Politics

Asian shares eased from record highs on Friday as investors took some money off the table after a recent rally that was driven by hopes a massive U.S. economic stimulus plan by incoming President Joe Biden will help temper the COVID19 impact.

Seven Democratic senators on Thursday asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the actions of Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley to fully understand their role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President Dona...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will consult fellow Democrats about the Senate's readiness to begin former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on charges of inciting a riot at the U.S. Capitol.

President Joe Bidens nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, is pledging to carry out the administrations ambitious agenda to rebuild the nations infrastructure, calling it a generational opportunity to create new jobs, fight economic ine...

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday on optimism over the new U.S. administration that earlier set off a rally on Wall Street.

Outgoing U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai said potential Chinese espionage and threats to U.S. telecommunications networks and internet freedom are the biggest national security issue that regulators will face in the next fou...

A group of Republican senators on Wednesday called on newly swornin President Joe Biden to submit his plan to reengage the United States in the Paris climate agreement to lawmakers for "review and consideration," moments after Biden signed an executive or...

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit alltime highs on Wednesday as Joe Biden became the 46th U.S. president, while solid results from Netflix sparked a rally in shares of stayathome winners.

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, who won the White House in part by promising to "drain the swamp" of Washington political maneuvering, on Wednesday revoked his executive order barring aides and other administration officials from lobbying.

The makers of "Tandav" on Tuesday agreed to implement changes to their controversial webseries after several FIRs were filed against the political drama for alleged inappropriate depiction of Hindu deities and calls for its ban. The day also saw many poli...

Jha was sacked as spokesperson of the party in July last year for indulging in anti-party activities after he backed rebel MLA Sachin Pilot during the political turmoil in Rajasthan.

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala also slammed the prime minister on the matter. "Modiji where is that 56-inch chest," he asked on Twitter.

Speaking to reporters in Nashik on Monday night, Deshmukh said how Goswami came to know about such sensitive information is a big question.

Sen. Josh Hawley has found a new publisher after his book was dropped by Simon & Schuster in the wake of the siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.

A special one-day session of the union territory assembly also passed another resolution reiterating its demand for full statehood, the tenth time it resorted to the measure since 1987.

A senior party leader said, the rallies will be taken out in five zones, each to be led by a central leader of the saffron party.