Politics

Suvendu Adhikari is the local Nandigram hero for Mamata Banerjee’s movement, but it is a fact that his later political career was also built on the positive personality that Mamata had created for herself after anti-Left Front movement

Carefully choosing Maha Shivratri to release the manifesto as part of Mamata Banerjee’s efforts to counter the BJP’s Hindutva card, sources say the manifesto will be a list of 10 commitments.

Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as Democrats argued among themselves over the $1.9 trillion COVID19 res...

Six Karnataka ministers have moved a Bangaluru court here seeking to restrain media organisations from publishing or airing any defamatory or unauthenticated material against them. The six ministers of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led governm...

Cheered on by President Joe Biden, House Democrats are hustling to pass the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul policing nationwide, confident they can avoid clashing with moderates in their own party who are wary of reigniting a debate they say...

Weeks ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly elections, expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala on Wednesday announced "she will stay away from politics," but would pray for the "golden rule" of the late party supremo Jayalalithaa. In a sort of u-turn from her ear...

Terming the Emergency that was imposed by former prime minister Indira Gandhi a mistake, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said what happened during that period was wrong.

The BJP leader had allegedly enticed the unidentified woman in the video clip with the offer of a government job, and threatened her and her family of dire consequences.

The Supreme Court on Monday seemed likely to find that the judges who oversee patent disputes are not properly appointed, a case important to patent holders and inventors including major technology companies.

The BJP on Monday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that two West Bengal ministers have promised certain benefits to voters in separate incidents after the model code of conduct (MCC) came into force on February 27, and urged the...

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at a possible run for president again in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden, and repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly...

The House passed legislation Friday that would create about 1.5 million acres of new wilderness and incorporate nearly 1,200 miles of waterways into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System as Democrats move to protect more public lands with President...

During his Kerala visit on Tuesday, Gandhi had said he was used to a different type of politics in north India and coming to the southern state was 'very refreshing' as people are interested in 'issues'.

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would seek funding for legislation to supercharge chip manufacturing in the United States as a shortfall of semiconductors has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers to cut production.

Puducherry, which is scheduled to go for polls soon, saw political upheaval on Monday when the Congress lost power after it failed to prove majority in a floor test necessitated by its MLAs exiting the party.

BJP President JP Nadda is set to launch the Sonar Bangla crowdsourcing campaign.