Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday dismissed as speculation reports that he has emerged as a front runner in the race for presidential election.

"It is speculative. I don't want to comment

Pitching for a tribal candidate for the President's post, NCP leader P.A. Sangma on Friday said efforts are on to make all political parties agree on it.

"Tribal leaders belonging to all political p

The Congress is hoping for the support of the Trinamool Congress in the presidential polls when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee meets party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Si

In a surprise statement, Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the Congress has announced that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is not their Presidential candidate, comments that came shortly after a Co

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and is believed to have discussed the coming Presidential election.

Emerging from the meeting at Gandhi's re

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were set to meet their Janata Dal-United (JD-U) counterparts on Wednesday, a day after the allies differed over the presidential candidate, sources said.

The JD-U

Indicating fissures in the NDA over the issue of Presidential election, the JD-U on Tuesday snubbed the BJP for unilaterally announcing its stand on the issue.

"Whatever Sushma Swaraj has said is th

Left parties, which have been advocating 'maximum consensus' to elect a new President, may not be averse to supporting a candidate like Vice President Hamid Ansari if Congress comes up with his name.

Expressing doubts whether creation of Lokpal will put a lid on corruption completely, former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Tuesday said Lokpal would only fill up jails and children and youth could b

Regional players are emerging kingmakers in the coming presidential election after main Opposition BJP refused to back a Congress nominee on Monday.

BJP also made it clear it was not interested in a