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  Presidential election results 2017: Counting of votes underway, Ram Nath Kovind set to win against Meira Kumar

  Politics | July 20, 2017 15:56 IST

  Presidential 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 poll: Counting of votes to begin at 11 am tomorrow

  Politics | July 19, 2017 17:43 IST

  First, the ballot box of Parliament House would be opened, and then, the ballot boxes received from states would be counted on alphabetical basis. The votes would be counted on four separate tables and there would be eight rounds of counting.

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  Presidential election 2017: Ram Nath Kovind vs Meira Kumar contest sees near 100 pc voting

  Politics | July 18, 2017 6:42 IST

  Lawmakers 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

  Politics | July 17, 2017 21:20 IST

  In 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

  Politics | July 17, 2017 11:22 IST

  Presidential 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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  Kovind vs Meira: MPs, MLAs to vote for next President tomorrow

  Politics | July 16, 2017 17:37 IST

  MPs 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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  Prez polls: NDA's Ram Nath Kovind visits Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat; winds up nationwide tour

  Politics | July 15, 2017 19:55 IST

  Ram Nath Kovind's last stop of the campaign was Gandhinagar where he met BJP MLAs and MPs from Gujarat.

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  Ram Nath Kovind will get more than 70 per cent vote share: Gadkari

  Politics | July 15, 2017 19:23 IST

  Union minister Nitin Gadkari today said NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind will get more than 70 per cent vote share in the July 17 election.

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  Will be impartial as President: Kovind assures BJD MLAs, MPs

  Politics | July 14, 2017 18:19 IST

  The BJD had announced its support for Kovind even though the party's president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had in the past dubbed the BJP as "communal" and even severed his party's ties with it prior to the 2009 general elections.

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  PM Modi likely to address NDA MPs on presidential election eve

  Politics | July 08, 2017 22:23 IST

  BJP sources said they are confident that Kovind will get over two-thirds votes in his contest against the opposition candidate Meira Kumar.

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  MP CM Chouhan praises Kovind, Congress criticises airport reception by BJP

  Politics | July 08, 2017 22:05 IST

  Kovind, who landed at the Raja Bhoj airport by a special flight, was accorded a warm welcome by the ruling BJP at the state government's dedicated hangar at the airport.

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  NDA's presidential pick Ram Nath Kovind to visit Gujarat on July 11

  Politics | July 08, 2017 19:58 IST

  The presidential election is scheduled to be held on July 17 and the counting of votes will be taken up on July 20.

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  If elected as President, will uphold Constitution, ensure justice: Ram Nath Kovind

  Politics | July 07, 2017 20:56 IST

  While the ruling Meghalaya United Alliance has 44 members including 11 Independents, two other Independents are in the opposition.

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  Will uphold highest esteem of President’s office, says Ram Nath Kovind

  Politics | July 05, 2017 7:41 IST

  Campaigning in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Kovind appealed to all members of the presidential election collegium to support his candidature.

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  Constitution is Gita, Quran, Bible for a President: Ram Nath Kovind

  Politics | July 04, 2017 21:34 IST

  Describing the Constitution as "Gita, Quran, Ramayan and Bible" all rolled into one, NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind today said he would always strive to maintain its supremacy after he is elected to the post.

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  Office of President should be above party politics: Ram Nath Kovind

  Politics | July 04, 2017 17:27 IST

  Stating that he is not associated with any political party, Kovind appealed to all members of the presidential election collegiums to support his candidature.

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  Presidential election: NDA’s Ram Nath Kovind begins campaign in Telangana, Andhra

  Politics | July 04, 2017 11:56 IST

  Kovind (71), a low profile Dalit leader from Kanpur Dehat, is seen as an astute choice by the NDA, which has been targeted by opposition parties over Dalit issues.

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  Presidential polls: All six independent Rajya Sabha MPs likely to vote for Kovind

  Politics | July 03, 2017 19:47 IST

  All six independent members in the Rajya Sabha are likely to vote for the NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind.

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  Presidential elections: BJP hopeful of cross-voting from opposition ranks

  Politics | July 02, 2017 14:08 IST

  The internal bickering in the SP, some of whose MLAs owe allegiance to Mulayam and Shivpal, coupled with the fact that Kovind is a son of the soil could nudge a section of its lawmakers to vote for him.

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  President elections: Not a scapegoat, fighting for an ideology, says Meira Kumar

  Politics | July 01, 2017 19:58 IST

  Opposition's presidential nominee Meira Kumar today said she was not a scapegoat as anybody fighting for an ideology cannot be a scapegoat.