Exactly 50 years after late philosopher-statesman Dr S. Radhakakrishnan's feat, Hamid Ansari on Tuesday emulated his footsteps by getting a second term as Vice President, a position into which he had

Stage is set for a direct fight between UPA nominee Hamid Ansari and his NDA counterpart Jaswant Singh for the vice-president's post as their nomination papers were accepted during scrutiny on Saturday.

National Democratic Alliance's vice-presidential candidate Jaswant Singh will file his nomination papers here on Friday afternoon.

NDA's nominee Jaswant Singh on Friday filed his nomination papers for the Vice-Presidential poll in the presence of opposition leaders including L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Sharad Yadav.

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UPA's Vice-Presidential candidate Hamid Ansari filed his nomination papers here on Wednesday for the August 7 poll in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi

At a high-level meeting here, the National Democrative Alliance led by BJP has decided to field its senior leader Jaswant Singh to take on Congress nominee and incumbent Hamid Ansari in the vice-presidential elections.

Nominated as the NDA candidate for the vice president election, BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Monday said he would reach out to the non-NDA parties including UPA partner Trinamool Congress for their support.

Keen to dispel the notion of a chasm between his party and BJP, JD(U), which has backed UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, on Monday supported BJP's bid for contest in the vice-presidential election.

Putting a lid over speculation about his entry into the vice-presidential race, former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Sunday categorically said that he would not contest for the post.

Key NDA ally JD(U), which has supported UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, on Sunday gave broad indication that it would go with BJP's decision for a contest in Vice-Presidential electi