Politics

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lastgasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that seeks to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally co...

U.S. President Donald Trump headed back to Washington from his Florida resort on Thursday, a day earlier than planned, as he continued his fight with Congress over a defense bill and stimulus checks as well as a longshot bid to overturn his November elect...

After the coronavirus impact shrank the economy in the last two quarters, PM Narendra Modi’s government wants to boost spending on projects for roads, ports and pipelines in the next fiscal year to revive businesses and generate jobs.

The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville led to phone and data service outages and disruptions over hundreds of miles in the southern U.S., raising new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications.

All three major U.S. stock indexes opened at record highs on Monday, and Treasury yields rose as longawaited stimulus and Brexit trade deals fueled investors' risk appetite.

Shah did some plain-speaking at the meeting asking the state unit to keep the momentum going. He stressed on how from 2016 till now, the kind of work that was done by Sonowal-Himanta combine put them on strong footing ahead of the next year's assembly pol...

China will begin the annual meeting of its top legislative body on March 5 in the capital Beijing, official state media Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

Stocks closed slightly higher on Christmas Eve, as investors went into the holiday weekend not bothered by President Donald Trumps threat not to sign a major economic stimulus package approved by Congress this week.

Arya Rajendran was elected as the ward councillor from Mudavanmugal in the recently held Kerala civic body polls.

Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Thursday on hopes of a bigger coronavirus economic relief package, while Alibaba slumped after China launched an antitrust investigation into the ecommerce giant.

A bill to ban raceday doping of horses and set national medication and tracksafety standards for the horseracing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to the bill late Monday as part of the massive legislation on spending and...

Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened on growing worries about a mutant coronavirus strain in UK, while market response to a long awaited U.S. economic stimulus package limited bullion's losses.

Shares retreated in Asia on Tuesday after the U.S. included dozens more Chinese companies in a Commerce Department blacklist in another blow to markets already wracked with uncertainty over the pandemic.

The huge pandemic relief and spending bill includes billions of dollars to promote clean energy such as wind and solar power while sharply reducing over time the use of potent coolants in air conditioners and refrigerators that are considered a major driv...

Equities around the world tumbled on Monday, the dollar strengthened and oil prices plunged as concerns about a new coronavirus strain in Britain threatened to torpedo optimism over a vaccinefuelled rebound in economic growth.

Actor-politician Urmila Matondkar says women are often easily targeted in the world of politics, but it is important for them to stay focused. During a virtual session of "We The Women" with journalist Barkha Dutt on Friday night, the Shiv Sena leader s...