Politics

According to Kumaraswamy, both BJP and Congress are national parties and for them protecting the vote bank is the primary concern, while his party being small and a regional outfit is the true champion of farmers.

Confronted with a sexual assault allegation at a veterans hospital, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie repeatedly sought to discredit the congressional aide who made the complaint and his staff worked to spread negative information about her while i...

The number of Americans filing firsttime claims for jobless benefits jumped to a near threemonth high last week as mounting new COVID19 infections led to more business restrictions, further evidence that the pandemic and lack of additional fiscal stimulus...

The number of Americans filing firsttime claims for jobless benefits jumped to a near threemonth high last week as mounting new COVID19 infections caused more business restrictions, further evidence that the pandemic and lack of additional fiscal stimulus...

A bill to legalize abortion in Argentina, which is being pushed by centerleft President Alberto Fernandez, is set to be debated in the lower house of Congress on Thursday amid widespread protests for and against the law.

Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III used his farewell speech from Congress on Wednesday to deride the great lie of our times that the government lacks the resources and will to help people in need. He said the real problem is greed, not scarcity.

Gold steadied near a twoweek high on Tuesday on a subdued dollar and investor hopes for additional fiscal stimulus to help the economy as coronavirus cases continued to mount.

Asian stocks came under pressure on Tuesday as investors struggled to balance hopes for more economic stimulus and vaccines with fresh concerns about a surge in COVID19 infections.

Rajasthan Panchayat Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: The counting of votes polled in all four phases of panchayat samiti and zila parishad members' elections is underway in Rajasthan on Tuesday. The counting began at 21 district headquarters, according...

Living up to the sobriquet of 'poll boycott capital of Kashmir', Pulwama on Monday clocked a voter turnout of 6.6 per cent in the District Development Council (DDC) elections to three seats.

A decision by Brazil's Supreme Court barring the current leaders of the Senate and lower house of Congress from reelection in February has thrown open the race to replace them and cleared the way for a frenzied final few weeks of legislation this year.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal had slammed Amarinder Singh over his recent meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, and had accused him of 'reciting the BJP's script' for allegedly linking farmers' agitation to national security.

Taking exception to a meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congressaffiliated state employees association, the BJP on Friday urged the Election Commission to ensure the entire assembly poll process in 2021 be conducte...

Workers from the Doe Run mine complex in Peru joined a growing group of farmworkers in blocking major highways throughout the Andean nation, ratcheting up pressure on newly appointed interim President Francisco Sagasti.

U.S. lawmakers used a mobile phone app over the last two weeks to remotely cast votes for the first time, according to technologists and some involved in the process, embracing technology to facilitate an internal party leadership contest.

In a message from his residence here, Javadekar said that the apex pollution watchdog -- Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) -- has issued a notice to the Delhi government to take strict and swift action on the complaints forwarded to it about activiti...