The TOI correspondent from Washington: In the swirling vortex of post-2024 American politics, where Donald Trump’s second term has amplified the “America First” chorus, a surprisingly new contrarian voice has emerged from an unlikely “desi” family. Nalin Haley, the 24-year-old son of former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, is rapidly ascending Republican […]
US President Donald Trump (Photo credit: AP) The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a head-spinning pivot from fiscal brinkmanship to scandalous revelations, the United States emerged from its longest government shutdown in history on Thursday only for Congress to unleash a fresh torrent of Jeffrey Epstein documents that ensnare President Donald Trump in a web […]
FILE — U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former Speaker of the House, addresses the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. Pelosi announced on Nov. 6, 2025 that she will retire when her term concludes in early 2027, ending a remarkable career in which she rose to become one of the most […]
Nancy Pelosi’s retirement marks the close of one of the most consequential careers in American politics, a tenure shaped by legislative strategy, partisan conflict and a finely tuned sense of public symbolism. Among the many images that defined her years in national life, none spread more widely than the moment she applauded Donald Trump during […]
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (PTI photo/File) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the PM should create an “apaman mantralaya” (Ministry of Insults), as he accuses all opposition leaders of insulting the country and Bihar.Priyanka Vadra’s remark was an apparent retort to PM Modi’s attack on Congress leader […]
NEW DELHI: When Rahul Gandhi set out under Bihar‘s unforgiving August sun for his ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’, it was a test of whether he could still find takers in a land where the Congress survives mostly as a fading afterimage. For 16 days, his campaign carved a noisy trail through dusty highways and crowded colonies.Today, […]
BENGALURU: Karnataka police’s special investigation team probing the alleged voter deletion scam in Aland constituency during the 2023 assembly polls has reportedly uncovered evidence of attempts to remove names from the electoral rolls, and identified six suspects.Sleuths said deletions were carried out at a cyber centre in Aland, where operators were allegedly paid Rs 80 […]
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor In a crucial second match of the India tour of Australia at Adelaide Oval, Australia won the toss and chose to bowl. India, still reeling from their loss in Perth, desperately need a win to level the series before the final game in Sydney.The Indian team has kept their lineup unchanged, […]
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday mocked the Mahagathbandhan, claiming Rahul Gandhi and Congress were robbed of credit after a press conference poster featured only RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. BJP spokesperson Shehzaad Poonawala posted on X said, “Joint PC? But only one picture…. Rahul Gandhi & Congress ka ‘samman chori’ ….. Showed Congress […]
PATNA: RJD scion Tejashwi Yadav’s long wait to be officially declared INDIA bloc’s CM face in Bihar looked set to end after Congress’s designated troubleshooter, Ashok Gehlot, and the party’s state in-charge Krishna Allavaru met him and his father Lalu Prasad in Patna Wednesday to break a stalemate that has dragged into the business end […]
