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
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
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
New Delhi: Even as the Congress is hoping to build a consensus, cracks are emerging within the BJP-led NDA over the candidature of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari for the President's post. JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, who is also the NDA convenor, has said that his party doesn't endorse BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's dismissal of both the candidates. The Left seems to be open to their...
08:53 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Differences appeared to have cropped up in the NDA over the Presidential election with JD(U) saying that the BJP's stand on the contest was not its view. NDA Convener and JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav said that his party doesn't endorse BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's dismissal of both Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari as Presidential candidate. "Whatever Sushma Swaraj has said is the opinion of the BJP. This is...
05:30 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: In the latest in the debate over the next President, Janata Dal-United (JDU) chief Sharad Yadav on Tuesday dismissed the statement of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj, terming it as a personal opinion. Sushma had on Monday refused to accept the names of Rajya Sabha President Hamid Ansari and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the presidential candidates. Reacting to it, Yadav said that it...
12:41 PM, May 01, 2012
Chennai: A day after his meeting with senior Congress leader A K Antony, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday met party leaders in Chennai over the name for the new presidential candidate. He said that although he discussed some names with the Union Defence Minister for the post, he would not reveal anything as of now. The Defence Minister on Sunday met Karunanidhi as part of consultation process among UPA...
01:40 PM, Apr 30, 2012
As the race to the White House heats up, US President Barack Obama decided to lighten things up with his sense of humour. ...
09:48 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama's job approval rating has increased to 50 per cent, extending his lead over his top Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a latest national opinion poll said on Tuesday. While Obama's approval rating climbed to 50 per cent, his disapproval rating dropped to 44 per cent in Gallup's Daily tracking poll on Obama's support among US voters. Gallup said the 50 per cent approval mark is notable...
10:59 AM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: The countdown to the President poll has begun with the Congress facing testing times and struggling to get the numbers in the Rajya Sabha. While the Samajwadi Party is pitching for Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the NCP wants an apolitical candidate. A worried Congress has now said that it would try and build a consensus but with the emphasis on a non-political person as the next President, finding...
10:16 PM, Apr 23, 2012
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