It is finally official. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA's candidate. His candidacy, ratified at a meeting of the Congress's allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 7 Race Course Road residence today, was announced by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Video courtesy: NDTV
15 June,2012 06:16 PM IST
In an interview to NDTV in 2009, Pranab Mukherjee, had said, he is just a 'village boy'. Three years later, as the veteran Congress man is on the brink of becoming India's 13th President, we look at Mr Mukherjee's five-decade-long political journey. Video courtesy: NDTV
16 June,2012 09:14 AM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee is spending four days of Durga Puja at Mirati, his native village in West Bengal. He is the chief pujari at his home and locals are flocking to participate in celebrations presided over by the president of the country. Video courtesy: NDTV
22 October,2012 10:22 AM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee today signed the ordinance on sexual assault which was passed by the union cabinet on Friday. Women's rights groups had urged the President yesterday not to sign the ordinance, saying the cabinet had selectively accepted the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission. Video adapted from NDTV
04 February,2013 12:16 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
