JD-U fields retired IAS officer to take on Meira Kumar

Almost a fortnight after former bureaucrat K P Ramaiah took voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Service, he is ready to take on Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, a former Indian......

Sushma attacks Meira Kumar with 2013 speech video

Union minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday launched a veiled attack on Meira Kumar, the Opposition’s presidential candidate, by posting a video of a 2013 Lok Sabha speech in which......

Meira Kumar, a diplomat-turned-politician

A diplomat-turned-politician and Congress' Dalit face, Opposition's Presidential candidate Meira Kumar had a steady rise in echelons of power since she made her electoral debut in the mid-eighties.......

Sumitra Mahajan unanimously elected Speaker of Lok Sabha

Eight-term member Sumitra Mahajan was on Friday unanimously elected Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha, becoming the second woman presiding officer of the Lower House after her predecessor Meira Kumar.......