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AAP clinches 21 seats, leading on 42

5:45 pm February 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party has won 21 assembly seats in Delhi and is leading on 42, as per latest results and trends, with its prominent faces Manish Sisodia and Raghav Chadha emerging victorious from their respective constituencies. The BJP has won the Gonda seat and is leading on six others, while the Congress […]

US concerned by China's ongoing attempts to 'intimidate' neighbours: White House

Trump budget to face skepticism, overwhelming politics

11:05 am February 10, 2020

Washington: Confronted with the threat of trillion-dollar-plus deficits for as far as the eye can see, President Donald Trump is offering a USD 4.8 trillion budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that rehashes previously rejected spending cuts while leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched. Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget plan, to be released Monday, […]

Congress says it disagrees with SC order on quota in jobs

7:42 pm February 9, 2020

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said it disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of reservation in appointments and promotions, and alleged that the rights of SC/ST communities are under threat during the BJP rule. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik said the party […]

Exit polls predict easy win for AAP

10:40 pm February 8, 2020

New Delhi: Exit polls for the Delhi assembly election on Saturday forecast a comfortable victory for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party despite a likely rise in tally for the BJP in the 70-member House. The Times Now-Ipsos exit polls predicted that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will retain his chair with the AAP winning 44 seats […]

Rahul Gandhi should apologise for calling PM Modi coward: Rajasthan BJP chief

Modi doesn’t behave like prime minister: Rahul

3:05 pm February 7, 2020

New Delhi: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “tubelight” barb, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he does not behave like a prime minister. “Normally, a prime minister has a particular status, a prime minister has a particular way of behaving, a particular stature, our prime minister doesn’t have these. He […]