Politics
WHAT TO WATCH: Biden agenda and reviving Obama enthusiasm
Democrats hoping to create a surge of enthusiasm behind Joe Bidens presidential bid will look to Wednesdays convention headliners to broaden the party's focus from a multipart rebuke of President Donald Trump to a message of change.
Dems put divides aside, rally behind Biden at convention
Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, declaring him in over his head and warning that the nation's mounting crises would only get worse if he's reelecte...
Democratic Party chair wants to end presidential caucuses
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez said Monday that the handful of 2020 presidential caucuses should be the last the party ever holds.
Anti-CAA Protests Spin-off: So Have Any 'Prominent' Shaheen Bagh Activists Joined BJP?
A group of Muslims from the locality in Delhi, which had become the epicentre of the movement against the CAA for several months this year, joined the BJP on Sunday, sparking speculation and allegations.
Ex-Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu Alleges Phone Tapping; Urges PM to Order Inquiry
Concomitantly, the YSRCP has been attacking and threatening leaders of opposition parties, advocates, media persons, and social activists among others through various deceitful means, he alleged.
Federal virus money slow to trickle to local public health
As the novel coronavirus began to spread through Minneapolis this spring, Health Commissioner Gretchen Musicant tore up her budget to find funds to combat the crisis. Money for test kits. Money to administer tests. Money to hire contact tracers. And yet e...
Avinash Pande Thanks All Congress Workers for Support during His Tenure as Party's Rajasthan In-charge
Pande said that his tenure as the in-charge of Rajasthan Congress Organization has been satisfactory and that he had a very positive experience working with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former state Congress president Sachin Pilot and other senior party l...
Amid Peace Talks, NSCN-IM Slams Nagaland Guv Again, Accuses Him of Manipulating 2015 Framework Deal
It said the very essence of the framework agreement had been found missing or manipulated in the copy circulated by Ravi among his favoured Naga civil society organisations to give different narratives.
Centre's Action of Selling off PSUs is 'Aatmasamarpan': Sitaram Yechury
In his webcast address to CPI(M) workers from Maharashtra, Yechury said the government was in the process of selling off PSUs and even the Railways is being privatised.
Postal Service warns states across US about mail voting
The U.S. Postal Service is warning states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by state deadlines, raising the possibility that millions of voters coul...
Yediyurappa Govt May Soon Ban SDPI, PFI for Alleged Role in Bengaluru Riots: Karnataka Minister
A few representatives and members of the SDPI were booked and arrested since the mob violence in the city's northeast suburb on August 11, for allegedly instigating the miscreants to go on a rampage, which led to arson and rioting in the area and subseque...
India Will Pay Huge Price Due to Govt's Lack of Courage, Media's Silence: Rahul Gandhi on Ladakh Situation
He said the government of India is "scared to face up to Chinese intentions in Ladakh" citing evidence on the ground which indicates China's preparedness.
Manipur Assembly Speaker Accepts Resignation of Sixth Congress MLA
Six Congress MLAs had submitted their resignations from the membership of Manipur Legislative Assembly on Monday last, a little after end of the one-day monsoon session during which the BJP-led government headed by N Biren Singh had comfortably won confid...
Bengaluru Clashes: Congress MLA Files Complaint over Attack on his House, Claims Loss Runs Up to Rs 3 Crore
The Congress legislator has also sought police protection for him, his family and people of Pulakeshinagar constituency that he represents.
Medical review upheld for Saudi prisoner at Guantanamo
A federal judge has turned back an effort to delay an independent medical review for a Saudi citizen held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who was so badly mistreated in American custody that he cannot be put on trial.