Politics

Despite Churchill losing in 1945 and India becoming independent in 1947, the post of Churchill Cigar Assistant continued till several decades later and the fact came to light when the state government set up a commission for raising the salaries of govern...

U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled later on Tuesday to meet with chief executives of JP Morgan Chase, Walmart, Gap Inc., and Lowe's Companies as well as the Chamber of Commerce, a top business lobby, the White House said on Tuesday.

Only a fragment of Americans believe democracy is thriving in the U.S., even as broad majorities agree that representative government is one of the country's bedrock principles, according to a new poll from The Associated PressNORC Center for Public Affai...

Shiv Sena, which ditched the BJP soon after the polls to form the government with the NCP and Congress, shot back, wondering what took the senior BJP leader over a year to come out with his version on the much-discussed topic in the state politics.

While Delhi Congress had passed a resolution requesting Gandhi to take over as chief last Sunday, the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution moved by Baghel to re-appoint the Wayanad MP as the party pres...

Arguments begin Tuesday in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The TDP MPs alleged that the Jagan Reddy government was violating the Constitution and destroying the four pillars of democracy, legislature, executive, judiciary and the media.

In a U-turn, superstar Rajinikanth had on December 29, 2020 announced he will not take the political plunge and launch a party as declared earlier.

House Republicans will be forced to go on the record, defending or rebuking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has drawn bipartisan condemnation over her embrace of farright conspiracy theories, as well as her past endorsement of violence against Democrats.

Oil prices extended gains on Thursday after the OPEC+ alliance of major producers stuck to a reduced output policy, and as crude stockpiles in the United States fell to their lowest levels since March last year.

U.S. House Republicans opted on Wednesday not to punish newcomer Marjorie Taylor Greene for incendiary comments, including support for violence against Democrats, and turned back an attempt to oust a leader who had voted to impeach President Donald Trump.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the ruling BJP will not give tickets to those identifying themselves as Miya Muslims and he also urged Congress to do the same.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday opted not to punish newcomer Marjorie Taylor Greene for incendiary comments including support for violence against Democrats, and turned back an attempt to oust a leader who had voted to impeac...

Chairman Naidu repeatedly asked them to return to their seats and not disrupt the proceedings. But with his requests going unheeded, the chairman invoked rules of the House to suspend them for the rest of the day and asked them to withdraw from the House....

The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives prepared to take the first step forward on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID19 relief package on Tuesday, with a key vote expected to fasttrack the measure through Congress.

Purohit, however, appealed to Stalin to listen to him and pointed out that the Central budget has allocated Rs 1.03 lakh crore for Tamil Nadu.