Describing as ill-conceived a petition challenging his election as president, Pranab Mukherjee has told the Supreme Court that at the time of filing his nomination papers he held no office of profit.

NDA-backed presidential candidate P.A. Sangma will get only three votes from AP as the Telugu Desam and the TRS have decided to abstain from polling. TD president N. Chandrababu Naidu, after deta-ile

Undaunted by the threat of disciplinary action by his own party, the NCP, P.A.