September 06, 2026 03:17 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj detained after viral assault clip; Chirag Paswan’s party files complaint for ‘falsely’ naming him | Bengaluru horror: Woman stripped, assaulted and filmed over unpaid loan interest; 4 arrested | West Bengal CM's big warning: Teacher suspended over tilak row, govt employee punished for PM Modi post | Tragedy on Kerala Highway: 8 Tamil Nadu students killed after car crashes into parked lorry | Influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj, accused of assaulting CJP protester's father, detained in UP | Yasin Malik’s double shock from jail: Announces divorce, refuses to defend himself in Sarla Bhat case | Sonia Gandhi’s memoir finds new publisher as HarperCollins steps in amid Penguin row | 1,000 RSS-backed schools in Bengal? Suvendu Adhikari sets one-year target | PM Modi hails Giorgia Meloni on becoming longest-serving postwar Italian PM | HarperCollins to publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir amid Penguin row

Pranab Mukherjee turns 82, Modi,Kovind, Mamata wish him on birthday

| | Dec 11, 2017, at 11:06 pm

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IBNS): Former President Pranab Mukherjee turned 82 on Monday as politicians and national leaders wished him on the special day.

Current President of India Ram Nath Kovind said: "Birthday greetings and best wishes for a long and happy life to former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee, whom we affectionately call "Pranabda" @CitiznMukherjee #PresidentKovind."

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Mukherjee and tweeted: "Spoke to Pranab Da and wished him on his birthday. His impeccable service endears him to every Indian. I pray for Pranab Da's long and healthy life. @CitiznMukherjee."

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted: "Wishing former President Pranab Da @CitiznMukherjee a very happy birthday. Bhalo thakben."

Pranab Mukherjee served as the President from 2012 to 2017.

Kovind took over as the new President earlier this year.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.