The accused scaled the Circuit House wall and entered the premises in the morning when the President was having breakfast along with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Governor Kalraj Mishra.
Terming the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill which was passed in the Rajya Sabha as regressive, a group of transgender activists Saturday appealed to the President not to give nod to the bill.
"Today, can any poor or deprived person come here with his complaint? This question is the most important because in the Preamble to the Constitution, we all have accepted the responsibility of providing justice to all," Kovind said.
In his November 8 letter, Siddaramaiah referred to a recent leaked audio clip of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa purportedly expressing anguish against his party leaders at a recent party meeting in Hubballi over their opposition to giving tickets to the disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs for the December 5 Assembly bypolls in 15 constituencies.
Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts facing the gallows in the 2012 gangrape and murder case of a 23-year-old paramedic student, has filed a mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind, officials said. Sharma is in Tihar Jail since his arrest.
The petitioner had sought the disqualification of MLAs Sanjeev Jha (Burari), Nitin Tyagi (Laxmi Nagar), Praveen Kumar (Jangpura), Pawan Kumar Sharma (Adarsh Nagar), Shri Dutt Sharma (Ghonda), Rajesh Gupta (Wazirpur), Sarita Singh (Rohtas Nagar), Dinesh Mohania (Sangam Vihar), Amanatullah Khan (Okhla), Kailash Gahlot (Najafgarh) and Jarnail Singh (Tilak Nagar).
In a message on the eve of Chhath Pooja, the president said it was a unique festival in which devotees worshipped the sun, rivers, water bodies and extolled the virtues of the nature, and it began with rigorous fast and concluded with a sacred bath, a ritual which was undertaken by the devotees from the belief that it purified their soul.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is arriving in India on November 1 for the fifth biennial Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC). She will be accompanied by several ministers and state secretaries of her government, as well as a high-powered business delegation.
"India and Philippines strongly condemn terrorism and commit to continue their cooperation in fighting this global menace! Defence and Maritime security emerge as a new focus area!" Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet on Saturday.
President Ram Nath Kovind praised MS Dhoni during a speech at Ranchi University, saying that the Indian cricketer has made Ranchi famous in world of cricket.
President Kovind will visit Iceland from September 9-11. He will then head to Switzerland and will finally reach Slovenia on September 15. He will head back on September 17.
"Hum honge kamayab, mann me hai vishwas, poora hai vishwas hum honge kamyaab ek din," this is how President Ram Nath Kovind summed up his thoughts on the Chandrayan-2 mission on Saturday.
Kovind was speaking at an event here to confer national awards to teachers on the occasion of Teachers Day.
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people on Janmashtami, hoping that the blessings of lord Krishna bring happiness in their lives.
The President was speaking at the World Youth Conference on Kindness organised by the Unesco Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) along with the O.P. Jindal Global University.
Lata Mangeshkar took to Twitter to share a couple of candid photographs of herself chatting with President Ramnath Kovind.
President Kovind pays tribute to martyrs at National War Memorial in Delhi
The President further added that the political changes to the state will enable its people to access and enjoy the same rights, privileges and facilities at par with the rest of the country.
On July 31, the Rajya Sabha cleared the bill that seeks to weed out corruption, improve road safety and usher in use of technology to regulate traffic, with certain amendments. Since some changes were made by the Rajya Sabha, it was again brought to the Lok Sabha for clearance.
Technology has been at the centre of India's development partnership with countries in Africa, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday, underlining that India is keen to share its digital revolution with Africa to enhance the well-being of its people.
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