Onus on ensuring institutional integrity lies with EC: Pranab Mukherjee

The former President further said that Indian electorates have never lost confidence in elections.

Amid Oppn criticism, Pranab praises EC for conducting 'perfect elections'

He said democracy succeed in India due to perfect conduct of polls by various Election Commissioners.

Singh said this award honours another “great son of India” and described Rao as a warm-hearted person.

Mukherjee unfurled national flag at his residence in central Delhi and took the salute from a contingent of CRPF personnel deployed there.

The government said Deshmukh and Hazarika were conferred the award posthumously.

Having campaigned for removal of statue for two years, teachers at University of Ghana decided to pull down the statue themselves.

'We are only country till today out of 184 members of UN, who succeeded in sending its orbiter to Mars in first attempt,' Mukherjee said.

Tata and Bhagwat will attend an event in Mumbai on August 24 organised by the Nana Palkar Smriti Samiti.

RSS's decision to invite Pranab Mukherjee to address its volunteers, and the latter's decision to accept it, had raised many eyebrows.

The draft bill passed by the Assembly says that Delhi being the national capital can be divided into two parts.