Politics

President Donald Trump rallied hundreds of cheering supporters for a campaign-style comeback event at the White House Saturday, jumping back into the race nine days after being stopped in his tracks by Covid-19. "I am feeling great!" Trump declared as he stepped out to a White House balcony -- tugging off his mask to address the crowd below, most of...

he National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge-sheet against eight people, including activists Gautam Navlakha and 82-year-old Father Stan Swamy, for their alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1, 2018, officials said. Swamy, who said he has never been to Bhima Koregaon, was arrested from his home in Ranchi...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) slammed Democratic rival Joe Biden stating that he had no plan in handling the coronavirus situation and criticized the former vice president for how he handled the H1N1 swine flu outbreak during the Obama administration. "Joe Biden has no plan for Coronavirus - ALL TALK! He was a disaster in his handling...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared that catching the coronavirus was a "blessing from God" that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed would become free for all Americans, in his first video message since leaving hospital. Trump, eager to revitalize his ailing re-election campaign, repeatedly stressed how well he felt so far in his recovery from COVID-19, the...

President Donald Trump checked out of hospital on Monday after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowing to quickly get back on the campaign trail. Shortly beforehand, Trump had tweeted that Americans, who have lost nearly 210,000 people to the virus, have nothing to fear. A series of...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whose administration has been targetted over the gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras, tweeted Friday to say his government was "committed to the safety, security and development of all mothers and sisters". "Those who even think of harming mothers and daughters in UP, their destruction is assured. They will...

Twenty-eight years after the Babri Masjid was razed, a court here acquitted all 32 people including BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti accused of being involved in the demolition of the mosque they believed occupied the spot where Lord Ram was born. In a judgment that ran to 2,300 pages with enclosures, the special CBI...

COVID-19 has shown that the excessive dependence of the global supply chain on any single source is risky, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an apparent reference to China. PM Modi made the remarks during a virtual bilateral summit with his Denmark counterpart, Mette Frederiksen. The Prime Minister went on to add that India is working with Australia and Japan...

A meeting between former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday has set off a huge buzz, though both sides have denied it was anything political. The meeting at a luxury hotel in the western suburbs of Mumbai has raised eyebrows at a time both leaders have sparred bitterly in public...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to deliver a virtual address at the annual UN General Assembly today. PM Modi's speech is scheduled to happen at 6:30 pm. While the Prime Minister will speak on wide-ranging issues from sustainable development to global peacekeeping efforts, his speech will also focus on the key issues of climate change and terrorism, sources...