Politics

Amid protests against the Modi government's agri reforms, the Prime Minister will lead a virtual event and enable the transfer of more than Rs 18,000 crore to over 9 crore eligible families under the PM-Kisan scheme, while several party leaders will hold...

Rahul Gandhi was speaking after leading a delegation of Congress workers to President Ram Nath Kovind to seek his intervention in ending the protests by farmers near Delhi over the three new farm laws.

American Airlines said on Wednesday it is moving forward with plans to bring back furloughed workers and give them paychecks by Dec. 24, even after President Donald Trump threatened to veto a coronavirus relief bill.

President Donald Trump has threatened to torpedo Congress massive COVID19 relief and yearend package, upending a hardfought compromise in the midst of a raging pandemic and deep economic uncertainty by demanding changes fellow Republicans have opposed.

Stock futures wobbled and commodities fell on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threw a lastminute spanner into pandemic relief plans, although Asian equities rose as traders looked through fears about an infectious new coronavirus strain.

Indian shares were little changed in early trade on Wednesday, as a rally in IT stocks countered weak global investor sentiment over fresh COVID19 related restrictions after a new strain of the coronavirus swept through the UK.

Argentina's Senate will decide next week whether to give final approval to a governmentbacked bill that would expand the availability of legal abortion, a proposal that has divided a society with strong ties to the Roman Catholic church.

People with private health insurance will see the nasty shock of surprise medical bills virtually gone, thanks to the coronavirus compromise reached in Congress.

A bipartisan legislative deal unveiled by U.S. lawmakers on Sunday will grant U.S. airlines $15 billion in new payroll assistance that will allow them to return more than 32,000 furloughed workers to payrolls through March 31, sources briefed on the matte...

In the Mumbai civic polls held in 2017, the Congress registered its worst-ever electoral performance in the city, managing to win just 31 seats out of the total 227.

History suggests that Mir Jafar, a military commander, aided the British and betrayed Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daulah during the Battle of Plasssey.

The campaign is titled "werejectadmk" and the DMK released a video, flagging issues in sectors like agriculture and education as it urged people to defeat the AIADMK in the elections, likely in coming April-May.

Signups for Obamacare health insurance plans are trending more than 6% higher amid surging coronavirus cases and deepening economic misery, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the government.

Presidentelect Joe Bidens decision to tap several House Democrats for administrative positions is putting Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a politically tough spot, having chiseled away at the partys already slimming majority and leaving her potentially without e...

Presidentelect Joe Biden brings more Capitol Hill experience than any president in decades, but his transition has stumbled in ways large and small, exposing the challenges of navigating a Congress that is a different place than when he last served in 20...

Negotiations in the U.S. Congress over final details of a $900 billion COVID19 aid bill could spill into the weekend, requiring another stopgap spending bill to avert a looming government shutdown, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on...