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  EC suspends recognition of Sangma's National People's Party

  Politics | June 16, 2015 20:25 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission today suspended the recognition of P A Sangma's National People's Party for failing to file its election expenditure statement.  This is for the time that the poll watchdog has taken

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  Desperate Modi should take PM's oath from BJP's President candidate Sangma: JD(U)

  Politics | February 08, 2014 21:43 IST

  New Delhi: JD(U) President Sharad Yadav today ridiculed Narendra Modi for what he said was his "desperation" to become Prime Minister and advised him to take the oath of office from PA Sangma, whom BJP

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  Agatha Sangma meets Sharad Pawar, offers to quit govt

  Politics | July 23, 2012 16:36 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 23: Agatha Sangma, who had campaigned for her father P A Sangma in the presidential polls, on Monday offered to quit as minister of state for rural development.NCP sources said that Agatha

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  EC rejects Mulayam's vote in Prez poll

  Politics | July 22, 2012 20:43 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 20: The Election Commission today rejected Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's vote in the Presidential poll and directed the Returning Officer (RO) not to count it as the secrecy of the

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  Sangma asks Congress MPs and MLAs to vote for him without fear

  Politics | July 15, 2012 23:41 IST

  Guwahati, Jul 15: BJP-backed Presidential candidate P A Sangma today called upon Congress MLAs and MPs to vote for him without ‘fear', saying there was no official whip barring them from doing so and cited

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  Prez election will witness the nation's conscience says Sangma

  Politics | July 13, 2012 21:10 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 13: “This election will witness the conscience of the nation,” Opposition-backed Presidential candidate P A Sangma today said, contending that the contest has turned “very very serious” and was not just symbolic.

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  Diesel price hike after Presidential elections

  India | July 12, 2012 22:58 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 12 : Diesel prices may be hiked after Presidential elections on July 19 as the Government plans to take bold measures to rein in run-away fiscal deficit.  “Price increase is inevitable. But

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  Pranab disapproves of Sangma's 'dumping ground' remarks

  Politics | July 14, 2012 10:36 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Jul 11: UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee today disapproved of his challenger P A Sangma's view that Rashtrapati Bhavan was being used as a “dumping ground” for the failed former Finance Minister, saying such

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  Sangma camp not to pursue for now EC rejection of complaint

  Politics | July 14, 2012 10:36 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 11: The P A Sangma camp today decided not to challenge in the Supreme Court for now Election Commission's rejection of its complaint against the candidature of Pranab Mukherjee for Presidential poll.Sangma's

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  Pranab to meet CPI(M), FB, Cong legislators on Monday

  Politics | July 10, 2012 20:45 IST

  Kolkata, Jul 8: UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee today said he would be meeting MPs and MLAs of CPI(M) and Forward Bloc here tomorrow to seek their support for the July 19 Presidential poll.“I am

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  Pranab to campaign in Karnataka on July one

  Politics | July 02, 2012 12:33 IST

  Bangalore, Jun 29: UPA's presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee will campaign in Karnataka on July one.Mukherjee will meet Congress MPs, MLAs and MLCs in the party office, KPCC President G Parameshwara told reporters here.Congress has six

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  Sangma hopes for miracle to emerge winner in Prez poll

  Politics | June 25, 2012 10:13 IST

  New Delhi, June 24: With Pranab Mukherjee having a clear edge in the Presidential poll, P A Sangma is now hoping for a “miracle” to see himself emerge a winner, even as he denied being

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  Sangma is gathering strength says CM Naveen

  Politics | June 22, 2012 22:20 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Jun 22: Maintaining that former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma is gradually “gathering strength” in the race for Presidential polls, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said there should be a consensus in

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  Sangma appeals to parties to heed 'call of conscience' of tribals

  India | May 22, 2012 19:41 IST

  New Delhi, May 22: NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, who is being backed by BJD and AIADMK for the President's post, today sought to reach out to political parties, saying

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  Jaya asks political parties to back Sangma

  Politics | May 18, 2012 13:03 IST

  Chennai, May 18: A day after backing former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma's candidature for the Presidency, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked all parties to “rise above political considerations,” and support the