Presidential Elections
- Telangana
Prez Polls: Voting underway in Telangana Legislative Assembly
Hyderabad: Voting is underway in the Telangana Legislative Assembly here on Monday to elect the 15th President of India. The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs, who assembled at the party headquarters at…
- India
Prez poll: 140 MLAs, two outstation legislators to vote in Kerala Assembly
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on Monday will join the process of electing the new president of India. There are 140 members in the Kerala Assembly and it’s a foregone conclusion that all the…
- World
Sri Lanka: State of emergency declared ahead of July 20 prez polls
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday declared a state of emergency in the country with immediate effect, ahead of the July 20 election for the post of the president which…
- India
Voting for Presidential election today; Droupadi Murmu, Yashwant Sinha in fray
New Delhi: Voting to elect the 15th President of India will be held on Monday as the tenure of Ram Nath Kovind will end on July 24. National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) presidential…
- India
Margaret Alva to be opposition’s Vice President candidate
New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister Margaret Alva was on Sunday announced as the opposition’s Vice Presidential candidate. The name of Alva, who has also been Governor of Uttarakhand and…
- Telangana
Telangana: Central govt observer reviews preparations at assembly ahead of Prez polls
Hyderabad: Ahead of the Presidential elections on Monday, Krishna Kumar Dwivedi, the observer from the central government, on July 16 reviewed preparations at the Telangana assembly. Also ReadMonsoon session: All-party meet called…
- India
Presidential polls on July 18; Murmu has edge over Sinha
New Delhi: Nearly 4,800 elected MPs and MLAs will vote on Monday to elect the 15th President of India, with NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu having a clear edge over Opposition’s Yashwant Sinha as…
- India
Goa: Five out of 11 Cong MLAs shifted to Chennai ahead of Presidential polls
Panaji: The opposition Congress in Goa has shifted five out of its 11 MLAs in the state to Chennai ahead of the July 18 presidential elections. The five MLAs – Sankalp Amonkar, Yuri…
- India
Democracy ruined in the country: Yashwant Sinha
Ranchi: Democracy stands “ruined” in the country, Yashwant Sinha, the joint nominee of the opposition parties in the upcoming presidential polls said here on Saturday. He said the presidential election should not…
- India
AAP to support Yashwant Sinha in presidential poll: MP Sanjay Singh
New Delhi: The AAP will support opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in the Presidential Poll, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said after a political advisory committee (PAC) meeting of the party on Saturday.…
- Featured News
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy only president elected unopposed
New Delhi: The country’s seventh president Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the only one to be elected unopposed to the post in the history of independent India. He succeeded Fakruddin Ali Ahmed after…
- India
Yashwant Sinha cancels Mumbai visit as Shiv Sena backs Murmu
Mumbai: The Opposition’s candidate for the next week’s Presidential election, Yashwant Sinha, has cancelled his visit to Mumbai scheduled on Saturday in the wake of the Shiv Sena announcing support for the National…
- Politics
BJP plans grand victory celebration for Draupadi Murmu
New Delhi: With eyes on tribal votes in the 2024 general elections, the BJP is planning a grand celebration for Draupadi Murmu if she wins the upcoming July 18 Presidential election. As…
- India
If I am in Rashtrapati Bhavan, will ensure CAA is not implemented: Yashwant Sinha
Guwahati: Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said that if he is elected, he will ensure that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not implemented. Interacting with opposition lawmakers of Assam,…
- India
Presidential poll a contest of ideology, say Bihar Oppn leaders
Patna: On BJP-led NDA fielding Droupadi Murmu as its presidential nominee, the opposition leaders on Wednesday asserted that the election is not a question of identity but a contest of ideology. “If…
