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Scindia, who quit the Congress and joined the BJP in March, also said curbs should be imposed to check objectionable posts on social media.

A day after the Madurai West wing of the AIADMK urged CM Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam to put the spotlight on the southern city, two prominent ministers have backed the demand.

Mishra was arrested in a case of criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement lodged by his relative against him, his wife Ramlali Mishra, a member of the state legislative council, and son Vishnu Mishra.

False claims that Kamala Harris is not legally eligible to serve as U.S. vice president or president have been circulating in social media posts since 2019, when she first launched her Democratic primary campaign.

Referring to PM's glowing tribute to freedom fighters in his Independence Day address from Red Fort, the senior Trinamool Congress leader said in a tweet that he was touched by Modi's praise for freedom fighters.

The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. That's raising the possibility that millions of voters co...

Khan asked the principal secretary to take up the complaints of affected people against the police with the Delhi police commissioner, the statement said.

A former FBI lawyer will plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the probe of ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.

Policy changes to slow delivery at the U.S. Postal Service are taking a toll on military veterans, who are reporting much longer wait times to receive mailorder prescription drugs, according to Democratic senators.

A lot has happened since July 11 when Ashok Gehlot made sensational claims of BJP making nine-digit offers to his MLAs in a bid to topple the government, setting in motion a chain of events that, many say, have seen him fight the most important political...

The nation's leading business group on Wednesday raised serious concerns about President Donald Trump's move to defer Social Security payroll taxes for American workers, warning that the plan for a shot of economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic c...

A report Wednesday by the State Departments internal watchdog confirms news accounts that staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Britain have accused Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets and the U.S. ambassador, of making insensitive and inappropriate remar...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called upon the young democracies of central and Eastern Europe to embrace their hardwon freedoms as they face threats from Russia, China and others while seeing backsliding closer to home, including in Bel...

The Congress leader asked how can a subordinate legislation override the parent Act from which it is derived like the Draft EIA Notification 2020 does vis-à-vis the Environment Protection Act, 1986.

These MLAs, who were elected on BSP ticket and later merged with the Congress, had requested the apex court to transfer to itself BJP MLA Madan Dilawar's plea, seeking their disqualification.

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