Former President News

Kovind drove down to his new home from Rashtrapati Bhavan after Droupadi Murmu took over as the President of India.

The family of Zimbabwe founder Robert Mugabe is pushing back against the government`s plan to bury him at the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare and wants him to be buried in his home village instead, three relatives told Reuters.

The former president was selected for Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award - by incumbent President Ram Nath Kovind, said a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhawan in January 2019.

The former president said that there is disillusionment with governance and functioning of institutions.

Former president Pranab Mukherjee accepting the invite from the RSS has generated a lot of interest as well as controversy, with Congress leaders urging him not to attend the event in the 'interest of secularism'. 

The salaries of the president and the vice president was increased to Rs 5 lakh and Rs 4 lakh per month respectively four months ago.

Another woman has stepped forward to accuse former President George H W Bush of inappropriately touching her.

Prime Minister will on Thursday inaugurate former President APJ Abdul Kalam's memorial at Rameswaram.

A federal task force has begun looking into the suspected involvement of Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with construction companies being investigated in the corruption-kickback probe 

The construction work on a memorial for former president APJ Abdul Kalam at his home town Rameswaram is slated to begin from Tuesday.