President Droupadi Murmu will visit Vellore in Tamil Nadu today. She will perform darshan and aarti at Sri Puram Golden Temple. The President will inaugurate a meditation pavilion and plant a tree at the temple complex. Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi and Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L Murugan will welcome the President in Vellore. The… Continue reading "President Droupadi Murmu to visit Vellore today"
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said the August 9 rape and murder of a junior doctor in a Kolkata hospital has “dismayed and horrified” her, and asserted it is time for India to wake up to the “perversion” of crimes against women and counter the mindset that sees them as “less powerful, less capable, less intelligent”. “Enough is enough. No… Continue reading "‘Enough is enough’: Prez asks nation to wake up, end crimes against women"
President Droupadi Murmu will undertake a six-day visit of Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste beginning August 5, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Monday. Murmu’s first destination will be Fiji where she will hold meetings with President Katonivere and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. “This will be the first-ever visit by a Head of State from India to Fiji,”… Continue reading "President Droupadi Murmu to be on three-nation tour"
Addressing both Houses of Parliament in the first session after the recent Lok Sabha polls, President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday invoked the Emergency of 1975, calling it “the biggest and darkest chapter of direct attack on the Constitution”. President Murmu’s reference to the Indira Gandhi-imposed Emergency in her first address to the joint sitting of the two Houses after the… Continue reading "Takeaways from President Murmu address to Parliament"
President Droupadi Murmu will undertake a three-day state visit to Mauritius beginning Monday, primarily to grace the island nation’s National Day celebrations as the chief guest. A contingent of the Indian Navy will also participate in the celebrations along with two ships — INS Tir and CGS Sarathi. Announcing the visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said President Murmu… Continue reading "President Murmu to visit Mauritius from March 11 to 13"
National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chief Arun Halder on Friday said the commission has recommended the imposition of President’s rule in West Bengal in its report submitted to President Droupadi Murmu on alleged harassment of women by TMC supporters in Sandeshkhali. A delegation of the NCSC had visited Sandeshkhali on Thursday after a large number of women claimed that… Continue reading "Panel submits report to Murmu, recommends Prez Rule in Bengal"