President Pranab to visit Bengal on 1 August

NEW DELHI: With the restoration works at the Rashtrapati Bhavan more or less over, President Pranab Mukherjee has decided to add a completely new wing to the exiting Presidential estate on Raisina Hill -- a grand new ceremonial hall that can ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after releasing books on Rashtrapati Bhavan during a function in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI) Washington : Now that US President Barack Obama has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House, the visa ...

Recounting the steps he has taken during the first two years of his tenure to open up Rashtrapati Bhavan to the public, President Pranab Mukherjee said yesterday that he is looking forward to having more grassroots innovators, writers and artistes ...

Comment · print · T T T+· T- The Hindu One of the exhibits is the signing of the GandhiIrwin Pact. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt The Hindu Omita Paul, Secretary to the President, having a look at the memorabilia displayed at the Rashtrapati ...

A new audio-visual museum chronicling the history and treasure troves of the highest office of the country will be opened for the public on August 1 in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The museum will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9am-4pm, ...

Word is out that all ceremonial invitations to Narendra Modi are being passed on to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Modi has made it clear that he has no time to while away in the rituals of officialdom. So expect to see more ribbon-cutting from President Pranab ...

An observation by President Pranab Mukherjee that the bird habitat in the Rashtrapati Bhavan should be studied, inspired bureaucrat Thomas Mathew to photograph 111 avian species in the sprawling estate within a span of one year. Mr Mathew, a 58-year-old IAS ...

In the two years that President Pranab Mukherjee has spent so far at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the country's first citizen has shown a marked preference for playing the gracious host over being a travelling head of state. Unlike his predecessor Pratibha Patil, who covered 23 countries during her five years as President at the cost of Rs 223 crore to the exchequer, Mukherjee has visited only three countries -- Belgium, Turkey and South Africa -- on two short trips in his first two years in office. But ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the newly-created museum at Rashtra-pati Bhavan on Friday. — ASIAN AGE The Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic Centre will be receiving its most high-profile guest as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit ...