Mayawati said the decision came keeping in mind that the Adivasi samaj is an important part of the party's movement...

Sources said she called Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee personally and spoke to them before filing her nomination for the July 18 presidential election...

The armed personnel, about eight to ten working in shifts, will escort the 84-year-old whenever he moves across the country...

However, the choice of presidential candidates by any political party or alliance is coloured by its political or electoral goals...

Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha asserted that he is fighting an ideological contest and the country should not have a 'rubber-stamp president'...

He will file his nomination for the election on June 27 and is most likely to begin campaigning from Jharkhand and Bihar...

The armed squad took over the security of Murmu, 64, early Wednesday morning...

Ruling combine has over 48 per cent vote share in the electoral college to pick the new president...

The former Union minister's announcement came amid speculation that his name will be pitched by Bengal CM as joint opposition candidate for upcoming presidential polls...

The 77-year-old was the consensus Opposition candidate for the post of Vice President of India in 2017 but had lost to M Venkaiah Naidu in the election...