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Pranab Mukherjee’s son returns to Congress after 4-year stint in TMC

Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmed Mir, who is in charge of the party’s Bengal unit, gave Abhijit Mukherjee a membership of the Congress at the party headquarters in Kolkata in the presence of state leaders. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 12, 2025 08:43 PM IST

Ex President Pranab Mukherjee's son returns to Congress after 4 years in TMC

Abhijit Mukherjee (ANI/Videograb)
Published on Feb 12, 2025 03:55 PM IST

‘Gift for love for Sangh’: Congress leader on memorial site for Pranab Mukherjee

The Centre earmarked a site for the memorial of ex-President Pranab Mukherjee.
Published on Jan 08, 2025 01:46 PM IST

Centre okays site for Pranab Mukherjee’s memorial

The memorial will come up in Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, which houses the memorials of many former PMs and presidents, that lies along the Yamuna near Rajghat. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 11:22 AM IST

Centre earmarks site for memorial of ex-President Pranab Mukherjee

Former President Pranab Mukherjee.
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 09:58 PM IST

Sharmistha Mukherjee slams Rahul's ‘bhakt-chelas’, hits back at brother

Former president Pranab Mukherjee and his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee.
Updated on Jan 01, 2025 04:12 PM IST

Pranab Mukherjee's daughter takes ‘real rot’ jibe at Congress: ‘Why no CWC…’

Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former president Pranab Mukherjee. (File image)
Published on Dec 29, 2024 05:27 PM IST

Pranab Mukherjee's daughter slams Congress amid Manmohan Singh memorial row

Sharmistha Mukherjee has slammed the Congress party.
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 12:36 PM IST

Tales of Manmohan Singh’s humility echo in the corridors of power

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with other dignitaries watching the men's hockey final match between India and Australia during the Commonwealth Games 2010, at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. on October 14, 2010. (PTI)
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 05:25 AM IST

‘If Pranab was made PM, Manmohan as President in 2012…’: Aiyar in tell-all book

Former president Pranab Mukherjee (left) with former prime minister Manmohan Singh.
Published on Dec 15, 2024 09:04 PM IST

Budget Session: Most interesting, awaited of Parliament’s sessions

Members during the presentation of Union Budget in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. (PTI)
Published on Jul 23, 2024 12:10 PM IST

Pranab and Rao: Sidelined Congress stalwarts become Bharat Ratnas in BJP regime

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This photo from HT archives shows then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao in discussion with Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee. (Sanjay Sharma/HT File Photo)
Published on Feb 10, 2024 09:52 PM IST

‘Pranab knew he wouldn’t become PM,’ daughter’s book on ex-Prez

Written by his daughter Sharmishtha Mukherjee and titled Pranab, My Father, the book draws on his diaries and conversations with his daughter. (HT Archive)
Updated on Dec 07, 2023 09:58 AM IST

Distantly Close | The monsoon session's no-trust motion debate failed to enrich

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NDA members oppose the Motion of No-Confidence in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament.
Published on Aug 14, 2023 05:27 PM IST

Pranab Mukherjee, ex president of India, paid rich tributes on death anniversary

Dearly called as "Pranab da", at times even by Prime Minister Modi, Pranab Mukherjee served as 13th president of India.
Updated on Aug 31, 2022 07:25 PM IST

President Kovind remembers Gandhi's lesson, Pranab Mukherjee in farewell speech

Late former President Pranab Mukherjee was conferred Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, by his successor Ram Nath Kovind in 2019
Published on Jul 24, 2022 08:46 PM IST

Congress lost focus, wrote Pranab in memoir

In his assessment of the two Prime Ministers Mukherjee worked with, the late president noted that Manmohan Singh had “determination…a strong sense of propriety…steely will power” and documented his long relationship with the former PM.
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 03:20 AM IST

Chronicling the role of institutions | HT Editorial

Mr Mukherjee, a long-term parliamentarian, noted the trend of parliamentary disruptions and wrote how “appalled” he was with the “callousness” with which disruptions were used
Published on Jan 06, 2021 08:21 PM IST

Former president Pranab Mukherjee lamented Congress’ loss of leadership in final book

Former President Pranab Mukherjee said Congress’ losses in recent years would concern any thinking individual.
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 09:45 PM IST

Influential figures who passed away in 2020

The world will remember the year 2020 for the death of many influential figures.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 10:01 AM IST

The importance of political memoirs | HT Editorial

This debate goes beyond the feud within the Mukherjee family — and raises a larger question about the place of political memoirs in India
Published on Dec 16, 2020 08:06 PM IST

Pranab Mukherjee’s son does not want his book published. Daughter disagrees

The book, due for publication early next year, is part four of Mukherjee’s memoirs, the first of which was published in 2014, when he was still at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. (HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 15, 2020 08:58 PM IST

‘Stop the memoir’: Pranab Mukherjee’s son to publishers of father’s book

File photo of Pranab Mukherjee with Rupa’s Kapish Mehra.
Updated on Dec 15, 2020 04:24 PM IST

In memoir, Pranab blames Manmohan, Sonia for Cong’s defeat, says Modi govt’s first term autocratic

UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee at his residence in New Delhi.
Updated on Dec 12, 2020 12:28 AM IST

President Kovind pays floral tributes to Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary

Ram Nath Kovind on Friday paid floral tributes to former President Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary.
Published on Dec 11, 2020 01:53 PM IST

West Bengal’s Miriti village misses former president Pranab Mukherjee on Durga Puja

Friday was Saptami of Durga Puja.
Published on Oct 24, 2020 09:37 AM IST

Days before his death, Pranab Mukherjee penned an article recalling fond memories of Sheikh Mujib

The former President quoted from Sheikh Mujib’s book ‘Unfinished Memoirs’, published by his daughter 29 years after his death, to note how the Bangladeshi leader was not even aware of the independence of his country and was in exile in the Mianwali Jail near Rawalpindi at that time.
Published on Oct 18, 2020 11:02 PM IST

Lok Sabha adjourned for an hour after obituary references

The speaker then adjourned the House for an hour, after about 20 minutes of business.
Published on Sep 14, 2020 11:10 AM IST

For a meaningful monsoon session

While legislative business will be a priority, other items on the agenda will be to discuss the government’s handling of Covid-19, the border dispute with China, the plight of migrant labour and the economic situation
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 12:57 PM IST