politics

Former Odisha DGP, who was accused of harbouring criminals from Jharkhand and Bihar a few years ago, has finally taken the political plunge by joining the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in the presence of supremo Shibu Soren (Guruji). Marik…

Kathmandu, March 8: Three-time Prime Minister and Nepali Congress senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected as the new president of the country's largest democratic party. He was elected in its 13th National General Convention…

By Saeed Naqvi: Kanhaiya Kumar’s genius as a public speaker is self evident from his first speech in JNU on February 11 and the one he made on the campus after returning from Tihar Jail on March 3. The CPI feels it has a legitimate right to…

Tokyo, Feb 19: Five Japanese opposition parties on Friday submitted two bills to the Lower House of the parliament to scrap the security laws enacted last September. The parties include the Democratic Party, the Japanese Communist Party…

Taipei, Feb 19: The new Taiwanese parliament began its new session on Friday, with 30 priority bills, seeking a reform of the island's political system. The current Speaker, Su Jia-chyuan of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), will…

By Hemanta Pande: Dambaru Sisa, the first MLA from the particularly vulnerable tribal group—“Bonda Community” of Odisha, has been invited to attend the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) on the topic ‘USA…

Lisbon, Jan 25: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a centre-right candidate of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party (SDP), won presidential elections on Sunday, preliminary results showed. According to the ministry of internal affairs election…

New Delhi, Jan 25: Amit Shah, a close confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Sunday elected the BJP president for a full three-year term, retaining the post he has held since the party took power in the country in 2014. Shah, 51,…

Guwahati, Jan 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday blamed the Congress for the problems of Assam, saying that the party hasn't done any work in 15 years despite the fact that his predecesor Manmohan Singh represented the state in the…

Taipei, Jan 18: Tsai Ing-wen, candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won Taiwan's leadership election on Saturday, according to the final result of ballot counting released by the island's election commission. In a speech…