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.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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