Politics

Kamala Harris to decide on 2020 US presidential bid over holidays

Harris ranked fifth in a November poll of Democratic voters' preferred nominee to take on President Donald Trump's reelection bid.

Dec 3, 2018

From farm loan waivers to unemployment allowances; promises galore in debt-ridden Telangana

The Congress promised Market Intervention Fund of Rs 5,000 crore and minimum guaranteed prices for 17 major crops.

Dec 3, 2018

Qatar quits Opec; when will Doha break up Saudi-led GCC?

Unverified reports had said that Saudi Arabia had in fact planned an invasion of the emirate last year, and was stopped at the last minute by the persistent efforts of former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Dec 3, 2018

Former CJI Dipak Misra was 'controlled' from outside, says retired SC judge Kurian Joseph

Joseph was one of the four judges who addressed press while in office alleging foul play in the top court's functioning.

Dec 3, 2018

TRS, Congress busy in minority appeasement in Telangana: Amit Shah

The BJP chief said the KCR imposed election expenditure of hundreds of crores by going for early polls instead of scheduled elections to Assembly and Lok Sabha in May next year.

Dec 3, 2018

Conservative Indonesian Muslims hold big rally in Jakarta

Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims held a rally in Jakarta on Sunday led by hardline groups who had agitated to remove the city's Christian governor, underscoring the growing influence of Islamist groups ahead of elections in 2019.

Dec 2, 2018

BJP not doing issue-based politics, says Ashok Gehlot

On demonetisation, Gehlot said it was a black chapter and the Prime Minister "shattered" the country's economy.

Dec 2, 2018

France to consider imposing emergency due to ongoing civil unrest

Groups of young men with faces masked, some carrying metal bars and axes, rioted on the streets of central Paris on Saturday, setting a dozen vehicles ablaze and torching buildings.

Dec 2, 2018

On polling day people of Telangana will 'redesign' K Chandrasekhar Rao's mind: Kapil Sibal

The former Union minister alleged that Rao lacked a plan for school education and as result, there was a huge gap between boy and girl students in the state.

Dec 2, 2018

Cong, TRS and TDP are private limited parties: Nitin Gadkari

Addressing an election rally in Uppal, Gadkari claimed that the BJP alone is a democratic party where a small-time worker like him could rise to become its president and a tea seller could become the country's prime minister.

Dec 2, 2018

Sunil Arora assumes charge as Chief Election Commissioner

President Ram Nath Kovind on November 27 appointed Arora in the post. He will have a nearly two-and-a-half-year tenure as CEC and he will oversee the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Dec 2, 2018

Telangana Muslim votes may split between Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Congress

With a huge concentration of Muslim voters in state capital Hyderabad and some other districts, they are in a position to tilt the balance in nearly half of the 119 Assembly constituencies going to polls on December 7.

Dec 2, 2018

You only play googlies: Sushma Swaraj hits back at her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi

On Thursday, Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi had said that Prime Minister Imran Khan bowled a "googly" to ensure Indian government's presence at the groundbreaking ceremony of the landmark Kartarpur Corridor.

Dec 2, 2018

PM Modi hails 'JAI' partnership after G20 summit meeting

Meeting his American and Japanese counterparts on the sidelines of G-20 summit in Argentina, the PM said the term sends a positive note for the new partnership with the objective of maintaining peace, stability, and prosperity across the world.

Dec 2, 2018

Mueller investigation: Paul Manafort to face sentencing in March

US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Mueller's team must submit a report to the court on December 7 on Manafort's alleged breach of the terms of his plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Jackson also said she would hold a hearing about it in January.

Dec 1, 2018