Presidential Election 2017
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Cross-voting favours Kovind in maximum states except BJP-ruled Rajasthan where Meira gains
National | Jul 21, 2017, 08:56 AM ISTThe only exception was the BJP-ruled Rajasthan where the cross-voting favoured Opposition candidate Meira Kumar and it should be a matter of concern for Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia.
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Presidential election 2017: Kovind gets one vote in Kerala, Meira Kumar draws blank in AP
National | Jul 20, 2017, 10:20 PM ISTKovind received 2930 votes with a value of 7,02,044, while Meira Kumar got 1844 votes with a value of 3,67,314.
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Battle of ideologies: Cross-voting in Kovind’s favour a body blow to Congress’ idea of ‘united oppn’
National | Jul 20, 2017, 07:44 PM ISTThe numbers of the Presidential election rolled out by EC reveal that the ‘battle of ideologies’ – something that the Congress christened the battle as – appears to be failing and has damaged its claims of a united opposition.
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Prez-elect Kovind: From quietude to presidential limelight
National | Jul 20, 2017, 06:23 PM ISTHis wasn't the name that newspaper readers were familiar with or the face that television viewers knew. Today, Ram Nath Kovind walked away from that quiet past - and into the record books as India's president-elect.
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Ram Nath Kovind, President of India: Second Dalit man and first from UP to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan
National | Jul 20, 2017, 10:19 PM ISTRam Nath Kovind was on Thursday elected as the 14th President of India, the Election Commission of India announced.
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Presidential election 2017: NDA’s Ram Nath Kovind heading for predictable victory
National | Jul 20, 2017, 03:13 PM ISTKovind is expected to win the race for the top constitutional post given that the BJP and its allies have a majority in electoral college comprising Members of Parliament and members of legislative assemblies
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Presidential election results 2017: Ram Nath Kovind gets 60683 votes, Meira Kumar 22941 in first 4 states
National | Jul 20, 2017, 02:18 PM ISTNDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind received 60683 votes while opposition’s Meira Kumar got 22941 votes in Assam, Arunachal, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
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President Election Results: Kovind registers landslide win, beats Kumar by over 3 lakh votes
National | Jul 20, 2017, 07:00 PM ISTPresident Election Results 2017 LIVE: Ram Nath Kovind beat Meira Kumar by over 3 lakh votes. In electoral college, Kovind bagged 7,02,044 votes whereas Kumar managed to secure only 3,67,314 votes.
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Presidential election results 2017: Counting of votes underway, Ram Nath Kovind set to win against Meira Kumar
National | Jul 20, 2017, 03:56 PM ISTPresidential election results 2017: The electoral arithmetic clearly favours Ram Nath Kovind as opposition parties like JD(U), BJD, TRS, YSR Congress, different factions of AIADMK had also extended their support to the NDA candidate.
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Presidential election 2017: Ram Nath Kovind vs Meira Kumar contest sees near 100 pc voting
National | Jul 18, 2017, 06:42 AM ISTLawmakers across India voted on Monday to elect the country's 14th President in a contest in which the ruling NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind has an overwhelming edge over opposition-backed Meira Kumar
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Presidential election 2017: Close to 99 pc voting witnessed, Kovind looks set for comfortable win
National | Jul 17, 2017, 09:20 PM ISTIn the contest between Ram Nath Kovind and Meira Kumar, MPs and MLAs today voted to elect the new President of India.
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Presidential Election 2017: PM Narendra Modi wishes Ram Nath Kovind ‘in advance’, pledges govt’s support
National | Jul 17, 2017, 11:22 AM ISTPresidential Election 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind "in advance" and assured him of his government's support, a day before the election to the top constitutional post
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Presidential poll a fight against 'divisive, communal vision': Sonia Gandhi at Opposition meet
National | Jul 17, 2017, 12:09 AM ISTCongress chief Sonia Gandhi today described the contest between Opposition candidate Meira Kumar and NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind as a fight against a "narrow-minded, divisive and communal vision".
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Kovind vs Meira: MPs, MLAs to vote for next President tomorrow
National | Jul 16, 2017, 05:37 PM ISTMPs and MLAs will vote in the presidential election 2017 tomorrow where NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind is pitted against opposition nominee Meira Kumar.
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Am contesting presidential election for ideology, says Meira Kumar
National | Jul 08, 2017, 02:29 PM ISTThe former Lok Sabha Speaker further said that she strongly believes in the age-old tradition of respecting one's own religion as well as other religions with the same zeal.
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Opposition believes I should be at centre of ‘ideological war’: Meira Kumar on presidential election
National | Jul 06, 2017, 02:38 PM IST“The 17 opposition parties unanimously made me their presidential candidate. They believe that I should be at the centre of the ideological war,” Meira Kumar said.
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Presidential election 2017: Meira Kumar set to campaign in Bihar
National | Jul 06, 2017, 11:18 AM ISTMeira Kumar will meet Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislators as part of her campaign.
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President elections: Not a scapegoat, fighting for an ideology, says Meira Kumar
National | Jul 01, 2017, 07:58 PM ISTOpposition's presidential nominee Meira Kumar today said she was not a scapegoat as anybody fighting for an ideology cannot be a scapegoat.
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Nominations of Kovind, Meira Kumar found valid
India | Jun 29, 2017, 05:03 PM ISTNominations of NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind and that of Opposition candidate Meira Kumar were found valid after scrutiny of nominations on Thursday.
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Ram Nath Kovind arrives in Chandigarh
India | Jun 29, 2017, 12:36 PM ISTNational Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Chandigarh on Thursday to seek support from Haryana and Punjab legislators.