Politics

Government statistics bear out the gargantuan challenges on the economic and law-and-order fronts that stood before Nitish when he took the reins of the state after the "jungle raj" years of Lalu and Rabri, and the turnaround he brought with a series of d...

The BJP had alleged that the arrest of Goswami by Raigad police on Wednesday in the 2018 case was politically motivated and amounted to muzzling the freedom of press.

The NDA's chief ministerial candidate was addressing a rally at Dhamdaha in Purnea district. Campaigning for the last of the three-phase election ended on Thursday.

Gold jumped to a twoweek high on Thursday as the dollar slipped, with investors betting on the likelihood of bigger economic support measures as Joe Biden inches closer to the Oval Office going into the final stretch of the U.S. elections.

The government had in October amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act to provide for setting up of District Development Councils in each district which will have directly elected members.

Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas won reelection on Tuesday as the first victor among a dozen vulnerable Republican incumbents in highly competitive races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.

With public disapproval of President Donald Trump weighing on Republicans across the country, voters will decide whether to end the political careers of embattled Republican senators, including Trump ally Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

Donald Trump Jr shared a picture of a world map, with most parts coloured in the Republican party's red, while Mexico, India and China were shaded blue, the Democratic Party's colour. The map, however, shows Kashmir and the Northeast in red.

In a rally he addressed in Harlakhi, onions were thrown at Kumar while he was talking about his plans to create jobs versus those of RJD.

Congress Election Coordination Committee Chairman Balubhai Patel filed the complaint with CEO Dr S Muralikrishna, alleging that Anjali Rupani who is an outsider in Morbi constituency, stayed in the city and campaigned along with other BJP leaders.

In a case pitting LGBT rights against religious rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments in a dispute over the city of Philadelphia's refusal to place children for foster care with a Catholic Churchaffiliated agency that exclud...

Amit Jogi, who had earlier said he would remain impartial in the bypoll by not supporting or opposing anyone, last Friday announced his support for the BJP.

Polling began at 8 am and will end at 6 pm, the official said, adding authorities are taking steps to check the spread of COVID-19 during voting.

A group of Democratic lawmakers called on the Trump administration Monday to stop the expulsion of unaccompanied children and other asylum seekers at the U.S. border using emergency powers granted during the coronavirus pandemic.

Without naming Prashant Kishor’s firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) or any TMC leader, Datta expressed his annoyance over the private professional ‘ghosti’ and their ‘ultimate’ say in the party.

PM Modi, who was addressing a rally in Chapra, Lalu Prasad Yadav's bastion, said that the “NDA's double-engine government is committed to development, but double-double Yuvraj (Congress and RJD) are only concerned about protecting their respective thrones...