Politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Imam Hussain on Sunday to mark Muharram, saying nothing was more important to him than the values of truth and justice. Imam Hussain's emphasis on equality as well as fairness is noteworthy and gives strength to many, the prime minister said. "We recall the sacrifice of Imam Hussain (AS). For him, there...

Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate, has pledged to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and re-enter the Iran nuclear deal to restore "our place in the world" and win back the "trust and support" of the US' Asian and European allies if her party wins the November presidential election. Harris, 55, is the running mate...

Seeking another four years in the White House, US President Donald Trump has slammed Democratic rival Joe Biden's record as a "shameful roll call of the most catastrophic betrayals" and said his victory will endanger the nation and destroy the American greatness. Speaking from the South Lawn of the White House, Trump, 74, said that no one will be...

The virtual meeting of opposition chief ministers with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday saw some notable developments, including a fiery and passionate Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray saying he is a “fighter father’s fighter son”. The meeting, called at Sonia Gandhi’s behest, also showed some new-found bonhomie between the Congress chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. The meeting...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government over the state of the economy and said it needs to give money to the poor to restart the economy through consumption. Gandhi said "distractions" through media won't help the poor or make the "economic disaster disappear" His attack on the government came after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)...

Bihar witnessed a fierce clash of the titans in 2015 Assembly elections when a formidable Mahagathbandan alliance, with Nitish Kumar as its CM face, took on the might of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that was riding high on the wave of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On many occasions since 2014, several opposition parties appeared to come together to...

Having a "full time" leadership that is active in the field and "visible" in party offices, dissolution of powers to state units and revamping the CWC in line with the party constitution are some of the far-reaching suggestions made by 23 senior Congress leaders in a letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi to revive the organisation, according to PTI...

BJP President J P Nadda said on Sunday that all three NDA constituents in Bihar, the JD(U), LJP and his party, will fight the coming assembly polls in the state together with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the face of the alliance, and expressed confidence that it will emerge victorious. JP Nadda's remarks at a virtual meet of the...

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday held the second joint review meeting with committees preparing the scheme and framework for the formation of the Delhi Education Board and a new curriculum, officials said. In the annual budget for 2020-21, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dispensation had announced its plans for curriculum reform and creating a New Board of...

The Supreme Court has extended by a month the deadline for completion of trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case involving 32 accused, including BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti, and said that judgement should be delivered by September 30. The top court, which had earlier fixed August 31 as the deadline for...