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  Prez polls: Ram Nath Kovind, Meira Kumar to visit Chennai tomorrow

  Politics | June 30, 2017 19:25 IST

  The presidential election will be held on July 17. Results will be declared on July 20. The tenure of incumbent President Pranab Mukherjee ends on July 24.

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  Presidential elections: Fight is of ideology, not Dalit vs Dalit, says Meira Kumar

  Politics | June 30, 2017 16:07 IST

  The five-time Lok Sabha MP, who hails from Bihar’s Sasaram, and former Lok Sabha Speaker visited Sabarmati Ashram to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. She tried her hand at spinning the 'charkha'.

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  NDA’s presidential nominee Kovind to tour southern states from July 1

  Politics | June 30, 2017 1:06 IST

  Kovind will be in Chennai on July 1, where he will meet both the factions of the AIADMK, the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, separately.

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  Except Kovind, Meira, all presidential nominations rejected

  Politics | June 29, 2017 17:15 IST

  The polling will take place on July 17. The result will be declared on July 20. The term of incumbent President Pranab Mukherjee expires on July 24.

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  Nominations of Kovind, Meira Kumar found valid

  India | June 29, 2017 17:03 IST

  Nominations 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 | June 29, 2017 12:36 IST

  National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Chandigarh on Thursday to seek support from Haryana and Punjab legislators.

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  Presidential polls: Will contest on plank of social justice, not on caste, says Meira Kumar

  Politics | June 27, 2017 15:57 IST

  Meira Kumar said that the presidential election should not be fought on the basis of caste and vowed to contest the polls on the plank of democratic values, inclusiveness and social justice.

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  On pan-India tour, Ram Nath Kovind seeks lawmakers' support in Uttarakhand

  Politics | June 26, 2017 19:25 IST

  Though Kovind would be meeting only with the MPs and MLAs who have pledged their loyalty with him, the NDA's presidential pick would appeal to all the members of the electoral college to support his candidature.

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  Support to NDA prez candidate Kovind in line with Jaya's thinking: OPS

  Politics | June 26, 2017 18:45 IST

  Panneerselvam also ruled out the possibility of the AIADMK factions merging, saying the seven-member panel constituted by his faction to hold merger talks had been dissolved.

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  No need to drag ideology into Prez election: Venkaiah Naidu to Opposition

  Politics | June 26, 2017 17:40 IST

  On the NDA picking Ram Nath Kovind as its nominee for the top post, Naidu said commitment to the Constitution is the sole criterion for a presidential candidate along with character, calibre and conduct.

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  NDA’s presidential nominee Kovind to visit Srinagar on Wednesday; to meet J&K MPs, MLAs

  Politics | June 26, 2017 15:08 IST

  The opposition parties led by the Congress has fielded former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, also a Dalit, against Kovind.

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  Nitish Kumar correcting his mistakes by backing Kovind: Sushil Modi

  Politics | June 25, 2017 21:50 IST

  The RJD chief had on June 22 said that its ally the JD(U)'s call to support NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind was "a wrong decision", adding he would appeal to Nitish Kumar not to commit "a historic blunder".

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  Ram Nath Kovind's pan-India tour starts from UP, meets lawmakers for support

  Politics | June 25, 2017 20:17 IST

  Though Uttar Pradesh has given the nation a number of Prime Ministers, it will be for the first time that the politically-crucial state will have the pride of sending someone to Rashtrapati Bhavan if Kovind is elected.

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  ‘This is how Meira Kumar treated me’, Swaraj tweets old video to target UPA’s prez nominee

  Politics | June 25, 2017 18:32 IST

  Swaraj claimed that Meira had interrupted her 60 times in a six-minute long speech on the floor of the Lok Sabha when she was speaking as the Leader of Opposition.

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  Ram Vilas Paswan lauds Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for backing Kovind, urges him to join NDA

  Politics | June 24, 2017 18:06 IST

  Yesterday, Nitish not only ruled out any change in his stand but also attacked the Congress for propping up 'Bihar ki beti' Meira Kumar as the opposition's candidate for a "lost cause".

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  President must uphold values of pluralism, says Meira Kumar

  Politics | June 23, 2017 23:13 IST

  Kumar, the joint opposition candidate announced by 17 non-NDA parties yesterday, is likely to file her nomination papers on June 27 or 28, which is the last date for submitting signatures of the endorsers and other documents.

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  Did Shiv Sena miss Ram Nath Kovind's nomination filing deliberately?

  Politics | June 23, 2017 22:47 IST

  Officially, Sena has stated there was no specific reason behind not attending the event.

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  Opposition nominating ‘Bihar ki beti’ a strategy of defeat: Nitish on Meira Kumar’s candidature

  Politics | June 23, 2017 23:06 IST

  Nitish said that the decision to support Kovind’s candidature was conveyed to Lalu and Congress president Sonia Gandhi well in advance’.

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  Don’t know what made Nitish Kumar back RSS man: Lalu Yadav targets Bihar alliance partner

  Politics | June 23, 2017 19:29 IST

  Calling opposition nominee Meira Kumar as ‘Bihar ki Beti’ (daughter of Bihar), Lalu said that his stand would have been the same – to oppose Ram Nath Kovind – even if the Congress would have decided to support him.

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  Amid BJP’s ‘show of strength’, Ram Nath Kovind files nomination for President

  Politics | June 23, 2017 12:55 IST

  Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Ministers from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan will come to Delhi to join Kovind as he files his nomination paper