
US voters are split between the choice of Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical matchup of the general election in November, a new poll said on Tuesday. ...

The BJP on Tuesday suffered stunning losses in by-elections to Delhi's civic bodies, winning only three of the 13 seats. First-timer AAP got five seats and the Congress four. An independent who also won later joined the Congress....
A day after exit polls predicted a BJP-led government in Assam, the party's chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said the exit polls only reflected the wishes of the people and that BJP and its allies are going to form the next government in the state....
Among seven union ministers retiring from the Rajya Sabha over the next three months, five are set to return to the upper house, while two are facing opposition within the party....
Pakistan has said that it would explore other options to meet its defence needs if the deal for F-16 fighter jets did not materialise with the US, it was reported on Tuesday....
The ongoing crisis in Venezuela is not an economic one but a US-backed coup d'etat attempt against President Nicolas Maduro, the Latin American country's Ambassador to India Augusto Montiel said on Tuesday....
BJP's newly nominated Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, saying "he is mentally not fully Indian"....
Insisting that the Olympics are more important than any other tournament, Indian hockey team skipper Sardar Singh said he is happy with the selection committee's decision to rest him from the 18-member Champions Trophy squad announced on Tuesday....
Opposing the decision of boards of directors of five associate banks of State Bank of India (SBI) to close down and merge with SBI, the All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) has called a strike on May 20....
Representatives of political parties in Manipur are busy drafting a memorandum calling upon their central leaders to support presidential assent for three bills that introduce a system to check influx of migrants into the north-eastern state. A committee, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, has finished drafting the memorandum,...