The counting of votes to elect the 15th President of India will begin at 11 am on Thursday at the Parliament House here
BJP-led NDA's candidate for presidential polls, Droupadi Murmu was asked to make an affirmation that she will not be a "rubber stamp Rashtrapati" by Yashwant Sinha , her political opponent
The polling for the Presidential election will take place on July 18 from 10 am to 5 pm in Room Number 63 of the Parliament House
Sinha will address a press conference on Monday at 4 p.m. and will then begin his campaign
With Murmu's nomination, the BJP is sending out a significant political message after elevating a Dalit, Ram Nath Kovind, to the top post five years back
Murmu holds the distinction of becoming the first woman Governor of Jharkhand; if elected, Murmu will also be the first president to be born after Independence
While 11 filed their nominations on the first day of filing the papers on June 15, three filed their nominations on Thursday and only one on Friday
President Kovind arrived in Kingstown after participating in a range of activities in Jamaica, including an address to the joint sitting of the Jamaican parliament
The two countries also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate close academic and training exchange for foreign service officers of Jamaica in India
The President who visited here on the first leg of his two-nation visit will be in Jamaica till May 18 and then will travel to St Vincent and Grenadines
President Kovind will inaugurate "Ambedkar avenue", a road named after Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar tomorrow and he will also inaugurate the Jamaica-India friendship garden
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said girls outperforming boys in various examinations indicated that India was on course to become a "gender-just" nation in future
The Indian President is elected indirectly by an Electoral College