New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to issue its notification for the Presidential election by mid-June, setting in motion the process of election to the country's top post. President Pratibha Patil's term ends on July 24 and the EC notification in this regard will be issued sometime in mid-June. "The notification for the last Presidential election was issued on June 13. The EC will be issuing a notification around...
03:22 PM, May 29, 2012
Bhubaneswar: With Naveen Patnaik supporting NCP leader PA Sangma as a presidential candidate for being a tribal, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday asked the Odisha Chief Minister to ensure justice to a large number of innocent tribals "unfairly" jailed in the state. "Clearly something must be done urgently to ensure justice to innocent and unfairly jailed adivasis or to those adivasis who are in jail on very flimsy ground,"...
01:17 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to support APJ Abdul Kalam for the post of President instead of NCP leader PA Sangma whom she had already chosen. In a statement, Swamy said she should support Kalam for the post of president. "She should phone him up and persuade him to become her candidate. Sangma has lost all moral authority to be...
05:37 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Left Front met in the national capital on Wednesday to decide on their choice of a Presidential candidate. But they have decided to wait for the UPA government to announce their candidate first before taking a decision on who to support. Presidential hopeful PA Sangma met CPM Politburo leader Prakash Karat on Tuesday to gather support but the CPI says supporting Sangma at this stage is tantamount...
03:25 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: NCP leader and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma, in a bid to win over UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologised to her on the foreign origin issue of 1999. "I had apologised to Sonia Gandhi on the foreign origin issue," Sangma said. This came after Sonia snubbed him denying him an appointment. Sangma's dream of becoming the next President of India suffered a major blow on Tuesday as...
09:34 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Left parties will be meeting on Wednesday to firm up their strategy for the upcoming Presidential elections. The CPM says no decision has been taken yet on PA Sangma who met Prakash Karat on Tuesday. The Left parties say the Congress must declare its candidate first, but they are also open to a consensus non-Congress secular name. The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday indicated its support to UPA...
06:19 AM, May 23, 2012
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11:50 PM, May 22, 2012
There are reports that both the Congress and the NCP won't back PA Sangma's candidature for the President's post. ...
11:17 PM, May 22, 2012
Former Speaker PA Sangma is lobbying hard in the battle for the Rashtrapati Bhawan. ...
11:02 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's term comes to an end on July 25 and the race for her successor is heating up. While the two major national parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are yet to reveal their candidates for the next occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhawan, former Lok Sabha speaker and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader PA Sangma has thrown in his hat in the...
03:26 PM, May 22, 2012
India's highest Constitutional post falls vacant on July 24, 2012 when President Pratibha Patil's term ends. Several names are doing the rounds as nominees for the top post, including that of Vice President Hamid Ansari, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma. The United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre has to depend on other parties as it...
03:04 PM, May 22, 2012
The BJP top brass on Tuesday discussed PA Sangma's candidature for the President's post at a meeting. ...
02:43 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha and Nationalist Congress Party leader PA Sangma's dream of becoming the next President of India suffered a major blow on Tuesday as Congress President Sonia Gandhi snubbed him. Sonia denied Sangma an appointment amidst reports that the Congress and his own party, the NCP, won't back his candidature for the President's post. Sources say the Sonia snub is a clear indication that she has not...
02:08 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: NCP leader and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma has said that he was a serious candidate for the President's post. He met BJD chief and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence on Tuesday. The two leaders discussed Sangma's prospects as a Presidential candidate. Praising Sangma, Patnaiik said that Sangma was by far the best Presidential candidate. "Without doubt, he is by far the best candidate...
11:33 AM, May 22, 2012
BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik will meet NCP leader and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma at his residence on Tuesday to discuss Sangma's prospects as a presidential candidate. Speaking to Prabhu Chawla on IBN 7, Sangma dismissed reports of dropping out of the race and said he was still in the running for the country's highest office. Following is an excerpt from the interview: Prabhu Chawla: Are you in the...
09:31 AM, May 22, 2012
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