By James M Dorsey Since arriving in Saudi Arabia five months ago, soccer superstar Ronaldo has scored 14 goals in 16 games for his new club, Al Nassr. Yet, more was needed for Al Nassr to win the Saudi championship or advance in the Saudi Cup. Even so, Ro...

By Satyaki Chakraborty The indictment of former US president Donald trump by the Federal Grand Jury in Miami on June 8 has imparted a new dimension to the American political scene with the possibility of the right wing Republican mobilizing the warring gr...

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Advancing social justice only can bring the workforce out from the prevailing grim scenario across the word, since the labour market insecurity is widespread. It is clearly emerging from the 111th Session of the International Labour Con...

By L S Herdenia BHOPAL Lokayukta enquiry against senior Minister Bhupendra Singh came as explosion in the political circles of Madhya Pradesh. Bhupendra Singh is considered to be very close to the state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Besides, Lokay...

The Congress on Friday appointed Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil as the new Gujarat PCC president and relieved him from the charge of AICC in-charge of Haryana and Delhi by appointing Deepak Babariya in his place. “The Congress president has appointed Sha...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said his government has taken serious note of the death threat to NCP chief Sharad Pawar and he has given instructions for a probe. His deputy Devendra Fadnavis said such threats will not be tolerated. Wh...

Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha on Friday said that a united opposition could work a “miracle” in next year’s Lok Sabha polls. Sinha, who is on a trip to his home town Patna, told journalists that he was sanguine about the opposition parties’ meet...

It is a promise of Rs 1,000 per month versus Rs 1,500 per month and an LPG cylinder for Rs 500 – the ruling BJP and the Congress are going all out to woo women voters in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Last month, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath promised the...

The Congress on Friday dismissed as rumours reports that its leader Sachin Pilot may announce his own party on his father Rajesh Pilot’s death anniversary and asserted it will contest Rajasthan’s assembly polls unitedly, even as sources close to him said...

In its ongoing tussle with Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi, the ruling DMK got support from an unlikely quarter – political rival AIADMK also criticised Ravi’s interference in government work. On Thursday, former AIADMK minister Sellur Raju hit out at the gov...

Congress on Thursday hit back at External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on his criticism of Rahul Gandhi for his remarks made in the US recently, saying it was Gandhi who gave him a ministerial position. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter...

Slamming Rahul Gandhi for criticising India abroad and his “mohabbat ki dukan” pitch to target the ruling saffron party, three BJP MPs on Thursday wrote a hard-hitting letter to the Congress leader and accused him of insulting the country in the United St...

The Congress high command on Thursday reprimanded Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh for his views on the “anti-cow slaughter” law in the state and asked him to stay “within his limits”. Venkatesh on Saturday had indicated that the Congress g...

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday appealed to people of Haryana to give one chance to his party in the next year’s assembly polls in the state, promising to give better education and healthcare facilities. The Delhi chief minister, accompa...

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday assured his party’s support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against the Centre’s ordinance on control of services in the national capital. The SP chief’s remarks came after Kejriwal met him here am...