After 70 years, democracy is finally arriving at the UN for the election of its next head. It will also be the first with women running for the top job. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's successor is to be chosen in a process that will be "historic and game-changing" with an open election campaign, General Assembly President Mogens L...
Ahead of next week's "Super Tuesday" nomination contests in 11 states, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump got a significant boost with the surprise endorsement of New Jersey governor Chris Christie. Christie's bombshell on Friday, which may well change the dynamics of the Republican race came a day after Trump's two main rivals -...
Banned group Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) is nothing but trouble, said a Pakistani daily which noted that these men are a constant source of embarrassment and worry for Pakistan. An editorial "Mutually assured destruction" in The Nation on Saturday said that it took yet another militant attack across the border and increasing pressure from outside powers for...
The Congress on Friday accused the BJP of loaning Rs.25 lakh to what is said was a "for profit public limited company" in Mumbai and sought a clarification from the prime minister and finance minister on the issue. ...
The year past was perhaps the most polarised in India's history after Partition in 1947, former finance minister P. Chidambaram said on Friday....
The Congress on Friday alleged that the RSS has turned into a political organization, as opposed to its own constitution....
A plea seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and two others for alleged involvement in solar panel allocation case was filed on Friday in a Delhi court. ...
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Gujarat on Saturday, which coincided with BJP president Amit Shah's felicitation programme here, has been cancelled due to alleged security issues, the Congress announced here. ...
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani's remarks about goddess Durga in the Rajya Sabha generated much political heat in the upper house on Friday as well, with the opposition demanding an apology from her and she rejecting it. ...
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday inaugurated the bicentenary celebrations of CMS College here and also laid the foundation stone of the bicentenary block....
