President-elect Ram Nath Kovind will be sworn-in tomorrow by Chief Justice JS Khehar at a ceremonial function in the Parliament House today, Indian media reported.
Five years ago outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee too was sworn on the same day in the same place.
Kovind, the 71-year-old former Bihar Governor, will be India's second Dalit president after KR Narayanan. The NDA candidate had defeated Opposition's pick Meira Kumar by a clear margin of 65.6 percent votes, India Today reported.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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