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However, security covers of renowned lawyer Ujjwal Nikam and actor Shatrughan Sinha have been upgraded. While Nikam will get Z security now (he earlier had Y+with escort), Sinha will get Y + along with escort.

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on Saturday came out in support of the anti-conversion ordinance brought in by the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, saying it would help the victims of fraudulent marriages. The actor, often in news because of controversi...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's concern about President Donald Trump potentially ordering the launch of a nuclear weapon in his final days in office highlights a littleknown fact: Launch authority rests with the president alone.

The U.S. economy shed jobs for the first time in eight months in December as the country buckled under an onslaught of COVID19 infections, suggesting a significant loss of momentum that could temporarily disrupt the recovery from the pandemic.

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is moving to loosen mining regulations and green light new mineral projects before leaving office this month, with successor Joe Biden unable to reverse some of the changes.

America's employers likely cut back again on hiring last month and might even have shed jobs with the economy under pressure from a resurgent virus that has led many consumers to reduce spending and states and cities to reimpose business restrictions.

Stocks on Wall Street hit record levels on Thursday as investors bet a Democratcontrolled Congress will deliver more stimulus spending to help the U.S. economy overcome a steep pandemicinduced downturn.

Bond prices dropped and stocks hit record highs on Thursday as investors bet his party's control of the U.S. Congress would enable Presidentelect Joe Biden to borrow and spend heavily, while higher yields helped a bruised dollar recover from near threeyea...

Wall Street hit record levels on Thursday as market participants bet on more pandemic aid under a Democratcontrolled U.S. Congress to help the economy ride out a steep downturn.

Democratic control of the Senate offers Presidentelect Joe Biden an opportunity to advance parts of his climate agenda, but the paperthin majority likely puts sweeping global warming legislation beyond reach.

The Dow and the S&P 500 ended higher, soaring to alltime highs on Wednesday, as investors piled into financial and industrial stocks on bets a Democratic sweep in Georgia would lead to more fiscal stimulus and infrastructure spending.

Protesters supporting Donald Trump swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, putting it on lockdown, as Vice President Mike Pence rebuffed the president's demand to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden and the Senate's Republican leader denounced a bid in...

Gold tumbled more than 2% on Wednesday, hit by a rebound in the dollar as U.S. Treasury yields surged, showing that investors are betting on a Democrat win in the U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia.

Democrats won one U.S. Senate race in Georgia and led in another on Wednesday, moving closer to a sweep in a deep South state that would give them control of Congress and the power to advance Presidentelect Joe Biden's policy goals.

Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party on Tuesday inaugurated a parliament controlled by allies of President Nicolas Maduro, while the opposition seated a rival committee of legislators in a virtual session, following disputed elections on Dec. 6.

"Show me a picture of Mamata Banerjee setting up a big industry, a picture of her launching a big business investment in West Bengal," the Asansol MP said adding that there would be none.