Demonetisation has forced candidates to find "innovative ways to pump in black money" for campaigning which will end up making the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls more costly, a survey has claimed.......
In the newly-elected 90-member Haryana assembly, 96 percent MLAs (86) are crorepatis, while 13 percent (12) have criminal cases against them, according to an analysis by poll rights body......
An average of one in four newly elected MLAs in Uttar Pradesh is named in a serious criminal case like murder or rape, while eight out of 10 is a crorepati, a study has showed. As per the study......
A total of 168 crorepati candidates are in the fray for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to be held on Monday, while 117 have declared criminal cases against themselves, says a......
The representation of women in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls continues to remain dismally low, as only about 12 percent of the candidates in the fray in the fifth phase are female, according to an......
Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has rejected charges that there has been a sudden increase in his assets by over Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) since he joined the Union Cabinet, saying he had......
The United Progressive Alliance government on Wednesday formally put on hold the 13-day-old cabinet decision to allow up to 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail. The decision is unlikely to be......
'We are making a transition from governance to campaign mode.''The speed of execution is picking up,' Union Minister Jayant Sinha tells Arindam Majumder and Nivedita Mookerji.Illustration: Dominic......
Jim Gordon has a vision. It moves him so much that he abandoned his chair about an hour ago and paces the corridors and rooms of his Boston offices. He stops at a map of Cape Cod and taps his......
2004 is here, and if 2003 is anything to go by, things can't possibly be more exciting than now. All signs point to another profitable year for the Indian equity markets. Big IPOs are lined up to......
IMAGE: BCCI president Shashank Manohar and Secretary Anurag Thakur addressing the media in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Trying to rebuild its tattered image after a spate of controversies, the BCCI is......
'There should be total transparency in the system.' IMAGE: The Indian cricketers celebrate an England wicket during the T20I series, July 9, 2022. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Vinod......