Meira Kumar, the joint opposition candidate for the President, may not make it to Rashtrapati Bhavan in July 2017, given the way the numbers are stacked in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

When Meira Kumar was elected speaker of the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament, in 2009, she set out to drastically reduce the use of paper. Her office took a major step in this ...

PERSONAL LIFE Meira Kumar, born in Bihar's Arrah district, is the daughter of prominent Dalit leader and former deputy prime minister Jagjivan Ram, and freedom fighter, Indrani Devi.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has floored an audience that included her Pakistani counterpart, senior ministers and parliamentarians by delivering a speech in flawless Urdu laced with couplets ...

Meira Kumar was named as the nominee of the major opposition parties for the presidential election to be held on July 17, 2017. Her nomination as the presidential candidate was announced on June ...

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Meira Kumar, former minister, Lok Sabha Speaker and a Presidential candidate, reacted with a visceral tweet today to the death of a 9-year-old in Rajasthan.

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 ...

Meira Kumar is an Indian politician and a five time Member of Parliament. She was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha and served from 2009 to 2014. She is a lawyer and a ...

Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Saturday ruled out suspension of opposition lawmakers for stalling the house over the coal scam. The suspected "coalgate" affair has paralysed the Parliament after ...

Meira Kumar, 64, was elected unanimously as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha in the lower house of Parliament, where she will preside over 543 elected members. There are 58 women in the House.

Meira Kumar, former minister, Lok Sabha Speaker and a Presidential candidate, reacted with a visceral tweet today to the death of a 9-year-old in Rajasthan.