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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has vowed to stay in office and govern “with even more strength."

Arvind Kejriwal's reign as the Delhi Chief Minister as nation's top officials including Delhi High Court and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have criticised him running his office from Tihar jail. PM Modi in an interview to TOI said that he felt «other politicians won't be so lacking in morals.» «I think it is the media's responsibility to show the people the full perspective on this (Kejriwal) issue, how people of Delhi are suffering, and what the courts have said about the case,» Modi said when asked about a sitting Chief Minister being in jail.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has put all three leaders on the star campaigners list for the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Can Arvind Kejriwal and his former ministers vote in the ongoing elections? Let’s explore: Delhi, where Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his former ministers are currently in jail, is scheduled to vote in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha Elections on May 25, 2024.

U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn't order opposition politician Alexei Navalny killed at an Arctic prison camp in February, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Navalny, 47 when he died, was Putin's fiercest domestic critic. His allies, branded extremists by the authorities, accused Putin of having him murdered and have said they will provide proof to back their allegation.

Deve Gowda slams Rahul Gandhi over Cong manifesto: 'Never coming to power...' Chidambaram also asked on the social media platform about the changes in promotion of the saffron party amid the Lok Sabha election. "Modi Sarkar has gone. It was BJP Sarkar for a few days.

Pakistan for political gain during elections, and rejected their claims made over Jammu and Kashmir. “Indian politicians to cease their reckless practice of dragging Pakistan into India’s populist public discourse for electoral motives," she said. “We are witnessing an alarming surge in provocative statements from Indian leaders asserting unwarranted claims on Jammu and Kashmir.

Supreme Court rejected petitions seeking cross-verifications of votes cast using EVMs with VVPAT, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the decision shattered dreams of the INDIA bloc that «sought to mislead the nation». «Ever politician in INDIA coalition sinned by trying to create doubts in the hearts of the nation's citizens,» PM Modi said at an election rally in Araria Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

Election Commission of India (ECI) to immediately establish a mechanism enabling arrested political party leaders or candidates to continue campaigning during elections. According to the plea, politicians could potentially campaign via video conferencing. The PIL was lodged by a final-year law student from Jamia Millia Islamia, following the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal due to alleged irregularities in a liquor policy case.

Rahul Gandhi talking about women ‘working at home’ but never getting paid for it. “Aap log jo 8-10 ghante kaam karte ho, stri ko bhi paisa milta hain, purush ko bhi paisa milta hain. Magar har mahila, issh desh ki har mahila, 8 ghante ghar k bahar job karti hain aur, phir 8 ghante ghar mein job karti hain." Rahul Gandhi is heard saying.

Catch and kill

Despite us constantly being told that solar and wind are now the cheapest forms of electricity, governments around the world needed to spend $1.8 trillion on green transitions last year. “Wind and solar are already significantly cheaper than coal and oil" is how US President Joe Biden conveniently justifies spending hundreds of billions of dollars on green subsidies. Indeed, arguing that wind and solar is the cheapest is a meme employed by green lobbyists, activists and politicians globally.

The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S. The move marks the largest expansion in federal overtime eligibility in decades

How do you run a democracy when the mercury rises above 40° Celsius? That’s the problem faced by voters in India. A swathe of the country’s east is sweltering under a brutal heatwave. The city centre of Kolkata has emptied out, schools have cancelled classes, and one TV presenter collapsed on air with heat stroke.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah is pushing himself hard to wrest the neighbouring Lok Sabha constituencies of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar (SC) from BJP as he probably sees the outcome as a vote on his own performance. A win would help him cement his position in Congress and the government. In both constituencies, NDA and Congress candidates are fresh faces. In Mysuru, a seat Congress last won in 2009, the entry of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the scion of the royal family, as BJP candidate has made the contest a tight one for Congress. By picking Wadiyar, BJP has tried to nullify anti-incumbency as sitting MP Pratap Simha has completed two terms. Mysureans have always seen members of the royal family beyond the narrow lens of caste. Congress has fielded M Lakshman, a Vokkaliga, going for the community after 47 years. The community voters are dominant in Mysuru district, and the CM is betting on these votes, besides its traditional votes from the Kuruba (OBC) and minority communities. The absence of SDPI and BSP candidates, according to local political analyst Kudli Gururaj, might help Congress get some extra votes.

A politician is always a politician: Former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu may no longer be an active BJP leader but loves to meet people, deliver lectures and travel to various parts of the country. After receiving Padma Vibushan, Naidu met friends and well-wishers over breakfast where he announced that he would be more active now in his interactions. He also expressed his ire over leaders switching parties for instant gains and plum posts, saying a true leader would not change colours. Interestingly, most defections in recent times have been to BJP. Pleadings and allegation season: BJP's Bardhaman-Durgapur candidate Dilip Ghosh has sought support from the Left parties and their followers to strengthen Narendra Modi's hands. It is believed that a substantial number of Left votes backed BJP in 2019. Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has been alleging a 'Ram-Bam' (BJP and Left) connection and claiming that Congress, Left and BJP are teaming together to defeat Trinamool.

Alappuzha, the citadel of the Communists in Kerala and the land of the historic Punnapra-Vayalar uprising and the martyrs column, huge hoardings of KC Venugopal, the influential AICC general secretary (organisation) and a close associate of Rahul Gandhi, are all over. Venugopal is fighting to wrest the CPM seat, the only Lok Sabha constituency that stood by the Left in 2019 when the Congress-led UDF swept 19 of the 20 seats from the state.

Vishweshwar Reddy, the BJP candidate from Chevella Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana, has surfaced as one of the wealthiest contestants in the state. His family assets, disclosed in an affidavit submitted to the election authorities, total a staggering Rs 4568 crore. Reddy submitted his nomination on Monday, revealing details of his movable and immovable assets, and liabilities. The politician possesses 17.77 lakh shares of Apollo Hospital Enterprises Ltd valued at Rs 973.22 crore, while his wife Sangita Reddy holds 24.32 lakh shares worth Rs 1500.85 crore. Sangita Reddy, who serves as the Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Group, established by her father Dr C Prathap Reddy, boasts assets worth Rs 3209.41 crore. Reddy himself holds assets amounting to Rs 1250 crore, with the remainder being owned by their son.

The public portion of a Panamanian trial of more than two-dozen associates accused of helping some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth has come to an unexpectedly speedy conclusion

The Environmental Protection Agency is allowing the sale of gasoline containing a higher blend of ethanol for the third summer in a row

Most politics is day by day, and certainly we consume it that way. But the thought that presses on my mind has distant horizons. The criminal trial of Donald Trump, de facto Republican presidential nominee, commenced Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court.

Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles