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Cong yet to decide who will take on Modi

The Congress is yet to identify its nominee against chief minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls at a time when its campaign committee chief Shankarsinh Vaghela is confident of

Parties to realign ahead of Prez poll

The process of political realignment has begun in the middle of the presidential election. While the Congress could be compelled to go for the UPA-3 if the BJP-RSS projects Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, regional players have been lacking appeal, charisma and modern vision despite being keen to be relevant at the national level.

Who will convince Mamata?

The guessing game has begun in the UPA circles on who can convince the Trinamul Congress boss Mamata Banerjee to support the presidential candidate, Mr Pranab Mukherjee.

Buzz in UPA: Who will be govt No. 2?

A guessing game has begun in UPA circles on who will be the new number two in the Manmohan Singh government after Mr Pranab Mukherjee’s elevation to Rashtrapati Bhavan next month.

The new Leader of

Buzz in UPA: Who will be govt No. 2?

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee at Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission, near Kolkata on Sunday morning.

A guessing game has begun in UPA circles on who will be the new number two in the Manmohan Singh government after Mr Pranab Mukherjee’s elevation to Rashtrapati Bhavan next month.

Cross-voting in Prez polls likely

Jayanthi Natarajan and Manmohan Singh at the RIO+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, on Thursday-PTI

Talk of cross-voting in the forthcoming presidential election has begun in political circles following divisions in the Congress-led UPA, the BJP-led NDA and the Left.

Cross-voting talk begins in Presidential polls

Talk of cross-voting in the presidential election has begun in the political circles following the divisions in the three Fronts, the Congress-led UPA, the BJP-led NDA and the Left .

While the Congre

Trinamul Congress risks angering Bengal

The UPA stands to gain in the forthcoming presidential election as it has received support from the SP, BSP, JD(U), CPI(M), Shiv Sena, RJD, Janata Dal(S) and the Forward Bloc.

Sangma quits NCP, NDA may back him

New permutations and combinations are emerging in the presidential election, to be held next month. While the NDA appears set to “adopt” P.A. Sangma after the latter resigned from the NCP on Wednesday, the JD(U) and Shiv Sena are moving closer to the Congress-led UPA. The Left parties cannot support a BJP-backed candidate ideologically or politically.

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