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Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: File/ANI)

Crucial Congress meet underway, to discuss presidential poll

Top Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, P Chidambaram, Ambika Soni, Janardan Dwiwedi and other CWC members were present...

6 Jun 2017 6:11 AM GMT

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, during Congress Working Committee meeting at 10 Janpath in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Suggest name for candidates on Presidential polls: Cong to BJP

Singh and Naidu arrived at Gandhi's 10 Janpath residence to help evolve an agreement on the crucial election scheduled...

16 Jun 2017 7:03 AM GMT

Congress president Sonia Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Presidential polls: Rajnath, Naidu to meet Sonia Gandhi today

The Election Commission said the last date of nomination is June 28 and the counting of votes will be taken up on July...

16 Jun 2017 5:29 AM GMT

Party members during a meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Prez polls: BJP boosted by electoral win

Party has begun moves to reach out to Oppositions on selecting a consensus candidate.

14 Jun 2017 8:43 PM GMT

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha also demanded that the elections be countermanded and fresh polls be declared by the State Election Commission. (Representational image)

EC issues Prez election notification, nomination filing begins today

The ruling NDA and a loosely knit group of opposition parties have intensified efforts to zero in on a

14 Jun 2017 10:44 AM GMT

Former Lok Sabha Speaker and the Opposition candidate for presidential election Meira Kumar in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: G.N. Jha)

Presidential poll a battle of ideologies not castes, says Meira Kumar

Kumar added that in earlier presidential elections, caste was never an issue but it was only the merit of the respective...

27 Jun 2017 7:32 PM GMT

Sources said the JD(U)s announcement led to deliberations among senior leaders of the Congress and other non-NDA parties on how to keep the Opposition together. (Photo; PTI)

Prez polls: Oppn to decide on nominee today; JD(U) backs Kovind

The Cong hopes that leaders of all parties who attended the May 26 luncheon hosted by Sonia Gandhi would be present on...

22 Jun 2017 2:54 AM GMT

Rashtrapati Bhavan (Photo: File)

No card, only hard cash for President nomination in Digital India

Candidates who wish to be president have to deposit Rs 15,000 with the returning officer while filing their nomination...

18 Jun 2017 11:58 AM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

These are rumours: Sushma Swaraj on reports of her being presidential...

The presidential election is scheduled to be held on July 17 while the counting of votes would be held on July 20.

17 Jun 2017 11:29 AM GMT