Presidential Poll

In the poll of 2,521 voters conducted by Realmeter from October 31 to November 4, 34.2 per cent positively assessed Yoon's job performance, down 1.5 percentage points from the previous week

President-elect Droupadi Murmu will take oath of office of the highest constitutional post of the country on Monday followed by a 21 gun salute

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday visited Droupadi Murmu's temporary residence here and congratulated her on being elected as the 15th President of India

During the counting of votes for the presidential elections, Droupadi Murmu was found to have received one vote from Kerala, a state with no BJP legislator in the 140-member Assembly

Gets more than 64% of the votes cast; first tribal woman to occupy the highest office

The counting of votes to elect the 15th President of India will begin at 11 am on Thursday at the Parliament House here

Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha said the presidential poll would decide the direction of the country as to whether democracy will remain or not

After casting his vote in the state Assembly premises, Goa CM Pramod Sawant told reporters that he has requested all the MLAs to vote for the NDAs candidate Droupadi Murmu in the president

The Monsoon session of the Lok Sabha began on Monday with obituary references and new members taking oath, and was then adjourned till 2 pm so members could vote in the presidential poll

Polling for the presidential election began in West Bengal assembly at 10 am on Monday with lawmakers of both ruling TMC and opposition BJP queuing up at the assembly premises to cast their votes

Prime Minister Modi was among the first to cast his vote in Parliament as voting for the presidential election began in which NDA candidate Murmu is pitted against joint opposition candidate Sinha

But the election of the President is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote

As the ruling NDA held a mock voting drill on Sunday ahead of the Presidential poll, one surprise participant was LJP-Ram Vilas chief Chirag Paswan, though he says he is no longer part of the grouping

The Opposition's candidate for the next week's Presidential election, Yashwant Sinha, has cancelled his visit to Mumbai scheduled in the wake of the Shiv Sena announcing support for Murmu

The joint nominee of non-BJP parties for the presidential polls, Yashwant Sinha, has arrived in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi to muster support of legislators and parliamentarians over his candidature

Opposition parties' joint Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of indulging in horse trading in the election for the country's highest constitutional post

Just 3 days ahead of the Presidential election, the joint opposition nominee for the top post, Yashwant Sinha, faced a major setback after JMM officially announced its support for Murmu

National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will meet MLAs and MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa on Thursday, a party leader said.

Opposition's presidential pick Yashwant Sinha is scheduled to visit Patna on July 15 to garner support for the July 18 poll

The much-awaited expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde may take place after the July 18 presidential polls, the Shinde-led camp of Shiv Sena MLAs has indicated