Politics

Sidhu was stripped of key portfolios in a cabinet reshuffle, after which he resigned from the state cabinet and stayed away from all Congress activities.

John Kerry, one of the leading architects of the Paris climate agreement, is getting one more chance to lead the fight against climate change after President-elect Joe Biden named the longtime senator and former secretary of state as climate envoy for nat...

President Donald Trump did not ask Michigan Republican lawmakers to break the law or interfere with the election during a meeting at the White House, a legislative leader said Sunday, a day before canvassers plan to meet about whether to certify Joe Biden...

​In his one-and-a-half-hour meeting with over 200 party members, Shah cited examples of how the BJP made inroads in states like Tripura and Bihar and expressed his confidence that the same formula could work in states like Tamil Nadu.

JP Nadda is likely to hold a separate meeting with the party MLAs, MPs and ministers in Assam. The BJP president has also lined up separate meetings with state office bearers.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin denied that he is attempting to limit the choices Presidentelect Joe Biden will have to promote an economic recovery by ending several emergency loan programs being run by the Federal Reserve.

Ravi had also said earlier this month that on the lines of Allahabad High Court's order, Karnataka would enact a law banning religious conversions for the sake of marriage.

Sierra Leonean musician and activist Emmerson Bockarie is no stranger to controversy, having received death threats from all ends of the country's political spectrum over two decades and three successive governments.

Apart from emotive issues and caste loyalties, the narrative of governance played a major role in this election.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the nationwide surge in confirmed coronavirus could slow the economy in the months ahead by discouraging consumers from spending.

The head of an obscure federal agency that is holding up the presidential transition knew well before Election Day that she might soon have a messy situation on her hands.

Gold prices edged higher on Tuesday as dollar slipped, while investors weighed concerns over spiking coronavirus cases globally against optimism over positive developments around a second possible COVID19 vaccine.

After months without internal testing protocols, members of the U.S. House and their staff will now have regular access to coronavirus testing at the Capitol physicians office when they return to Washington from their home states.

The CM met the media through video conference on the day when LDF was organising a statewide protest, alleging that the central agencies are trying to sabotage the development projects of Kerala.

Nitish Kumar is scheduled to take oath as chief minister for the seventh time in Raj Bhavan this evening.

U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more fiscal stimulus to keep businesses and workers afloat.