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Mulayam evades comment on Kalam's candidature

As speculation mounted over his party's stand on backing the candidature of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, proposed jointly with TMC, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday appeared to leave the issue vague avoi

SP says it does not favour mid-term polls

Amid speculation that Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee wanted mid-term polls, Samajwadi Party on Friday said it does not favour such a situation but made it clear that it will not join the UPA

West Bengal CM Mamata unlikely to meet PM Manmohan Singh

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Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, who has teamed up with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to come up with their own names for the Presidential poll, is unlikely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a

Prez poll: Cong top brass to meet, strategise its response

Faced with dramatic developments in the presidential race after allies proposed fresh names, Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, will meet on T

Prez race: Sonia meets Pranab, other top leaders

With key allies rejecting her choice for President, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday was huddled in meetings with senior leaders and allies to zero in on a consensus candidate.

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Kalam to “wait and watch’

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, whose name has been floated by Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress as the presidential candidate, has decided to adopt a wait and watch approach on the issue which has generated a lot of political heat.

Miffed PM cancels meet with Mamata

Apparently upset with Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and Samjawadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav jointly naming him as one of their preferred candidates for President, Prime Minister Manm

Prez polls: Mamata, SP boil the race

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In a fresh twist to the race for Raisina Hill, the Mamata-Mulayam duo sprang a surprise on Wednesday by proposing the names of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Manmohan Singh and Somnath Chatterjee as their three

Congress will not jettison PM

The dramatic developments on Wednesday unleashed by UPA-2 partner Mamata Banerjee on the issue of the presidential poll leave two clear messages.

The first is that there is no way Congress plans to

NDA yet to zero in on names for Presidenial, Vice-Presidential polls

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As speculation about candidates for Presidential poll intensified after Election Commission announcing July 19 as the poll date, NDA convener Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said the Opposition alliance

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