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Loved Sara Ali Khan’s bold playsuit at Manish Malhotra’s party? Here’s its cost
By Zarafshan Shiraz
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2021 01:55 PM IST
- Sara Ali Khan’s white ruffle cold-shoulder playsuit at Manish Malhotra’s house party last month made jaws drop in awe and set the mercury soaring but the good news is that you can add the ravishing ensemble to your vacay wardrobe too without burning a hole in your pocket
Got vaccinated against Covid? Here’s a list of countries you can travel
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Harshit Sabarwal, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 04, 2021 10:36 AM IST
The tourism industry- whose basic requirement is the movement of people from one place to another- has also been badly hit due to lockdown restrictions, cancellation of flights for domestic and international travel, closure of resorts and other tourist attractions etc.
Georgia's Republican governor under fire after US Senate losses
AP
PUBLISHED ON JAN 09, 2021 07:33 PM IST
In a state long dominated by Republicans, Democrats won Georgia’s electoral votes for president in November and two US Senate seats in runoff elections Tuesday.
Republicans recoil from Trump after mob violence proves too much
By Bloomberg | Posted by Shivani Kumar
UPDATED ON JAN 07, 2021 08:01 AM IST
Longtime Trump ally Tom Cotton, a senator from Arkansas, said in a statement, “It’s past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence.”
Explainer: How Democrats won Georgia’s two Senate runoffs
By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai | Washington
UPDATED ON JAN 07, 2021 03:33 AM IST
The two victories will give Democrats control of the Senate for the next two years.
Dems poised to take Senate as Congress meets to certify Biden win
By Yashwant Raj , Edited by Vinod Janardhanan | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 11:05 PM IST
US Congress will hold a joint session later in the day to grant one final certification to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Trump calls US election process ‘worse than third world countries’, urges Pence to show ‘courage’
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 10:14 PM IST
The House of Representatives and the Senate will separately debate for up to two hours over the objections, if any, raised by Trump’s allies, which will be followed by a vote.
Trump claims voter fraud in Georgia Senate runoffs, Republican candidate calls for ‘transparency’
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 08:33 PM IST
Amid unsubstantiated voter fraud claims by the US president, Republican David Perdue’s campaign has called for “time and transparency to be certain the results are fair and accurate.”
Democrat Raphael Warnock claims victory in one of two crunch US Senate runoffs
By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai | Atlanta
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 12:38 PM IST
US officials and major media had yet to declare a winner for either of the two Georgia seats at stake, both of which Joe Biden’s Democrats need to flip to take control of the Senate.
Georgia Senate runoffs: Democrats take early leads
By Reuters | Posted by Karan Manral | Atlanta
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 07:54 AM IST
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of President-elect Joe Biden’s party are challenging incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler of President Donald Trump’s Republican party.
Tight elections unfolding in Georgia with Biden’s agenda, Senate control at stake
By Reuters | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | Atlanta
PUBLISHED ON JAN 06, 2021 06:48 AM IST
Democrats must win both contests in Georgia to take control of the Senate. A double win for the Democrats would create a 50-50 split in the Senate, giving Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the tie-breaking vote after she and Biden take office on Jan. 20.
‘Hope Mike Pence comes through’: Trump puts vice president under spotlight to overturn US election
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2021 10:52 PM IST
Pence was reportedly seen with Trump in the Oval Office shortly before the latter departed for Georgia.
Georgia votes to decide who controls Senate
By Yashwant Raj | Hindustan Times, Washington, DC
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2021 11:34 PM IST
Democrats already control the House of Representatives. President-elect Joe Biden will have an easier time pursing his legislative agenda if his party wins these two seats in the state of Georgia
Explained: Why are Georgia Senate runoffs extremely crucial for Joe Biden?
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 06:58 PM IST
The US Senate has 46 Democrats, 50 Republicans and two independent Senators - Bernie Sanders and Angus King - who generally vote along the Democratic lines.
Trump caught on tape asking to ‘find votes’ in Georgia
By Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 10:18 AM IST
A leaked recording came to light hours after Trump first reported the conversation that took place on Saturday, in a tweet, with his own spin on it. Raffensperger tweeted back shortly after disputing the president’s version.
Congress opens new session as coronavirus, Joe Biden’s win dominate
By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai | Washington
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 05:59 AM IST
Opening the Senate could be among Mitch McConnell’s final acts as majority leader. Republican control is in question until Tuesday’s runoff elections for two Senate seats in Georgia. The outcome will determine which party holds the chamber.
Trump, on tape, presses Georgia official to ‘find’ votes
By Associated Press| Posted by Mallika Soni | Washington
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 05:51 AM IST
The president, who has refused to accept his loss to the Democratic president-elect, is heard telling Raffensperger at one point: “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”
Biden flexes Georgia muscle alongside GOP in Senate races
By Associated Press| Posted by Mallika Soni | Atlanta
PUBLISHED ON JAN 03, 2021 03:59 AM IST
Biden and his team have steered at least $18 million to help Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock try to unseat Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Biden’s campaign manager and incoming White House deputy chief of staff, Jen O’Malley Dillon, confirmed the figures Saturday.
A closer look at the four candidates in Georgia’s senate runoffs
By Bloomberg | Posted by Shivani Kumar
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 05:18 PM IST
A look at the four candidates: Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, and Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
In Georgia, Joe Biden’s presidency meets early defining moment
By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai | Atlanta
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 01:34 PM IST
Two runoffs Tuesday in Georgia will decide which party controls the Senate and, thus, how far the new president can reach legislatively on issues such as the pandemic, health care, taxation, energy and the environment.
A record 3 million early votes cast in Georgia’s US senate runoff races
By Reuters| Posted by Mallika Soni | Atlanta
PUBLISHED ON JAN 02, 2021 02:52 AM IST
The 3,001,017 early votes amount to 38.8% of all registered voters in the state, according to the US Elections Project. That puts turnout at a record high for a Georgia runoff, exceeding the 2.1 million ballots cast in a 2008 Senate contest.
Georgia county cannot stop 4,000 voters: Judge
By Press Trust of India| Posted by Mallika Soni | Georgia
UPDATED ON JAN 01, 2021 04:48 AM IST
The ruling affects only Muscogee County, which includes Columbus, where county election officials had determined there was probably cause to challenge roughly 4,000 voters.
More Covid relief is needed, but $2,000 checks aren’t the way
By Bloomberg Opinion
PUBLISHED ON DEC 30, 2020 08:00 PM IST
When the first big Covid relief plan — the Cares Act — was enacted in March, there was a good case for including generous and near-universal per-person payments.
Democrats face a turnout test in Georgia’s Senate runoffs
By Associated Press | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh | Atlanta
PUBLISHED ON DEC 24, 2020 11:05 AM IST
For Democrats to win control of the Senate, Georgia’s Black communities, as well as the state’s smaller Hispanic and Asian communities, likely need to vote in the January 5 runoff election by history-making margins.
Conservative group ‘True the vote’ says it’s challenging residency of 364K Georgia voters
By Associated Press| Posted by Mallika Soni | Atlanta
PUBLISHED ON DEC 19, 2020 05:54 AM IST
The Georgia Democratic Party’s executive director, Scott Hogan, called the voter challenges “blatant efforts to suppress the vote.”
President-elect Biden heads to Georgia to campaign for Democrats in upcoming Senate runoffs
By Asian News International| Posted by Mallika Soni | Atlanta
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2020 09:50 PM IST
Biden’s trip to Atlanta will be his first campaign stop since he was officially certified by the US Electoral College as the winner of the presidential elections in November.
Electors meet to affirm Biden’s win; Georgia run-off voting starts
By Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON DEC 14, 2020 11:37 PM IST
The electors will vote separately in their respective states either virtually or in person, in yet another election ritual propelled into public attention because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his defeat, which has now been reaffirmed multiple times by courts, including twice by the Supreme Court.
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
By Press Trust of India| Posted by Mallika Soni | Atlanta
PUBLISHED ON DEC 14, 2020 02:03 PM IST
Early in-person voting could be even more important in the January 5 runoffs because of the short time frame for voters to request and send back ballots by mail, as the two races decide which party will control the US Senate.
Despite Trump’s claims Georgia voters ready for runoffs
By Associated Press| Posted by Mallika Soni | Georgia
PUBLISHED ON DEC 14, 2020 12:23 PM IST
Trump has relentlessly promoted false claims that the election was rigged against him and he has savaged Republican elected officials he perceives as standing in the way of his quest to subvert the results.
Georgia recertifies election results showing Joe Biden won
By Associated Press | Posted by Karan Manral | Atlanta
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2020 08:50 AM IST
“We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged,” Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, said.