Politics
Biden Seeks Common Ground With Mexico And Canada At Summit But Tensions Remain
U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Canadian and Mexican leaders on Thursday for their first North American summit in five years in a bid to revitalize regional cooperation that was shadowed by tensions over Biden's "Buy American" agenda and immigration.
Biden: US 'Considering' Diplomatic Boycott Of China Olympics
Washington (AP) President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States was considering a diplomatic boycott of next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing over China's human rights abuses, a move that would keep American dignitaries, but not athletes, from t...
Mahua Mitra Moves SC Against Centre's Ordinances On Powers To Extend Tenure Of CBI, ED Directors
Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against two ordinances brought out by the Centre under which the tenure of directors of the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate can now be extended by up to three years after the mandated term...
Chaos in Bengal Assembly Over Reduction in Liquor Prices, BJP MLAs Walk Out
As the speaker refused to admit the adjournment motions, the BJP MLAs trooped into the Well, shouting slogans against the Mamata Banerjee-led government.
Leahy Retirement Sets Off Scramble In Vermont For Successor
Democrat Patrick Leahys announcement that he will retire after eight terms in the Senate has set off a scramble in Vermont over the rare opening in the states tiny congressional delegation.
Amarinder Identifying Unhappy Congmen Who May Jump Ship & Join His Crew: Sources
The former Punjab chief minister's camp has started throwing feelers to senior Congress leaders, hoping to get them on board before his party is registered by the Election Commission, said the sources.
Trinamool Is Sending Thieves And Corrupt Leaders to Tripura, Claims BJP's Dilip Ghosh
Speaking to the media, Ghosh repeatedly stressed there were criminal cases against most of the leaders of the state government in Bengal.
Argentines, In Shadow Of Economic Crisis, Vote In Crunch Midterms
Argentines voted on Sunday in midterm elections that will establish the power balance in Congress, with the ruling Peronist party battling to avoid damaging losses that could erase its majority in the Senate held for almost 40 years.
Eggs, Black Flags Greet BJD Minister, MLA In Bargarh On Way To CM's Meeting
Eggs were hurled targeting a state minister and an MLA of the ruling BJD in Odisha on Saturday as the opposition BJP and Congress intensified their stir demanding removal and arrest of minister D S Mishra for his alleged links with the prime accused in th...
Rein Of Jharkhand In Hands Of 'MiddleMen', Not CM: BJP's Raghubar Das
BJP national vice-president Raghubar Das on Saturday claimed that the JMM-led government in Jharkhand may fall any moment as the rein of the state is not in the hands of Chief Minister Hemant Soren but "middlemen and commission takers". Das, a former ch...
All Eyes on Tripura's Municipal Polls, as TMC and BJP Lock Horns in Political Charged Agartala
TMC claims that its candidates are intimidated every day. Yesterday, their candidate of 48 ward house was attacked, the party stated.
Priyanka Gandhi Skips Kasganj Visit, Sends Party Leaders to Meet Kin of Youth Who Died in Police Custody
A delegation of senior party leaders led by UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu went to meet the family of the deceased in Kasganj.
Scuffle Between Farmers, Akali Workers Over Harsimrat Badal's Visit
A scuffle erupted between a group of farmers and some Akali activists following a protest against the visit of former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal here on Wednesday. Both the factions accused each other of opening fire in the air and indulging i...
Scuffle Between Farmers, Akali Workers Over Harsimrat Badal's Visit
A scuffle erupted between a group of farmers and some Akali activists following a protest against the visit of former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal here on Wednesday. Both the factions accused each other of opening fire in the air and indulging i...
Punjab Congress Conflict: Sidhu Wins the Battle But Channi Knows the Real War Lies Ahead
Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi has finally accepted state advocate general APS Deol's resignation, as demanded by Sidhu.
Biden Asking Democrats Do So Much With So Little In Congress
Rarely have the leaders of Congress been asked to do so much, with so little, as in navigating President Joe Bidens big domestic vision into law.