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Indian President Pratibha Patil today became the world's first woman head of state to fly in a warplane, taking off in a frontline Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet from the Lohegaon Air Force base Pune. The feat also made the 74-year-old Patil the world's oldest woman to fly in a combat jet.

President Pratibha Patil entered the record books by becoming the first woman head of state to fly in a frontline, multi-role fighter jet aircraft as she undertook a 30-minute sortie in a Russian made Sukhoi-30 MKI.

President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday entered the record books by becoming the first woman head of state to fly in a frontline, multi-role fighter jet aircraft as she undertook a 30-minute sortie in a Russian made Sukhoi-30 MKI.

The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil in her message on the occasion of the Parsi New Year which is being celebrated

President Pratibha Patil had a miraculous escape on Wednesday when an Indian Air Force helicopter she was flying in hit a hangarwall at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar while landing.

Gujarat assembly on Tuesday passed the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) bill, rejecting suggestions by President Pratibha Patil to modify it.

Some of the rare letters, postcards and articles signed and autographed by Mahatma Gandhi, will be formally presented to President Pratibha Patil when she arrives here next week on a three-day state visit.

President Pratibha Patil will give away the 55th National Film Awards for 2007 here today.

Ram Navami , the birthday of Lord Ram, is being celebrated today with religious zeal and gaiety across the country.President Pratibha Singh Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh have greeted the nationals on the occasion.