Bombarded with questions related to winnability in the presidential poll, a visibly-irked Meira Kumar shot back: "Should I withdraw because I don't have enough numbers to win the poll?" Read Less , a ...

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Ahead of the second phase of polling, the Congress on Tuesday fielded Anshul Avijit, the son of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, as its candidate for the Patna Sahib Lok ...

Ram Nath Kovind has won the presidential election after securing over two-thirds of the total electoral college votes. Mr Kovind will be sworn-in as the 14th President of India on July 25. Prime ...

The Central Information Commissioner (CIC) will today hear a case on the allotment status of house number 6, Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi, which was the residence of senior Congress leader Babu ...

Ahead of the Union Budget to be presented on July 23 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, calls to grant Special Category status to Bihar have intensified in the State. Former Speaker and ...

New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Unfazed by JD-U’s decision to back NDA’s Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind, major opposition parties will meet here on Thursday amid indications that former Lok Sabha ...

Soma Banerjee is the National Economics Editor of The Economic Times. A journalist for two decades, she has written on government and policy extensively. Tracking the growth of infrastructure with ...

Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar on Wednesday categorically stated that there should not be one upmanship on caste for the post of President. Meira Kumar filed her nomination today for ...

Sasaram (Bihar), Apr 10: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar failed to cast her vote in Delhi as she is busy in Sasaram constituency which witnessed polling today. Kumar is registered in the voters’ list at ...

Chunav Flashback: In 1985, the Bijnor Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh witnessed an interesting bypoll contest between Congress' Meira Kumar, Janata Dal's Ram Vilas Paswan and Bahujan Samaj Party's ...

There is no euphoria in the Congress at the prospect of giving the nation its first woman Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, who is also a Dalit. On the contrary, there is trepidation among Congress ...