The comment comes as the US Department of Government Efficiency seeks to find evidence of wasteful spending by the Joe Biden administration.

India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has named a woman as the top government official in the state of New Delhi, which includes the country’s capital.

Gupta’s ascent to power hands control of the capital city to Prime Minister Modi’s party for the first time in 27 years.

The Indian government has brought the troubled north-eastern state of Manipur under direct federal rule days after Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned. Singh, from India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),

India’s religious minorities have faced a “staggering” rise in hate speech over the past year, including from top leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a report released Monday.

Former party student leader Rekha Gupta, 50, was named to the post of New Delhi chief minister, according to an announcement by the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad. The party won the most seats in the high-stakes New Delhi polls earlier this month for the first time in 27 years.

Delhi’s voters dismissed the AAP from office, signaling approval of the BJP’s relentless targeting of the opposition party.

The Indian state of Kerala's high court ruled Friday that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader PC George would not be granted anticipatory bail in a hate speech case, citing his repeated violations

Over two decades ago, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gave Delhi its first woman Chief Minister when Sushma Swaraj led the government. The development went on to set a new precedent as another woman chief minister -- Sheila Dikshit of the Congress -- went on to rule Delhi for

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rekha Gupta, arrives to take oath as Delhi state chief minister during a swearing in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 20,

Ending the suspense over the next Delhi Chief Minister, first-time MLA Rekha Gupta was on February 19 chosen as the leader of the BJP legislature party, paving the way for her to take over the top post in the grand ceremony slated on February 20.

Atishi accused BJP of failing to act despite its earlier assurances, "There is no shortage of money, only a lack of intent," she said.