Politics

The first phase was held across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday and over 22 per cent of the seven lakh voters had exercised their franchise till 11 am.

With the abrogation of Article 370, several communities like West Pakistan refugees, Valmikis and Gurkhas are now eligible to vote in local elections, purchase land and apply for jobs in Jammu and Kashmir, and besides these, they can also contest election...

Singh on Wednesday met Sidhu at the former's residence, triggering speculation that the cricketerturnedpolitician may be reinducted into the state cabinet.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday she will step down from her role as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, giving up the powerful spot after public criticism of her bipartisan outreach and her handling of Supreme Court Justice Am...

Isaac alleged the ED officials were leaking select information and directing the media houses on how to give headlines with regard to the KIIFB and asserted the central agency would not be allowed to undermine the authority of the state government.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Sunday said the state police have been asked to examine the series 'A Suitable Boy' being streamed on Netflix to check if kissing scenes in it were filmed in a temple and if it hurt religious sentiments. T...

One spent the week at his home in Delaware carefully trying to build a government and preparing to take on a pandemic.

The Congress on Tuesday had asserted that it was not a part of the Gupkar alliance and was contesting the District Development Councils elections in J&K to "expose" the BJP through democratic means.

Vice President Mike Pence charged into the final battle for control of the U.S. Senate on Friday, urging Republican voters in Georgia to come out in force for Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in two hotly contested Jan. 5 runoff elections.

Rising coronavirus infection rates and dwindling aid for the U.S. economy gave investors pause on Friday, sending stock prices and bond yields lower during U.S. trading.

Gold prices were set for a second straight weekly fall on Friday as the metal's appeal came under pressure from promising COVID19 vaccine trials and news of the U.S. Treasury ending emergency loan programs.

An annual defense policy measure that has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration is in danger of cratering next month over a move by Democrats to rename military bases, such as Fort Benning, that are named after Confederate officers.

After the massive demand by dominant Veerashaiva Lingayat community BS Yediyurappa announced a board for them too. Now another dominant caste – Vokkaligas are also demanding for a board and likewise Kuruba, Valmiki, Kodava, Christian, Jain and other commu...

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's controversial nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve's board, though a White House spokesman expressed confidence she would eventually be confirmed.

Party’s state chief Dilip Ghosh, National Vice President Mukul Roy, state in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya, co-incharge Arvind Menon and BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya will attend the meeting.

Peru's Congress on Monday chose legislator Francisco Sagasti as the Andean country's caretaker president, in an attempt to defuse a sharp political crisis after angry protests and the departure of two presidents in the past week.