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'Privilege to know you President-Elect': Narendra Modi tweets photo with Ram Nath Kovind taken 20 years ago
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday posted a heart-warming tweet in which he stressed on how long he had shared a bond with Kovind.
Ram Nath Kovind's election as president gives us a glimpse of the inevitable Modi wave in 2019
Sandipan Sharma •The immediate conclusion from Kovind's victory is that from a political pariah, the BJP has now become the partner everybody wants to do business with.
Presidential Election 2017: Opposition should explain losing 13 votes in state, says Maharashtra BJP
•Jubilant over Ram Nath Kovind's election as the next President, the BJP in Maharashtra asked Opposition to explain how at least 13 MLAs in the state did not vote for Meira Kumar.
Ram Nath Kovind to be the next president: Dalit leaders voice their expectations, say president-elect must speak for community
Charu Bahri •Two decades on, for the second time in the history of India, a Dalit — who is also a longstanding BJP leader and former governor of Bihar — Ram Nath Kovind, has been elected to the highest office. Is this a sign that the welfare of Dalits is a key government priority?
Presidential Election 2017 results: Mamata Banerjee congratulates president-elect Ram Nath Kovind
•West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday congratulated Ram Nath Kovind for winning the presidential election defeating opposition's candidate Meira Kumar.
Inauguration in sight, US President-elect Donald Trump continues Twitter assault
•His inauguration days away, President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to lash out at critics in the intelligence community and Democrats in Congress who are vowing to skip his swearing-in ceremony.
Is Meryl Streep overrated or excellent? Donald Trump has two answers to this
Fp Staff •President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday, calling Meryl Streep "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood", but in an earlier interview, he named her one of his favourites, calling her "excellent" and a "fine person".
Donald Trump names son-in-law as senior presidential advisor
•US President-elect Donald Trump announced that his son-in-law Jared Kushner, a property developer and publisher, will serve as senior White House advisor, flouting myriad legal and ethical concerns.
US Vice President Joe Biden tells President-elect Donald Trump 'to be an adult'
•Vice President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to "grow up."
Donald Trump: No North Korean missile will be capable of reaching US
•President-elect Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to promise North Korea would not develop a nuclear missile capable of reaching US territory.