Ram Nath Kovind to be the next president: Dalit leaders voice their expectations, say president-elect must speak for community
Charu Bahri • 8 years agoTwo decades on, for the second time in the history of India, a Dalit — who is also a longstanding BJP leader and former governor of Bihar — Ram Nath Kovind, has been elected to the highest office. Is this a sign that the welfare of Dalits is a key government priority?
Ram Nath Kovind is BJP's choice for president: All you need to know about the Dalit leader from UP
Fp Staff • 8 years agoKovind, a Dalit leader from Uttar Pradesh, has a long career in politics behind him.
President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Dehradun today
• 8 years agoPresident Pranab Mukherjee will visit Dehradun on Monday to inaugurate the annexe of Ashiana, the presidential retreat.
Ram Nath Kovind to file presidential nomination today at 11.45 am in presence of Narendra Modi, NDA ministers
• 8 years agoRam Nath Kovind will file his nomination papers on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and most BJP-led NDA chief ministers
Presidential Election 2017: What Indian op-eds said about Ram Nath Kovind's nomination by NDA
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday threw a surprise by nominating Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind as the NDA choice for the President's post, stunning the opposition which accused the ruling party of unilateralism.
Presidential Election 2017: BSP cannot take negative stand against Dalit candidate, says Mayawati
• 8 years agoHours after the NDA picked up Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind as its candidate for the post of president, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said on Monday that her party cannot take a negative stand against a Dalit nominee.
Presidential Election 2017: Analysis of past polls reveal high probability for close contest
• 8 years agoPolitical parties may be in hectic huddles to forge a consensus for the upcoming presidential poll, but history shows that almost all presidential polls in India have seen a contest
Declassified CIA documents: India's lackadaisical approach to files bodes ill for national security
Jaideep Prabhu123 • 8 years agoEarlier this month, the CIA made millions of its declassified documents available online. Many Indians were shocked to realise that number of their political leaders during the Cold War provided information to US intelligence services.
PV Narasimha Rao: India's quiet PM who used IB to sniff political turmoils
Ajay Singh • 9 years agoDIB’s role has been replaced by the NSA’s, But, at the same time, it would be naïve to assume that the IB is not used to gather political intelligence.
Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre: No one killed 58 Dalits
Manoj • 12 years agoThe spate of acquittals in massacre cases like Bathani Tola and Laxmanpur-Bathe by the Patna High Court stirs a political debate. Will Nitish Kumar rise up to the occasion to give justice to the Dalits?