Politics

When Liz Cheney, the thirdranking Republican in the House of Representatives, decided to vote to impeach a president from her own party, she knew she'd cause some waves. She might not have expected the seismic impact at home.

The Senates longestserving member, 80yearold Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening for observation after not feeling well, a spokesman said.

The NCAA, the Power Five conferences and their $2 million platoon of lobbyists had a pretty good year on Capitol Hill in 2020. With Republicans controlling the Senate, the power brokers in college sports were on track to secure a way for athletes nationwi...

West Bengal Chief Minister on Saturday had refused to speak during the Netaji’s birth anniversary celebration after a section of audience raised ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans at Victoria Memorial Hall in the presence of PM Modi.

An editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' also said Banerjee should not have got upset when "Jai Shri Ram" slogans were raised by some people during the programme.

Assembly elections are likely in April or early May in Tamil Nadu. The AIADMK respected all religions equally, but it was not the case with the DMK which involved in 'deception,' in such matters, he alleged.

Talking to the media, Rahul Gandhi took a dig at PM Modi by accusing him of treating Tamilians as second class citizens.

Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army's elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41year career, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation's first Black secretary of defense.

Global equity benchmarks slipped from record highs and oil prices dipped Friday as weaker economic data in Japan and Europe and concerns that newlyinaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden's stimulus plan may face Republican opposition curbed a weeklong rally...

Cuba is hopeful U.S. President Joe Biden will swiftly reverse his predecessor's hardline approach toward the Communistrun island and resume the policy of detente begun by the Obama administration, a top official in Havana told Reuters.

President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Department will tell a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday the United States must improve its infrastructure.

Asian stocks scaled to record highs on Thursday as investors were hopeful the incoming Biden administration will be able to secure passage of a massive new stimulus package to cushion the economic damage of the COVID19 pandemic.

In Vietnam, one of the last five remaining Communistruled countries in the world, Monday brings the launch of a key Party meeting that will anoint the country's next leadership quartet and set policy direction for the next five years.

Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a raging coronavirus pandemic.

It is a looming strife again that threatens to break the fragile peace of Nandigram as assembly elections approach.

Roy’s letter to the prime minister comes amid the standoff in West Bengal between the Centre and Mamata Banerjee over Netaji’s legacy.