Politics

A division bench presided by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal fixed the matter for hearing at 2 pm on Wednesday.

Many workers emerging from the pandemic dont want to return to the jobs they once had. Layoffs and lockdowns combined with enhanced unemployment benefits and stimulus checks gave many Americans the time and the financial cushion to rethink their careers....

The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board will step down from his position at the end of June, and the Biden administration is expected to nominate a fellow board member to replace him, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated...

The World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) said on Monday it is pushing ahead with many reforms recommended by the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) but hit back by urging the United States to get its own doping house in order.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is over the hump on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nations largest gasoline pipeline.

Mississippi will remain in the minority of states without a medical marijuana program after the state Supreme Court on Friday overturned an initiative that voters approved last fall a decision that also limits other citizenled efforts to put issues on th...

President Joe Biden's lone Cabinet choice who was rebuffed by Congress has landed a job as a White House senior adviser.

The U.S. special envoy for Central America met El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, during a visit to reiterate that Washington considers the recent removal of top judges and the attorney general to be unconstitutional.

Democratic Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana was sworn into the House on Tuesday, adding some breathing room to the partys tight majority.

There was no decision on settling the party's leadership crisis even as Rahul Gandhi was absent.

Over 140 of the 291 newly-elected members of the West Bengal assembly took oath on Thursday at a ceremony held following COVID-19 protocols, an official said. Protem Speaker Subrata Mukherjee administered the oath of office and secrecy to the MLAs.

Former President Donald Trump wont return to Facebook at least not yet. Four months after Facebook suspended Trumps accounts, having concluded that he incited violence leading to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the companys quasiindependent oversight boa...

A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trumpera Justice Department prepared for thenAttorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia invest...

Lyft Inc on Tuesday posted significantly lower losses than expected and reiterated its goal to be profitable on an adjusted basis in the third quarter thanks to continued cost cuts that allow the company to earn more per ride.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will participate in a highlevel U.N. Security Council meeting Friday chaired by Chinas foreign minister on strengthening global cooperation and the key role of the United Nations in harnessing international action to...

Colombia's finance minister resigned and the country's currency, bonds and stock markets fell on Monday after President Ivan Duque withdrew a tax reform proposal seen as important for fiscal stability.