Politics
Condition of Pranab Mukherjee Worsens as Former President Develops Lung Infection
The 84-year-old former president was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10. He was operated for removal of a clot in the brain and has been in a coma ever since.
'In Full Agreement': Priyanka Backs Rahul's Call for Non-Gandhi Congress Chief Amid Leadership Crisis in Party
Rahul Gandhi stepped down as Congress president after the party faced an electoral drubbing in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Sonia Gandhi had taken over as interim chief on August 10 last year.
The Latest: Trump pushes back against Michelle Obama speech
The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times local):
TV's unconventional night capped by raves for Michelle Obama
After a night in which television struggled to keep up with the Democrats' virtual convention, networks were rewarded with the most traditional of political events a powerful speech.
Shanti Dhariwal of Kota: The Man on CM Gehlot's Right Side who Steps in When Things Go Wrong
The urban development minister in Ashok Gehlot's government herded Congress MLAs to the safety of Jaisalmer before the trust vote in the face of Sachin Pilot's revolt.
WHAT TO WATCH: Democrats open a new kind of convention
The Democratic Party will convene, sort of, amid a pandemic that has upended the usual pompandcircumstance of presidential nominating conventions.
Rebel YSRC MP Alleges Phone Tapping by State Authorities in Andhra Pradesh; Writes to Centre
In a letter to Union Home Secretary A K Bhalla, Raju also alleged he was getting threatening calls from strange numbers displaying codes of Romania, Denmark, Switzerland, South Korea and Spain.
BJP Hits out at Congress for Not Siding with Its Own MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy
"The Congress says that the innocent people are being arrested. Who is innocent? The man who is sitting next to me (Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy). He should get justice," BJP state vice-president and Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavali said.
Trump orders Chinese owner of TikTok to sell US assets
President Donald Trump on Friday gave the Chinese company ByteDance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support the popular TikTok app in the United States.
Major US postal workers union endorses Biden for president
A major union representing U.S. postal workers has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president, a move that comes as President Donald Trump has acknowledged starving the postal service of money in order to make it more difficult to vote by mail in November'...
India Overcame Past Challenges, Will Do So Again: Mamata Banerjee on Covid-19 Crisis
On the eve of the country's 74th Independence Day, she said people should wear masks and maintain physical distance while hoisting the Tricolour.
Rajasthan HC to Deliver on Monday Its Verdict on BSP MLAs' Merger with Congress
After hearing the arguments, the single-judge bench of Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal started dictating its decision on Friday but could not complete it due to the paucity of time. It will resume on Monday.
Pompeo to meet head of UN nuclear watchdog as council votes
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Austria, where he will see the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog as members of the U.N. Security Council vote on a longshot American bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran.
Why So Much Hue and Cry Over Pawar's Comments on His Grand-nephew, Asks Shiv Sena
The Shiv Sena on Friday sought to downplay the controversy created by NCP president Sharad Pawar's public reprimand of his grand-nephew Parth Pawar for see.
AP FACT CHECK: Harris eligible to serve as VP, president
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.
Trump's suggestion to eliminate payroll tax doesn't add up
President Donald Trumps push to cut Social Security payroll taxes for the rest of the year and even arguing for a permanent cut would have little impact bolstering the coronavirusbattered economy in the short term and could destabilize longterm funding...