Politics

Some reports stated that the much-delayed election for the Congress president's post will be held after the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Emerging from a private meeting at the White House, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that he and President Joe Biden are on the same page as Democrats draft a transformative infrastructure package unleashing more than $3.5 trillion in domestic investments...

Darjeeling MLA Neeraj Zimba on Friday wrote letter to Narendra Modi, asking why Darjeeling MP Raju Bist did not find a place in the Modi ministry.

The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights as complaints have grown louder from civil rights activists and other Democrats that the White House has not done enough to fight attempts by several Republicanled sta...

The BJP, however, hit back at Gandhi with its spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia alleging that the former Congress chief is "irresponsible" and is criticising for the sake of doing so.

The appointment of Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday came following the shock exit of Ravi Shankar Prasad, one of the government’s loudest defenders.

Singh, who has a considerable support base among north Indian population in Mumbai, has maintained a distance from the Congress for quite some time now.

Before the session, All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee demanded that Uddhav government repeal the central law altogether as making changes will not help farmers much.

The party is making all efforts to pacify the upset MLAs amid reports that the selection of Pushkar Singh Dhami for the top role has fuelled resentment in the state unit.

The PSPCL claimed that the former minister had an outstanding power bill of around Rs 8.70 lakh for his house in Amritsar.

There is currently no political path for launching impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the head of the lower house said on Thursday, dashing threats to the underpressure leader of Latin America's biggest country.

The NCAA cleared the way for athletes to profit off their name Thursday, the eve of legislation becoming law in several states that would allow for such compensation.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the state finance department is conducting an internal audit at Contai Cooperative Bank as allegations of corruption have been raised against it. Leader of the Opposition in the stat...

Mexico City (AP) Mexico's Supreme Court ordered the government Monday to issue permits for the personal use of marijuana and for the growing of limited amounts of pot plants, after the country's Congress took too long to approve a limited legalisation law...

A senior police officer on Monday said a case of domestic violence against a local BJP MLA was closed on the request of the lawmaker's wife. Superintendent of Police (SP), Kangra Vimukt Ranjan said Oshin Sharma, the wife of BJP MLA Vishal Nehria, had gi...

After the meeting with PM Modi, J&K leaders expressed hopes for restoration of statehood as they also appealed to the Centre to undertake measures that would help build trust among the people.