Politics

Global equity markets reached new highs for the second straight session, boosted by U.S. equities, while Treasury bond yields eased and the dollar was little changed as investors awaited jobs data that could sway Federal Reserve monetary policy.

The former advocate general of Madhya Pradesh played a key role behind the curtains in bringing back the Congress party to power in the state in 2018.

The meeting will be held at alliance chairperson Farooq Abdullah's residence in Gupkar area of the city at 11 am.

Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the BJP has "disposed of" and "abandoned" most of its old allies after coming to power and gaining maximum from them.

Earlier in the day, the Maharashtra unit of the BJP held 'chakka jam' protest across the state.

Raut's statements come four days after leaders of eight opposition parties, including TMC, SP, AAP, RLD and the Left, assembled at NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence in New Delhi and discussed various issues facing the country.

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The leader of the opposition also charged the ruling JD(U) in Bihar with being the "mastermind" behind the split in the LJP, which has left Chirag cornered within the party headed by him till recently and founded by his late father Ram Vilas Paswan.

Airports around the country will share $8 billion in federal grants to help them recover from the pandemic, which caused a steep drop in air travel and a loss of revenue that airports expect from airlines and passengers.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the first time, said Tuesday he will support longdebated changes to the military justice system that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders.

Embedded in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's scathing rebuke of the NCAA and its rules were a few suggestions on how college sports can be reformed to avoid being sued into oblivion.

The HC asked the NHRC to examine all the post-poll violence because they felt that the State government has failed to convince the Court that they have seriously acted against the allegations.

Sarnaik, an MLA from Thane city, also stated that even though the alliance with the BJP has broken, personal and harmonious relations between leaders of the 'yuti' (Shiv Sena-BJP) remain.

While ruling out that the reservation in favour of OBCs in local bodies should not result in exceeding the 50% cap in reservation quota, SC directed the state to appoint a dedicated commission.

Sacramento (AP) Eleven US mayors from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee Oklahoma have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a natio...