Why did Janata Dal (United) take a separate decision in support of the UPA nominee, Pranab Mukherjee, for President? Why did it not go with the BJP, its NDA partner?
The NDA was in the midst of a seri

After taking contrasting positions on supporting the next presidential candidate and the controversy created by Bihar chief minister’s comments on the NDA’s Prime Ministerial candidate, which led to

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the government would unveil on Monday measures to improve market conditions.

“The steps we have taken ... and we will be able to take certa

UPA’s Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, with the support of most of the UPA plus JD(U), CPI(M), Forward Bloc and Shiv Sena, now has at least 6.29 lakh assured votes, well beyond the 5,49,442 “m

The BJP’s decision to support former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma is to sustain the “anti-Congress, anti-UPA mood” in the country, the party’s national spokesperson Nirmala Seetharaman asserted, even

Thousands of protesters filled Cairo's Tahrir Square overnight as Egypt's rival presidential candidates, an Islamist and former general, accused each of trying to steal an election whose result is sti

Officials postponed declaring a winner in Egypt's disputed election on Wednesday, sending political tensions soaring as the country awaited its first new president in three decades.

Adding to the con

Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi claimed victory on Monday in Egypt's first free presidential vote, as the military handed itself sweeping powers in a move denounced by activists as a 'coup

Appreciating an 'overwhelming' response to her Facebook appeal for supporting former President APJ Abdul Kalam in the Presidential election, Mamata Banerjee on Saturday in another post expressed her t

Ruling out withdrawal from the Presidential fray, NCP leader P.A. Sangma on Monday said if necessary he would contest as an Independent and 'not let down' Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and Od