Tag: Presidential Elections

New Delhi: NDAs Ramnath Kovind was leading over opposition-backed Meira Kumar on Thursday after the first round of vote count in the Presidential election. According to Lok Sabha Secretary General Anoop Mishra, the Returning Officer for the July 20 election, Kovind secured 60,683 value of votes after ballots from four states – Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, […]

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who had hosted a luncheon meeting of opposition leaders from 17 political parties, has constituted a sub-group of representatives to take forward the deliberations and discussions on the presidential election. “Presidential election was briefly discussed today (in the Congress Working Committee meeting). It was decided in the luncheon meeting (hosted […]

Washington: Intelligence officials around the world on Tuesday were jolted by revelations in a top-secret report from the US National Security Agency that Russia made hacking attacks to influence the 2016 American presidential election. The NSA report published on Monday by online news organisation The Intercept said that Russia’s military intelligence conducted over 100 cyberattacks […]

New Delhi: The Congress said on Friday that the opposition was committed to field “the most credible and winning face” in the presidential elections due in July. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters that the opposition would contest to win the election and every possible effort is underway “without fear, favour or restriction and […]