Politics
White House Presses Airlines To Get Employees Vaccinated
Alaska Airlines and JetBlue are joining United Airlines in requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, just as the Biden administration steps up pressure on major U.S. carriers to require the shots.
Bitcoin Climbs To Highest In Nearly Two Weeks
Bitcoin rose on Friday to its highest level since around midSeptember, bolstered in part by seasonal factors as well as supportive comments overall from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday.
Sulking Navjot Sidhu Wants These Three Men Out. As Channi Remains 'Flexible', Will Congress Finally Relent?
Sources said Sidhu wants Sidharth Chattopadhyaya as DGP and senior lawyer DS Patwalia as AG. He also wants Rana Gurjeet Singh to be dropped from Cabinet.
Anti-defection: Rajasthan BSP MLAs Who Joined Cong Reach Delhi to Submit Replies Before SC
Legislator Wajib Ali, who is among the MLAs, confirmed that they were going to Delhi.
Heavy Security Cover for Bhabanipur Bypoll, Arrangements in Place to Tackle Rain
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC were also imposed within 200 m of the polling centres where voting will take place on Thursday
Chile: Congress Takes Step Toward Abortion Decriminalization
The lower house of Chiles Congress took a step toward decriminalizing abortion in most cases Tuesday, voting to craft a law barring prosecution of women who get abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
Punjab Cabinet Expansion: CM Channi Keeps 14 Portfolios, 2 Deputies Get Key Home and Health
While deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa was given home affairs, Channi's second deputy Om Parkash Soni was allocated health and family welfare and defence services welfare.
Bharat Bandh: Rahul Gandhi Voices Support for Farmers, Slams Govt as 'Exploitative'
The Congress has asked its workers, state unit chiefs and heads of frontal organisations to take part in the Bandh called by farmer unions to protest against the Centre's three agri laws.
Set for New Innings, Kanhaiya Kumar's Entry into Cong Will Outcrop Questions from the Past, RJD in Future
In February 2016, Rahul Gandhi was one of the few leaders to visit the JNU campus to express support with the students.
Business Highlights: Bitcoin Tumbles, Budget Talks Stall
Restaurant and hotel owners struggling to fill jobs. Supplychain disruptions forcing up prices for small businesses. Unemployed Americans unable to find work even with job openings at a record high. Those and other disruptions to the U.S. job market cons...
Assam Police Firing: CM Says Eviction Drive Launched After Discussion; Bandh Affects Life
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday asserted that discussions were held for over four months before an eviction drive was launched to clear the land at Gorukhuti village in Darrang district where police firing claimed two lives during the e...
Tensions Rise During Oregon Redistricting Process
One day after the Democratic speaker of the Oregon House rescinded a power-sharing deal she made with Republicans to redraw political maps, it was unclear whether GOP lawmakers would show up to work at the Capitol on Tuesday.
Won't Speculate But Have Welcomed His Nationalist Statements: Punjab BJP Chief on Amarinder Singh
Speaking to News18, Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma calls former chief minister Amarinder Singh a leader of high stature, as speculation intensifies on the Captain's next move.
6 Chief Ministers in 6 Months: Change of Guard Flavour of the Season or New Normal in Indian Politics?
Since March this year, Uttarakhand, Assam, Karnataka, Gujarat and now Punjab have seen change in command and only Assam CM was replaced upon completion of term.
In Andhra Pradesh, Jagan Reddy's YSR Congress Sweeps Local Body Elections
The poll results were delayed as the Andhra Pradesh High Court stalled the counting over petitions filed by the Telugu Desam Party and the BJP.
AAP's CM Candidate for Punjab Will Be Pride of State: Raghav Chadha
With assembly polls in Punjab set for early next year, the AAP is going all out to win the battle and has already promised free 300 units of power to the people of the state