EC to use paper trail machines in all future polls

  It's official now. In future Lok Sabha and assembly elections, paper trail machines will be used at all polling stations, the Election Commission has said.   In a letter to chief......

Sunil Arora appointed as new Election Commissioner

Former bureaucrat Sunil Arora was on Thursday appointed Election Commissioner, the law ministry said. After Nasim Zaidi retired as Chief Election Commissioner in July, there was a vacancy in the......

'All political parties work on black money'

'The idea of issuing electoral bonds should be scrapped and all political parties should be brought under the purview of the RTI Act' 'This government says one thing and does another. Its......

Achal Kumar Joti appointed as next chief election commissioner

Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Joti was on Tuesday appointed as the next chief election commissioner succeeding Nasim Zaidi. Joti, 64, who was the chief secretary of Gujarat when Prime Minister......

Govt considers regulating air-ticket prices after lockdown

The move if implemented, will be a temporary measure to protect both consumers and airlines. A section of airline executives and experts, however, warned that any intervention in pricing would be......

Jet board members liable for the crisis

Independent directors were supposed to safeguard the interest of all stakeholders.Dev Chatterjee reports. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters With several independent directors quitting Jet......

Jet lenders may move into cockpit, replace board

According to the revised plan, promoter Naresh Goyal, his wife Anita Goyal and the directors nominated by the promoter would be asked to step down from the board, and the lenders, as part of the......

Zaidi lays down road map for aviation growth

The government would create a new framework for pushing aviation growth in the next decade, strengthen regulatory systems and provide more certainty in policies, civil aviation secretary-designate......