The US presidential election has come to an end and Donald Trump is all set to be the 45th President. In the thick of the action in Arizona, a state which voted for the tycoon is the campaign strategist and the executive director of the Arizona Republican party, Avinash Iragavarapu.[Read More…]
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Thousands join anti-Trump protest across US
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in several cities across the US to protest the unexpected victory of Donald Trump. Protesters took into the streets in Manhattan on Wednesday night and converged on Trump tower in Midtown. In Los Angeles, protesters burned a Trump effigy at City hall and shutdown a section[Read More…]
What Trump’s America means to rest of the world
2016 election was the most divisive in the entire American political history. The campaign exposed the worst in US politics. Trump’s misogynistic and racist comments earned him global notoriety while DNC email leak and other allegations made Hillary untrustworthy. Trump’s victory will definitely tarnish America’s image and will transform the[Read More…]
Five-point plan for Americans in Trumpland
Documentary film maker Michael Moore, well known for the film Fahrenheit 9/11, has issued a five-point plan in Facebook for Americans struggling to come to term with Donald Trump’s victory. In mid-October Moore made an anti-Trump documentary titled Michael Moore in Trumpland , which is based on a one-man show[Read More…]
What Donald Trump’s victory could mean for India
Donald Trump’s dumbfounding victory over Hillary Clinton in the US elections has sent shockwaves across the world. Many countries are now re-evaluating their stand with the US and what the shock result means to them. India too is now gearing up with plans and probabilities of Trump’s move to the[Read More…]
Donald Trump’s presidency shatter world markets
The unexpected victory of Republican nominee Donald Trump resulted a sharp decline in the international stock markets. American stock market index S&P 500 futures slipped as much as 5% following news that Trump pulled ahead of Hillary. Japan’s Nikkei stock index was down about 5%,crude oil slumped more than 3%[Read More…]
Of all world leaders, Putin the happiest about Trump’s victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in US elections. The Kremlin said that it hoped to work with him on improving relations between the two countries, reported AFP. Putin ‘expressed hope for mutual work on bringing US-Russia relations out of their critical condition as[Read More…]
Donald Trump is president-elect of the United States
Republican Donald Trump is the new President of the United States. Earlier, Republican nominee Donald Trump had gained a clear edge over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the fight for the swing states (states where both parties have similar levels of support) as polls close across most of the US.[Read More…]
US Election: Trump inches closer to victory
Republican nominee Donald Trump has gained a clear edge over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the fight for the swing states (states where both parties have similar levels of support) as polls close across most of the US. Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump needed 270 electoral votes out of a[Read More…]
US election 2016: Record turnout in early voting
As America moves to elect its 45th president, lines snaking out of the polling station and around the block have been the reality for voters on election day. Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump Jr said his father will concede the result if they are “legit and fair.” Trump has repeatedly called[Read More…]
US Elections 2016: Polls open in 9 states
Polling stations have opened as the first ballots are cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. Voters in nine states – Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Virginia – got first crack at electing the new president, with the rest[Read More…]
Donald Trump unfit to be commander-in-chief, says Hillary Clinton
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said her Democratic rival is not only unfit to be commander- in-chief but also a danger to America’s national security. Addressing a well-attended election rally in Kent in the battleground State of Ohio, Clinton said Trump cannot be trusted to command nuclear arsenal, alleging[Read More…]
Trump contrasts US economy with India; slams Obama
Republican candidate Donald Trump contrasted the economic growth of India with that of US and blamed President Barack Obama for the country’s slower economic rate. “They say it’s hard because we’re a large county. Well, India is a much larger country and they’re at 8 per cent,” Trump said Trump[Read More…]
US Presidential debate: Trump won’t commit to accept poll result
The third and final US presidential debate ended on Wednesday with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton facing each other in Las Vegas. Moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace, it covered several issues, including abortion, immigration and the relationship with Russia. Surprisingly, Donald Trump has been claiming for[Read More…]
2002 Gujarat riots a ploy by Hillary, Sonia depicts handouts at #HindusForTrump event
The relationship between India and Donald Trump has been weird from day 1. In India we saw a right-wing group celebrating Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s birthday in a pompous way. They performed ‘havans’ for his well-being and for his nomination. This time in USA, the ‘Hindu’ supporters of the[Read More…]
India and USA will be ‘best friends’ if I am the President: Donald Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has termed India as a “key strategic ally.” He also said that if voted to power India and the US would become “best friends” and have a “phenomenal future” together. “We are going to have a phenomenal future together,” Trump said at an event by[Read More…]
Three women accuse Donald Trump of ‘groping, kissing and inappropriate touching’
Days after Donald Trump said that he had never engaged in such a behavior, three women have accused Donald Trump of groping or kissing them without their consent in news reports published Wednesday. As reported by the New York Times, one of the women alleges that Trump grabbed her breasts[Read More…]
Will jail Hillary if I win, says Trump at the 2nd US Presidential Debate
Donald Trump on Sunday attacked former President Bill Clinton for his treatment of women and vowed, if he won the White House, to put Hillary Clinton in jail for operating a private email server while US secretary of state. In a contentious town-hall debate, Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said[Read More…]
Won’t drop out of race, says Trump after calls to quit over lewd remarks
US presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed on Saturday to remain in the race even as his campaign was thrown into crisis as both his wife and running mate criticized him and more than a dozen prominent Republicans withdrew support and urged him to drop out following news of a recording[Read More…]
Donald Trump apologizes for ‘lewd’ and ‘sexist’ remarks in 2005
A video has surfaced that threatens to disrupt Donald Trump’s electoral campaign. The US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday had to apologise for making lewd and sexist comments about a married woman in a video from 2005. in the audio of the video, Trump talked about trying to[Read More…]
Veiled dig! Race to White House is real, not reality TV: Hillary
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton took a dig at Donald Trump saying the race to the White House is real business and not “reality TV”. “This is not reality TV. This is real. It’s as real as it gets. So we’re going to get the economy working for everybody, not[Read More…]
First US Presidential Debate: Hillary 1-0 Trump, says CNN-ORC Poll
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won the first presidential debate, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The poll of debate watchers put Clinton at 62 per cent while Republican rival Donald Trump lost by 27 per cent in Monday night’s debate held at the Hofstra University, New York. During the debate[Read More…]
Senior Bush says ‘will vote for Hillary’: Claims member of Kennedy family
According to a Facebook post from John F Kennedy’s niece, Kathleen Kennedy, former President George H W Bush is going to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Kathleen, who is the former lieutenant governor of Maryland, posted a photograph on Facebook with a caption ‘The President told me he[Read More…]
Trump admits Obama born in US, falsely blames Hillary for rumours
Republican Donald Trump on Friday finally acknowledged that President Barack Obama was born in the United States but accused Hillary Clinton of starting the so-called birther controversy, a charge that independent fact-checking sites have said is false. “President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period,” said Trump, reversing[Read More…]
Facebook co-founder donates $20 million to help ensure the defeat of Donald Trump
Dustin Moskovitz A co-founder of Facebook donating $20 million to help ensure the defeat of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential elections. He and his wife Cari made the decision to pour in millions because he thinks that ‘if Donald Trump wins, the country will fall backward, and become more isolated from[Read More…]