President Elections 2012

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  Hillary Clinton Aide Testifies as Democrats Slam Benghazi Panel

  Hillary Clinton's long-time confidante testified Friday before US lawmakers investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Libya, as Democrats slammed the Republican-led actions as efforts to "derail" the ex-secretary of state's White House bid.

• Court allows Raja, Kanimozhi to vote for president

  A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed 2G case accused former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi to cast their vote in the presidential poll on Thursday.

• No grudge against Mamata Banerjee for supporting Pranab Mukherjee: PA Sangma

  National Democratic Alliance Presidential candidate P A Sangma on Wednesday said he had no grudge against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for supporting his rival Pranab Mukherjee stating all parties have their own "compulsions and calculations".

• DMK formally decides to vote for Pranab Mukherjee

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday held brief interactions with party MPs and MLAs on the issue of the Presidential election for which voting will take place on Thursday.

• Presidential poll: Sonia Gandhi meets party MPs

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday held brief interactions with party MPs from all states on the issue of the Presidential election for which voting will take place on Thursday.

• Read Pranab Mukherjee's letter to Mamata Banerjee seeking support for presidential poll

  UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee wrote a letter to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, seeking her support in the July 19 polls. Here is the letter Mr Mukherjee wrote to Ms Banerjee:

• Presidential polls could be as significant as 1969: PA Sangma

  Enthused by backing from 18 political parties, opposition Presidential Candidate P A Sangma on Sunday hoped to draw support from some more parties and said the July 19 polls could be as significant as the one held in 1969 when V V Giri defeated the Congress candidate.

• Presidential poll: Pranab Mukherjee in Jammu and Kashmir to drum up support

  UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday met members of the ruling National Conference-Congress coalition and opposition PDP to drum up support for his bid to enter the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

• BJP had 'no time' to take permission for Sangma posters

  How did the BJP welcome the NDA presidential candidate P A Sangma to the city on Tuesday? Believe it or not, by flouting BMC norms and pasting illegal hoardings. Asked why they hadn't bothered to take permission, party leaders said that they had not had 'the time'.

• President poll: Election Commission rejects Team Sangma's demand to re-examine Pranab Mukherjee's nomination

  The Election Commission today rejected Team Sangma's demand to re-examine Pranab Mukherjee's nomination for the President poll. BJP-backed Mr Sangma's election team had objected to the Returning Officer VK Agnihotri accepting Mr Mukherjee's nomination.

• DMK calls meeting on July 17 to discuss presidential polls

  The DMK, which is part of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), has called a meeting of its MPs and legislators on July 17 to discuss voting in the presidential elections.

• Presidential poll: Did I forge my own signature, asks Pranab Mukherjee

  The BJP-led Team Sangma is looking for every opportunity to trip him up, but the UPA's candidate for President, Pranab Mukherjee, is not fazed. He seems rather amused, ridiculing his opponent's supporters for their allegation that the signatures on his resignation letter to the Indian Statistical Institute are forged.

• Jailed MLAs at Akhilesh Yadav's lunch for Pranab Mukherjee

  The UPA's candidate for President, Pranab Mukherjee, broke bread yesterday in Lucknow with not just the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party head Mulayam Singh Yadav. Present at the grand lunch, among the many politicians and hangers-on, were two MLAs who are in jail on criminal charges.

• Pranab Mukherjee to visit Kerala on Wednesday

  UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Thiruvananthapuram tomorrow to seek the support of the members of the Kerala Assembly and MPs for his election to the highest office of the country.

• Presidential poll: Pranab Mukherjee's nomination accepted; resignation letter 'fabricated' says BJP

  It will be a Pranab Mukherjee versus Purno Sangma race to Rashtrapati Bhawan. A technical objection to Mr Mukherjee's nomination made by Team Sangma has been rejected by the returning officer, who has scrutinized and accepted Mr Mukherjee's nomination papers today. But the BJP, which is supporting Mr Sangma, will not give up yet, insisting that a l...