New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday indicated its support to UPA candidate for President's post provided he is not a bureaucrat. "One condition, he should not be a bureaucrat," SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav told reporters here when asked whether SP would support a Congress candidate. Yadav replied in the negative to another query whether his party will join the UPA government. At the 3rd anniversary of UPA II...
03:26 AM, May 23, 2012
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11:50 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Congress on Monday steered clear of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remaining non-committal on Pranab Mukherjee as the next President but strongly backing Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar for the post. "I have not heard or seen the statement", party spokesman Rashid Alvi told reporters. He was asked to react to Banerjee's remarks that she will be "very happy" to see Meira Kumar, Gopal Gandhi or even...
03:40 AM, May 22, 2012
Jind: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Thursday said people of the country should have voting right in the Presidential poll. "It is unfortunate that only few are entitled to vote in the Presidential poll, the entire nation should have a participation in the process," Ramdev told reporters during a two-day yoga camp at Arjun stadium in Jind. Whether it is a political or a non-political person in the race, the...
02:04 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Amid speculation on Presidential candidate, the Congress on Tuesday hailed Pranab Mukherjee, whose name has been doing the rounds, as a "praiseworthy personality" but said it was too early to say anything on who would be the successor to Pratibha Patil. "Pranab Mukherjee is a praiseworthy personality. That's why everybody is appreciating him. As far as Presidential nominees are concerned, we have clearly said that talks are going...
02:08 AM, May 09, 2012
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11:57 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Sunday asked the Congress to formally announce its Presidential nominee first and said it will decide its stand on the top post only after that. The party's politburo at its meeting here discussed the feedback received during its discussions with leaders like SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. The four Left parties had also met on Friday with their leaders favouring...
04:40 AM, May 07, 2012
Ghaziabad: Former BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the Presidential candidate should not be disputable in any manner and favoured a person acceptable to the whole country. "The candidate for the post of President of India should be above caste, religion and colour and he should not be disputable in any manner with no stigma of corruption, favouritism and political vendetta," said the BJP MP from Ghaziabad. He was...
12:38 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The picture appears to be clearing up for the Congress veteran and Union Finance Minister with DMK clearly saying that if Pranab Mukherjee is the Congress' choice for the next President, they will back him. The NCP says that Pranab may be their best choice despite Sharad Pawar appearing reluctant. Pranab's case has been bolstered by the fact that the Samajwadi Party has already hinted that the President...
07:46 PM, May 05, 2012
The Sukma Collector is back home after 12 days in the Naxal captivity but Chhattisgarh Chief Minister has denied reports of any backroom deal. ...
09:52 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: CPI(M) on Thursday asked the Congress to take the initiative in building a consensus on the candidate for the Presidential election though it indicated it was not averse to supporting either Vice President Hamid Ansari or Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the post. Party MP and politburo member Sitaram Yechury said the Left parties will discuss the Presidential Election issue at their meeting on Friday. "Election of the...
05:16 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav met the BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday in connection with her statement on Monday that the NDA opposed Congress's Presidential nominees Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari. Yadav had reacted sharply to her comments saying that she had no right to speak on behalf of the NDA. Swaraj reportedly clarified her statement to Sharad Yadav...
05:34 PM, May 02, 2012
A day after a ferry capsized in the Brahmaputra River in Assam, the death toll continues to rise. ...
11:10 PM, May 01, 2012
The search and rescue operations in Assam became difficult due to bad weather conditions. ...
09:20 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: 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 and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.Presidential elections will be held in July and the UPA has to depend on other parties as it does not have the required numbers to elect a President on...
03:10 PM, Apr 24, 2012
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