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Droupadi Murmu makes history; first tribal to be elected India's President

Gets more than 64% of the votes cast; first tribal woman to occupy the highest office

PM Modi meets President Murmu, says she has emerged as a ray of hope

The prime minister also thanked all MPs and MLAs across party lines who supported Murmu's candidature and said her 'record victory' augurs well for India's democracy

President Election 2022: 14 Presidents who have served the nation so far

The NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu crossed the 50 per cent mark after the third round of counting to emerge victorious in the poll over her rival Yashwant Sinha

Vajpayee projected democracy, Modi reflects dictatorship: Shatrughan Sinha

TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said that while the reign of Atal Behari Vajpayee projected 'lokshahi' (democracy), that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflects 'tanashahi' (dictatorship). Addressing a massive crowd during the Trinamool Congress' Martyrs' Day rally here, the recently elected Asansol MP said Vajpayee was a "pro-people father figure and statesman", under whose rule the Bollywood actor was a Union minister. "Vajpayee Ji was different...he projected the 'lokshahi' nature of the government, while Modi projects 'tanashahi' nature of the government," he said. "Unemployment is at a 50-year-high, GST is being corrected every day, hard-earned money stashed by poor women in their houses was made defunct through demonetisation. The debt burden has increased manifold in the last eight years of the Modi government," he said. Sinha, popularly known as 'Bihari Babu', described TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee as the "most acceptable leader in the country" and said, "What Bengal ..

LIVE: Droupadi Murmu surges ahead of Yashwant Sinha in Presidential polls

Of total 748 votes of MPs, NDA's Droupadi Murmu gets 540, Opposition's Yashwant Sinha gets 208, says Returning Officer

Monsoon Session: PM holds meeting with top ministers to discuss strategy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a meeting with top ministers to discuss the government's strategy in Parliament

Models of welfarism

The distribution of freebies has its limits

'Satisfy hunger with jumlas': Rahul slams Centre over new GST policies

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the imposition of GST on packaged food items

Latest news Live: SC grants bail to Mohd Zubair in all FIRs lodged in UP

From Sri Lanka crisis to coronavirus updates and more, catch all the latest developments from across the globe here

PM Modi to virtually interact with Indian contingent bound for CWG today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the Indian contingent bound for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 through video conferencing

Rupee at 80: The Indian tradition of political involvement in exchange rate

Despite the Sangh Parivar's belief that a strong rupee is good, the govt has seen the wisdom of letting it depreciate gradually

Bill Gates congratulates PM Modi on milestone of 2 bn Covid vaccinations

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates congratulated PM Narendra Modi on yet another milestone of administering 200 crore vaccinations in India

Govt's plastic straw ban to curb pollution leaves Indian consumers thirsty

With 19 single-use plastic items banned from July 1, including the straws, companies including Dabur India Ltd. and Parle Agro Pvt, have been racing to replace them with imported paper versions

Rupee fall likely to hit govt finances with ballooning subsidy bill

The finance ministry has hinted that India's fertiliser subsidy bill for 2022-23 (FY23) could rise to around Rs 2.5 trillion against Budget Estimates (BE) of Rs 1.05 trillion

SKM leaders question composition of MSP panel, may give it a miss

Farmers' grouping has also been roiled by factional disputes since year-long agitation was called off

PM KISAN: How to register under the scheme to receive the 12th installment

To use the scheme's benefits, a family must own cultivable land, the records of which must be available with the state authorities

PM Modi meets top ministers to discuss strategy for Monsoon session

PM Modi held discussions with his top ministers to formulate the government's strategy in Parliament, for the ongoing Monsoon session

Live news: India logs 15,528 cases, net drop in active cases after 57 days

From Monsoon Session of Parliament to coronavirus cases and more, catch all the latest updates from across the globe here

Eight months after rolling back farm laws, Centre sets up MSP panel

Representatives of agriculture universities and institutions have also been included in the panel. Joint secretary (crops) in the Ministry of Agriculture will be the member secretary in the panel

UP Global Investor Summit to be held in January 2023: Yogi Adityanath

He said Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a "dream destination" for industrial investment in the country by imbibing the mantra of 'Reform, Perform and Transform' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.