Politics

Prashant Kishor’s visit comes at the backdrop of the controversy over the hacking of phone numbers of India’s top politicians, journalists and dignitaries using Israeli spyware Pegasus.

Protests against poverty and inequality resumed in Colombia on Tuesday as President Ivan Duque presented a $4 billion tax plan aimed at helping the government pay for social programs and pandemicrelated expenses.

California will hold a recall election Sept. 14 that could remove firstterm Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. The date was set by Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, a Democrat and Newsom ally, after election officials certified that 1.7 million valid peti...

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey echoed the NCAA president's call for potential changes in how college athletics are governed Monday, though he did not endose a breakaway by the five most powerful leagues.

With the Assam Police unearthing a 'cash-for-marks' scam in state board examinations, the opposition Congress on Monday demanded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's intervention to initiate corrective measures for the interest of students. The party al...

Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has given a notice in the Rajya Sabha under Rule 267 to discuss the Pegasus 'snooping' issue, the party said on Monday. Opposition parties on Monday hit out at the government over the alleged phone-tapping of p...

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee leaders were getting anxious about the prevailing situation and the meeting convened by Sunil Jakhar was being seen as an attempt to gauge the mood within the party.

The MLAs said that since merely six months were left for the elections, pulling the party into different directions will only harm its prospects in the 2022 polls.

Speaking to the media on Saturday, Senior Chautala said his prediction of early polls was based on the premise that every citizen is aggrieved due to BJP's "wrong policies".

The Punjab unit of the Congress party is battling huge infighting with the high command struggling to implement its 'peace formula', which seems to centre around Sidhu's elevation as the PCC chief.

Sheltered in a downtown D.C. hotel, the Democratic lawmakers who left Texas to block a restrictive voting bill are living a life of stress and scrutiny.

Argentina on Wednesday reported more than 100,000 deaths from COVID19 since the pandemic began, a heavy blow to a country that intermittently imposed some of the most severe lockdowns in the world, only to see erratic compliance by many people.

The promise included 300 units of free electricity for every home a month, waiving of pending bills, 24/7 power supply and free electricity for farmers.

Thackeray’s message comes amid reports of growing dissent among the allies, just days after Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole alleged that the Sena and NCP are keeping a watch on his movement.

According to highly placed sources within AAP, consumption above 300 units would be charged at 50 per cent only.

"As per the Constitution, cooperative institutions registered in a state come under the (jurisdiction of that respective) state," he said. The Centre's newly-formed ministry is about multi-state cooperative institutions, the former Union minister said.