A male bastion falls And if the vitriolic attacks on her and her family are anything to go by, the 72-year-old woman, who likes to keep her head covered with her sari and wears a large bindi that married Indian women sport, has broken six decades of male monopoly over presidency.
BJP rejects Cong proposal on V-P Undeterred by the defeat of NDA-backed "independent" candidate B S Shekhawat in the presidential election, BJP rejected the Congress appeal to support the ruling coalition's vice presidential candidate Hamid Ansari.
Celebration time for Madam Prez Accompanied by Ms Gandhi and Dr Singh, Ms Patil faced the cameras for the first time since the controversies on her close family members alleged involvement in a bank scam and in a murder trial, broke out.
Patils village in Rajasthan comes to a standstill
Elation over bahus election With Pratibha Patil finally getting elected as the first woman President of the country, its celebration time in Chhoti Losal, which happens to be the village of her in-laws, while a few kilometres away, the mood in Bhairon Singh Shekhawats native place Khachariawas was obviously not upbeat.
Jalgaon on top of the world Jalgaon, the small but wealthy city in Khandesh region, was on the top of the world Saturday as it became official Pratibha Patil would be the country's first woman president.
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