Counting halted in Maharashtra, Haryana after BJP raises objections

The counting of votes for the Rajya Sabha elections was delayed on Friday in Maharashtra and Haryana over alleged violation of rules, officials said. IMAGE: Maharashtra MLAs reach the Vidhan......

Horse-trading, cross-voting fears as 4 states head to RS polls

Polling for 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states will be held on Friday amid allegations of attempts at horse-trading by rival parties which have corralled their MLAs in hotels and scenic resorts,......

Parties keep watchful eye in high-octane RS contest

As party leaders kept an anxious watch, legislators from four states queued up to vote in 16 MPs to the Rajya Sabha on Friday with some being ferried from resorts they had been sequestered in amid......

RS win in Maharashtra, Haryana shows BJP's superior poll management

Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, Randeep Surjewala and Jairam Ramesh of the Congress and Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut were among the 16 candidates elected to the Rajya Sabha from......

These companies donated crores to political parties

The Bharatiya Janata Party has been the biggest beneficiary of donations from the Satya Electoral Trust. Image: Satya Electoral Trust was floated in 2013 and has several North India-based business......

'Nation won't pay very high price for power': Piyush Goyal

‘I do not see any stress coming in the near future even if demand grows in double-digit.’ ‘I am hoping by March next year, we should cross 20,000 Mw, which was a target for......

'Farmers will give response to Mamata govt'

'A sum of Rs 6,000 a year is very significant for a small farmer whose land holding is very small and whose produce is very small. All these calculations on a daily basis are extremely unfortunate......

'Will tackle power crisis in Delhi, tariff may be revised'

A tap on the shoulder got seven government departments together last Tuesday. Union Minister for Steel, Mines and Labour Narendra Singh Tomar, sitting next to his junior colleagues Piyush Goyal and......