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Pranab Mukherjee resigns as Finance Minister; PM to take additional charge, say sources
Pranab Mukherjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his 7 Race Course Road residence and resigned as India's Finance Minister today. Dr Singh is expected to take additional charge of the crucial Finance Ministry, sources have said. An announcement is expected soon.
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Why Shiv Sena is really supporting Pranab for president
History is all set to repeat itself. As the Presidential race takes more twists and turns than a Bollywood potboiler, Shiv Sena is all set to add its own intriguing subplot to the saga, by abandoning its own alliance - the BJP-led NDA - to enlist support for Pranab Mukherjee, the presidential candidate fielded by the Congress. The Sena's willingne...
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What President Pranab Mukherjee means for the Congress
By all accounts, Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi does not trust the man she nominated on Friday to become the next president of India, Pranab Mukherjee. But with her party facing tough elections due by 2014 he may be her ace in the hole.
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Presidential polls: No celebration at Pranab's constituency
It should have been a reason to celebrate - for the first time, a leader from the state is in the fray to be the President of India. But UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee is not a very popular man in his own backyard - his Lok Sabha constituency Jangipur in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
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Divide in NDA over Pranab Mukherjee as President?
The crucial meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to decide on their candidate for the July 19 presidential polls has begun in New Delhi. But whether they will support UPA-backed Pranab Mukherjee or name another candidate in the race to Raisina Hill remains to be seen.
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Presidential poll: Process for filing nominations begins today
The process for filing of nominations for the July 19 Presidential poll starts today with the issue of notification by the Election Commission.
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President Pranab? Consensus builds, he reaches out to 'sister' Mamata
Pranab Mukherjee may find the last leg of his journey to Rashtrapati Bhavan surprisingly easy - he's within striking distance of being elected unopposed. At a meeting this evening at the Prime Minister's house, the UPA finally declared Mr Mukherjee as its candidate for President of India. An hour later, the must-have support of Mulayam Singh Yadav ...
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UPA picks Pranab Mukherjee for president, will Mamata quit?
It is finally official. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA's candidate. His candidacy was ratified at a meeting of the Congress's allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 7 Race Course Road residence today.
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Pranab Mukherjee resigns as Finance Minister; PM to take additional charge, say sources
Pranab Mukherjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his 7 Race Course Road residence and resigned as India's Finance Minister today. Dr Singh is expected to take additional charge of the crucial Finance Ministry, sources have said. An announcement is expected soon.
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Why Shiv Sena is really supporting Pranab for president
History is all set to repeat itself. As the Presidential race takes more twists and turns than a Bollywood potboiler, Shiv Sena is all set to add its own intriguing subplot to the saga, by abandoning its own alliance - the BJP-led NDA - to enlist support for Pranab Mukherjee, the presidential candidate fielded by the Congress. The Sena's willingne...
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What President Pranab Mukherjee means for the Congress
By all accounts, Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi does not trust the man she nominated on Friday to become the next president of India, Pranab Mukherjee. But with her party facing tough elections due by 2014 he may be her ace in the hole.
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Presidential polls: No celebration at Pranab's constituency
It should have been a reason to celebrate - for the first time, a leader from the state is in the fray to be the President of India. But UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee is not a very popular man in his own backyard - his Lok Sabha constituency Jangipur in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
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Divide in NDA over Pranab Mukherjee as President?
The crucial meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to decide on their candidate for the July 19 presidential polls has begun in New Delhi. But whether they will support UPA-backed Pranab Mukherjee or name another candidate in the race to Raisina Hill remains to be seen.
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Presidential poll: Process for filing nominations begins today
The process for filing of nominations for the July 19 Presidential poll starts today with the issue of notification by the Election Commission.
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President Pranab? Consensus builds, he reaches out to 'sister' Mamata
Pranab Mukherjee may find the last leg of his journey to Rashtrapati Bhavan surprisingly easy - he's within striking distance of being elected unopposed. At a meeting this evening at the Prime Minister's house, the UPA finally declared Mr Mukherjee as its candidate for President of India. An hour later, the must-have support of Mulayam Singh Yadav ...
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UPA picks Pranab Mukherjee for president, will Mamata quit?
It is finally official. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA's candidate. His candidacy was ratified at a meeting of the Congress's allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 7 Race Course Road residence today.
