Washington: Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals. According to the Associated Press count, Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning at least 88 delegates in...
08:03 AM, May 30, 2012
Cairo: Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate in Egypt's presidential election has reached out to assure women and Christians that he would guarantee their rights if elected in an effort to broaden his support base before a tight run-off vote on June 16. The Islamist candidate, will go head to head with runner-up Ahmed Shafiq, a former military man widely seen as the standard bearer of the regime of Hosni...
12:58 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: The BSP on Saturday indicated that it would not be aligning itself with any Third Front in the President's election or the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. "Our party has not thought about. We are not going to fall into traps", party supremo Mayawati told a press conference when asked whether she would initiate any move for formation of a non-NDA and non-UPA alliance for the 2014 Lok Sabha...
04:59 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: "Wait and see" was the cryptic reaction of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to a host of questions on the issue of next President of India. "My answer is very simple. Wait and see", Mukherjee said in reply to the question by reporters on the issue of presidential elections. The name of Mukherjee, who is also the leader of the Lok Sabha is prominently doing the rounds as a...
10:49 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Indicating that it was not impressed by AIADMK and BJD's decision to support NCP leader PA Sangma for President, BJP on Thursday said it will take a call on the candidature for the top post and is unlikely to rally behind the former Lok Sabha Speaker. Sangma's possible candidature for Presidential poll became a talking point when AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik extended their...
08:40 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad on Sunday evoked smiles in the Lok Sabha with his approval of "admonishment" in the house by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is seen as a probable Congress candidate for the Presidential elections. Speaking during the special session to mark 60 years of the first sitting of the two houses of parliament, Lalu Prasad also made a veiled attack on civil...
03:40 AM, May 14, 2012
Moscow: Vladimir Putin will be sworn in as Russia's president at a glittering ceremony on Monday, hours after clashes between police and protesters laid bare the deep divisions over his return to the Kremlin for six more years. The former KGB spy will take his oath before nearly 2,000 guests in the Kremlin's St Andrew Hall, the former throne room with sparkling chandeliers, gilded pillars and high Gothic vaults, before...
10:17 AM, May 07, 2012
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have congratulated Francois Hollande on his win. ...
08:39 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: There is still no clarity on who is in the running for the President's post. Though, at this point Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is emerging as the front-runner. Pranab, of course, still denies being in the know while the Congress is set to meet to finalise their choice for the post. Most political parties made it clear that the next President will have to be the one based...
06:40 AM, May 07, 2012
Paris: France handed the presidency on Sunday to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden - a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years. Mild and affable, the president-elect inherits a country deep in debt and divided over how to integrate immigrants while preserving its...
05:38 AM, May 07, 2012
Paris: Polling agency projections suggest Socialist Francois Hollande has won France's presidential election against conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. A Hollande victory could change how Europe tackles its debt crisis - with more stimulus and less austerity. Partial official results also showed Hollande ahead. More details awaited. ...
11:49 PM, May 06, 2012
Dhaka: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday refused to add any fodder to the talk of him being the front-runner for the presidential candidate, saying he was himself "in the dark" over the issue that has hogged headlines back home. The past week has witnessed intense speculation in India over who would occupy the Rashtrapati Bhawan next, with Mukherjee and the current Vice President Hamid Ansari being touted as the...
06:30 PM, May 06, 2012
Indore: Against the backdrop of reports about fissures in the NDA over the name of the presidential candidate, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the name would be finalised only after consulting the NDA leaders and small parties. Speaking at the Indore Press Club, Gadkari said, "Before finalising the names of the candidates for the posts of President and Vice-President, talks would be held with...
03:40 PM, May 02, 2012
A new Obama campaign advertisement shows former president Bill Clinton praising him for approving the risky May 2 raid and asking which path would Mitt Romney have taken. ...
11:08 AM, May 02, 2012
Even as the Congress is hoping to build a consensus, cracks are emerging within the NDA over the candidature of Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari for the President's post. ...
11:58 PM, May 01, 2012
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