest and intensify cooperation.
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, was given a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning.
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) All issues, including the boundary question, would be on the table when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet here Sunday evening for talks.
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) All issues would be on the table, including the India-China boundary question, when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Sunday evening.
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Lieutenant General (retd) Nirbhay Sharma, one of the most decorated field commanders of the Indian Army, has been appointed governor of Arunachal Pradesh, an official statement from Rashtrapati Bhavan said Thursday.
Kohima, May 15 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee has called upon the youth to eschew violence, saying that peace and security are essential for development.
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards to nursing personnel on the occasion of International Nurses Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) C.P. Joshi has been given additional charge of the railway ministry, while Kapil Sibal has got the additional charge of the law and justice ministry, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said Saturday.
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will inaugurate the first session of national platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at the Vigyan Bhawan here on May 13.
Bhubaneswar, May 10 (IANS) More than 17,000 retail and wholesale druggist's and chemist's shops remained closed in Odisha Friday in support of the day-long all-India strike called by their colleagues, an official said.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The envoys of four nations -- Ecuador, the Maldives, Lithuania and Malawi -- presented their credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here Thursday.
New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): Four envoys presented their credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan here today.
New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday paid floral tributes to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on occasion of his 152nd birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan .
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday paid tribute to litterateur, composer and artist Rabindranath Tagore on the ocassion of his 152nd birth anniversary.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will receive the first copy of the book 'Contemporarising Tagore and the World' at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here tomorrow.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) An expert committee on leveraging panchayat raj institutions called on President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday and recommended that a National Panchayat Commission be constituted.
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): An Expert Committee on leveraging Panchayat Raj institutions for the more efficient delivery of public good and services called on President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): A group of 14 differently abled children from the remote area of Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir called on President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee met with Members of Parliament representing the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Friday.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday called on all young men and women to take part in voluntary blood donation programmes actively.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): A group of 29 officer trainees of Indian Economic Service (2012 batch) called on President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): The Speaker and several Members of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.
Amritsar/New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh continued to be critical in a hospital in Pakistan's Lahore city even as his family members said that they would go there Sunday to look after him.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the unauthorised collection of deposits for chit funds should be curbed in the wake of the Saradha Group defrauding thousands of depositors.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee, the supreme commander of the armed forces, Saturday decorated armed forces officers for gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at an investiture ceremony in the Durbar hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
New Delhi, Apr. 27 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee conferred one 'Kirti Chakra' and twelve 'Shaurya Chakras' to armed forces personnel for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here on Saturday.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has extended the term of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Narinder Nath Vohra, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said Saturday.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the murderous attack on Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh was "very sad".
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday ruled out his or Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's resignation on the coal blocks allocation issue and hit out at the opposition for disrutping parliament over it.
April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday ruled out the resignation of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar.
New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday conferred the Padma awards on several eminent personalities including industrialist Adi Godrej, Olympic medal winners Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar.
New Delhi, Apr. 18 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said India is fully cognizant of the important role Singapore has played and in reconnecting India to South East Asia and beyond.
New Delhi, April 18 (ANI): The Chief Justice of Singapore, Mr. Justice Sundaresh Menon, called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A delegation of Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee to seek clemency for the 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar.
New Delhi, April 18 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today submitted a fresh mercy plea to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking commutation of death sentence of condemned prisoner Devender Singh Bhullar to life imprisonment.
New Delhi, April 15 (ANI): A group of twenty students from Arunachal Pradesh, called on President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday.
New Delhi, April 15 (ANI): A group of twenty students from Arunachal Pradesh called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit the northeastern states of Manipur and Sikkim on a three-day tour beginning April 15, a statement from Rashtrapati Bhawan said Sunday.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A 55-year-old CISF sub-inspector was killed and three other personnel were injured here Friday when a speeding DTC bus ran over them, police said.
New Delhi, Apr. 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee has said New Delhi is grateful for Iceland's principled and consistent support of India's candidature for a permanent seat in the UNSC.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit the northeastern states in April and May, an official statement from Rashtrapati Bhawan said Saturday.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals batsman Ajinkya Rahane congratulated teammate and skipper Rahul Dravid on receiving India's third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, from President Pranab Mukherjee during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan's Darbar Hall Friday.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday presented Padma awards, the country's highest civilian awards, to 54 personalities, including actors Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Batting great Rahul Dravid received India's third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, from President Pranab Mukherjee during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan's Darbar Hall Friday.
New Delhi, April 4 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Leader of Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe called on President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Decorated guest rooms, a research centre and a conference room are all part of a refurbished Rashtrapati Bhavan here, aiming to assist in smoother functioning and grander hospitality, officials said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Apr. 3 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday visited the newly refurbished Vivekananda and Tagore suites on the ground floor of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
New Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee has presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President's Bodyguard (PBG), the cavalry regiment of the Indian army.
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday presented a silver trumpet and banner to the President's Bodyguard, the oldest regiment of the Indian Army.
New Delhi, Mar. 30 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will present Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President's Bodyguard (PBG) at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here today.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will Saturday present a silver trumpet and banner to the President's Bodyguard (PBG), the cavalry regiment of the Indian army, a statement released by Rashtrapati Bhavan said here Friday.
New Delhi, Mar. 29 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will present Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President's Bodyguard (PBG) at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Saturday.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Come March 30, the President's Bodyguard, the cavalry regiment of the Indian Army mounted on caparisoned and well-groomed steeds, will be accorded an honour that every president bestows on them - a silver trumpet and banner.
