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Maldives Opposition's Ibrahim Mohamed Solih wins presidential election
Maldives Opposition's Ibrahim Mohamed Solih wins presidential election

Results showed that Solih, who had the backing of a united opposition trying...

Let contentious issues not distract us: Prez in I-Day address
Let contentious issues not distract us: Prez in I-Day address

Touching upon a range of issues, the President also said women were entitled...

Watch LIVE! President Kovind addresses nation on eve of I-Day
Watch LIVE! President Kovind addresses nation on eve of I-Day

On the eve of Independence Day, President Ramnath Kovind addresses the country.

President Kovind appoints Odisha, Mizoram governors
President Kovind appoints Odisha, Mizoram governors

President Kovind appointed Professor Ganeshi Lal as the Governor of Odisha...

President Kovind visits 'world's highest battlefield'
President Kovind visits 'world's highest battlefield'

Kovind is the first president to visit the Siachen base camp since the visit...

Disagree with other views but don't mock citizen's dignity: Prez Kovind
Disagree with other views but don't mock citizen's dignity: Prez Kovind

In his first Republic Day-eve address to the nation, the President also said...

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Naidu elected India's 13th Vice President with 516 votes

Gopalkrishna Gandhi could only manage 244 votes.

PHOTOS: Kovind sworn in as India's 14th President

Ram Nath Kovind is the first Bharatiya Janata Party leader and second Dalit...

FULL TEXT of President Ram Nath Kovind's first speech

'I bow to the 125 crore citizens of this great nation and promise to stay...

Meira congratulates Kovind, says it's on him to uphold the Constitution

Kumar thanked the leaders of 17 opposition parties, including Congress...

Kovind will carry vast experience to Rashtrapati Bhavan

The president-elect has vast public, social, and political experience which...

You'll know who's your new Prez at 5 pm tomorrow

The votes would be counted on four separate tables and there would be eight...

Kovind winds up nationwide tour with visits to Maha, Goa, Gujarat

Kovind spoke to Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray over phone and thanked him...

Prez poll: 75% MPs and MLAs entitled to vote are crorepatis

1581 MPs with criminal background will elect next President of India.

SP Pari'war' back to fore ahead of prez poll?

Akhilesh Yadav has instructed party MLAs to vote for opposition candidate...

Prez poll: Meira Kumar files nomination, says fight of ideology begins

Kumar will launch her campaign from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on June 30.

Sushma attacks Meira Kumar with 2013 speech video

'This is how Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar treated the Leader of Opposition,'...

Prez poll: Who will get how many votes

Kovind may bag over 62 per cent votes but fall short of the 69 per cent votes...

Kovind to file nomination on Friday; Modi, Shah to be present

Most BJP-led NDA CMs will also be present when Kovind files his papers.

Opposition names Meira Kumar as Prez nominee

Kumar, a Dalit, as its candidate for president against NDA's nominee Ram Nath...

Meira Kumar, a diplomat-turned-politician

Daughter of former deputy PM late Jagjivan Ram, Kumar, 72, was also the first...

Narayanan to Kovind, a tale of two Dalit Presidents

While it is the right-leaning Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)which chose Kovind,...

Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind resigns

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi will discharge the functions of...

All of India's parties must rally behind R N Kovind

'The Opposition parties should seriously give thought to endorsing Kovind's...

Prez poll: Rajnath, Venkaiah to meet Sonia for consensus candidate

They are likely to meet Sitaram Yechury following the meeting with Gandhi.

Prez poll: BJP forms 3-member committee for consensus candidate

The committee, comprising Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and M Venkaiah Naidu

Prez poll to be held on July 17, counting on July 20

The term of President Pranab Mukherjee ends on July 24.