President Ram Nath Kovind was born on October 1, 1945 in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Kovind was the governor of Bihar before being elected president on July 25 last year.
The Indian Army said on Sunday that a Pakistani chopper violated the Indian airspace along the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir but turned back after it was "engaged by air sentries".
The Travancore Devaswom Board is exploring the possibility of filing a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict allowing women entry into a Sabrimala temple. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged all the concerned departments and officials to be ready to comply with the Supreme Court verdict from the ensuing festival season which begins in November.
The agency had on July 19 filed a charge sheet against the Congress leader, his son Karti, ten individuals including public servants and six companies as accused in the case. The judge allowed the CBI's request for grant of some time after senior advocate Sonia Mathur, representing the agency, informed the judge that sanctions are awaited.
Raut said those who accused Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's relatives of receiving kickbacks worth Rs 65 crore in the Bofors deal were in power now. "Today, they are accused of pocketing Rs 700 crore in the Rafale jet deal. Rafale is the father of Bofors."Top opposition figures, including Congress's Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar and Le...
