Sources: Hindustan Times
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates a new parliament building capable of holding 1,272 MPs. The ceremony is boycotted by the opposition for not asking President Droupadi Murmu to inaugurate it and for selecting the birthday of Hindutva founder Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as the inauguration date, while Delhi Police detain wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik for protesting the sexual abuse of female athletes at the ceremony. 2023-05-28
Droupadi Murmu is elected as the new president of India, making her the first female from a scheduled tribe to be elected to the post. 2022-07-21
The Indian parliament votes to elect the new President of India. 2022-07-18
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind announces that 90% of adults in India have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2022-01-31
President Ram Nath Kovind receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-03-3
The trial of five men accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case begins today, while President of India Pranab Mukherjee approves the death penalty for rapists. 2013-02-5
Former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is frisked and has his clothes inspected for explosives by officials in New York, with the United States apologising for its breach of protocol. 2011-11-13