Politics News

15 Apr 2021, 21:13

India's largest opposition party blames national media for its lack of influence — but its new YouTube channel may only be targeting the Hindi belt

The Indian National Congress launched a new YouTube channel today as a way to voice its o...

03 Feb 2021, 20:27

New citizenship law pulls India down in the democracy rankings — and 2021 is not looking better

India slipped two places to come in at the 53rd position on the Democracy Index 2020 as compared to last year. The dip in it...

28 Jan 2021, 13:52

AAP to contest elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in 2022, says Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest ...

29 Dec 2020, 13:33

A 'warning from God' makes Rajinikanth break the promise of launching a political party

Actor Rajinikanth announced that he will not be taking the political plunge and launching his own party as promised in 2021 ...

03 Dec 2020, 15:27

Rajnikanth announces plans to float his political party in January next year

Time has come to change the fate of Tamil Nadu, while political and government change in the state is important and compulsion of time, said actor Rajinikanth on Thursday.

27 Nov 2020, 11:17

Mehbooba Mufti, daughter allegedly detained under house arrest

Srinagar, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday claimed that she and her daughter, Iltija Mufti, were put under house arrest and not allowed to visi...

20 Nov 2020, 16:55

Sonia Gandhi sets up panel to discuss national security, economic and foreign affairs, Manmohan Singh to head all three panels

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has set up three separate committees for discussing policy issues related to ...

19 Nov 2020, 17:31

Nitish Kumar's choice for education minister resigns within hours of taking office on the back of corruption charges

Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary, allegedly facing corruption charges in the recruitment of assistant professors and scientists, has resigned. He was sworn in as a cabinet minister just a few days ago along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

21 Oct 2020, 14:36

Senior leader Eknath Khadse quits BJP to join NCP

Mumbai, In a huge jolt to the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior leader Eknath Khadse has quit the party to join the ruling Nationalist ...

12 Oct 2020, 14:47

Actor-turned-politician Kushboo Sundar joins BJP hours after quitting Congress

Actor-turned-politician Kushboo Sundar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Monday, hours after she quit the Congress. ...

30 Sep 2020, 09:19

US President Donald Trump clubs India with China and Russia — claims they don't give a 'straight count' on COVID-19 death toll

US President Donald Trump has said that India does not give a "straight count" on the Covid-19 deaths.

01 Aug 2020, 18:38

Amar Singh, a key player in saving the India-US nuclear deal, passes away at the age of 64

One of the highest points in Singh's career was cracking a deal with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in 2...

12 Jul 2020, 09:54

Sachin Pilot seeks time to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi

Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has arrived in Delhi to meet party high command and has sought time for a meeting with Congress interim ...

29 May 2020, 11:06

Last conversation between Modi and Trump was about hydroxychloroquine not India-China border dispute, clarify government sources

There has been no recent contact between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, government sources said on Friday.

29 May 2020, 10:59

Trump feels that Modi is not in a 'good mood' over 'big conflict' with China

Interacting with journalists in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, Trump said a "big conflict" was going on between India and China.

15 May 2020, 19:00

Modi is using the COVID-19 crisis to push through APMC reforms he has wanted for long⁠— but states may oppose

Citing the example of other industries where there are no restrictions on how producers sell their products, ...

17 Apr 2020, 16:38

People are calling out London police for cramming onto a bridge to applaud health workers, despite the lockdown rules they are meant to enforce

London's police have been accused of ignoring coronavirus lockdown rules after ...

17 Apr 2020, 15:16

Trump's new task force to reopen America includes every Republican senator - except Mitt Romney

Getty/Getty A composite image of President Donald Trump and Sen. Mitt Romney. The White House released a list of senators in...

17 Apr 2020, 15:15

Here's a roundup of coronavirus stats on a country-by-country basis

Hello! Here is a roundup of coronavirus stats published in the last 24 hours on a country-by-country basis. The data comes from Worldometers, which c...

17 Apr 2020, 12:25

What you must know about NSA: Its scope and provisions

NSA or National Security Act is a hot topic in the media today as the law is enforced in different states of the country to arrest offenders attackin...