Democratic leader in the Senate Chuck Schumer has slammed President-elect Donald Trump for his twitter habit, claiming the US cannot afford "Twitter presidency" on the first day of the 115th session of the Congress....
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India (CJI)....
Britain's ambassador to the European Union, Ivan Rogers has quit his job in Brussels, according to a media report on Tuesday. ...
Two Pakistan maritime security ships are to visit Sri Lanka this week on a goodwill mission, the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo said on Tuesday. ...
Central Reserve Police Force personnel were posted in large numbers near the BJP state headquarters here as an agitation and stone pelting by enraged Trinamool Congress activists continued for over three hours over the arrest of party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Tuesday....
House Republicans on Tuesday shelved their plan to weaken the independent ethics entity -- known as the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) -- that investigates accusations of inappropriate conduct by congressmen and other personnel just two hours after President-elect Donald Trump questioned the move....
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Tuesday assured farmers that the government would pay compensation for crops damaged in drought on receipt of reports by different groups. ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking court-monitored probe by CBI/SIT into the allegation that AgustaWestland had spent six million euros for "managing" the media in a VIP chopper deal that ran into rough weather following allegations of pay-offs....
Admitting to the cash crunch prevailing in rural areas, the RBI on Tuesday asked commercial banks to send at least 40 per cent of the currency meant for circulation to their rural branches....
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's camp on Tuesday told the poll panel to allocate it the election symbol 'cycle', a day after party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav made the same claim....
