Politics

The first round of polling on Saturday in the eight-phase DDC election passed off peacefully, except for a minor incident of stone-pelting in Kulgam.

As Naveen Patnaik spoke, members of the opposition BJP and Congress continued to raise slogans, demanding the resignation of agriculture minister Arun Kumar Sahoo for his alleged role in shielding the main accused.

Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden and sitting Republican President Donald Trump, like hundreds of millions of Americans, planned quiet Thanksgiving celebrations at home on Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic rages across the United States.

The Department Related Standing Committee for Information Technology chaired by Shashi Tharoor had summoned Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday for a discussion on the suspension of telecom services and internet in Jammu and Kashmir.

Over the last few weeks, Delhi has reported huge daily spikes in coronavirus cases. The total number of cases has climbed to 5,23,117 and deaths to 8,270.

As per the seat-sharing formula which existed when the BJP and the SAD, the saffron party used to field its candidates on three of the 13 parliamentary seats and 23 of 117 assembly segments in Punjab. The rest were kept for the SAD.

Satyanarayana said he did not yield to 'operation akarsh' (unofficial programme to poach politicians from different parties) and the parleys for his BJP joining were happening in the background for the past six months.

Inaugurating a Chhath puja in the city, Banerjee said her government does not believe in only delivering speeches during polls.

The prospective legislation on 'love jihad' presently under consideration of the UP law department will be called 'Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Bill'. The state cabinet is expected to approve it in a few days, after which it is likely to be tabled i...

President Donald Trump will meet with Republican leaders from Michigan at the White House on Friday as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate bid to overturn the Nov. 3 election result following a series of courtroom defeats.

Vice President Mike Pence will jump into the fray of two redhot U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia on Friday, aiming to get Republican voters to turn out in force for a Jan. 5 runoff election battle that will decide Senate control.

Lallu’s comments came after on Thursday state’s chief minister Yogi Adityanath attacked Congress over the Gupkar alliance in Jammu and Kashmir.

Voting rights advocates had long argued that if Native Americans and other minority groups were mobilized, they could be decisive in a tight race.

After winning the Bihar elections, the BJP and its principal strategist have their eyes set on the next big prize, with Mamata Banerjee and her ruling Trinamool Congress standing in the way. And Shah has his game plan all chalked out for 2021.

The MP said that his colleague has been showing extreme concern about self-analysis after the Bihar rout but the grand old party didn't even see his face in any of the recently-concluded elections.

House Democrats seem certain to nominate Nancy Pelosi for two more years as speaker, but shell be leading a smaller majority divided along ideological lines as it tries shepherding Presidentelect Joe Biden's agenda toward enactment.