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PM Modi urges lawmakers to hold "discussions with open mind for productive
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Just before the commencement of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged lawmakers to hold discussions on various issues with an open mind to make the session fruitful and productive.
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Draupadi Murmu Vs Yashwant Sinha: Polling begins for Presidential Election
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Polling began on Monday in the Parliament and respective State Legislative Assemblies to elect a new President of India.
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Kharge calls Alva better candidate than Dhankhar for vice presidential pol
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the joint opposition candidate for Vice-President Margaret Alva is better than the ruling National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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Presidential poll: Odisha BJP offers prayers for Droupadi Murmu's victory
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], July 17 (ANI): A day ahead of the Presidential polls in the country, the Odisha BJP unit offered prayers at different temples in the state for NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu's victory.
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Ex-Union minister Margaret Alva Opposition's candidate for Vice-Presidenti
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Margaret Alva is the opposition's joint candidate for the August 6 vice presidential election.
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Presidential polls: Patnaik calls Droupadi Murmu 'daughter of Odisha,' ann
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Just a day before July 18 Presidential polls in the country, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will get full support from the Biju Janata Dal.
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Whenever Jagdeep Dhankhar takes up task he completes it, says brother Rand
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 17 (ANI): A day after Jagdeep Dhankhar was declared the NDA candidate for the Vice presidential polls, his brother Randeep Dhankhar on Sunday said that whenever the Governor takes up any task he makes it a point to complete it.
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Sri Lanka's LoP Premadasa raises concern over Presidential polls, says "Pa
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka's main Opposition leader and front-runner in the race for the next President, Sajith Premadasa on Sunday expressed his concerns over the Presidential polls and said that the current parliament does not represent the majority opinion of the people
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"Don't want statue in Rashtrapati Bhavan, never heard Droupadi Murmu's voi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Sheohar (Bihar) [India], July 17 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, while referring to NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu and comparing it with Opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha, said that polls will be held for the election of the President and not to install "a
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Prakash Ambedkar urges Yashwant Sinha to withdraw from Presidential race
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): Days ahead of the Presidential polls, Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi national president Prakash Ambedkar on Saturday urged Opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha to withdraw from the race and said that many "Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe members" fr
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NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu arrives in Raipur
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chattisgarh) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Presidential candidate of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Droupadi Murmu on Friday arrived in Raipur to garner the support of the party legislators of the state for the presidential polls set to take place on July 18.
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Setback to Akhilesh, Rajbhar's SBSP to support Droupadi Murmu in president
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): In another setback to the Opposition ahead of Presidential polls, Samajwadi Party ally Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Friday confirmed his support for the NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu.
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