Hashtags should be treated as political ads, says panelThe panel, set up under ex-IRS officer Harish Kumar to review poll expenditure limits and expenditure monitoring mechanisms, in its interim...
02 Mar, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
Election Commission’s challenge in the time of digital warfareEven five years since it issued guidelines regarding the use of social media in poll campaigns, the EC has not come out with a module to tr...
22 Mar, 2018, 11.11 AM IST
West Bengal elections: 900 'flying squads' to monitor poll expenditure of candidatesIn each of the districts, an election expenditure monitoring cell has been established with a 24/7 call centre where the flying squads subm...
11 Mar, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
Delhi polls: Election Commission reviews anti-blackmoney measuresThe officials have been asked by the EC to ensure 24X7 monitoring of activities related to blackmoney and other illegal things used to brib...
02 Feb, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
Income Tax department launches black money complaint centre ahead of Delhi pollsThe investigation wing of the department has set up a control room and complaint monitoring cell at its office on the instructions of the E...
17 Jan, 2015, 02.45 PM IST
Centre for drug price watchdogs in statesThe government plans to spread its regulatory wings to keep prices of medicines under stringent check in every nook and corner of the count...
04 Jan, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Congress moves EC against RSS, Ramdev's 'campaigning' for BJPCongress also demanded that the expenditure incurred by such social organisations working for BJP candidates be included in the expenditure...
16 Apr, 2014, 10.44 PM IST
Blackmoney in polls: Income Tax department starts helpline for DelhiThe investigation wing of the department has created a control room and complaint monitoring cell at its office here on the instructions of...
15 Mar, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2014: Liquor sale, cash flow under lens as political parties prepare to woo votersLiquor shops seeing a spurt of 30% or more in daily sales will face scrutiny. Their licences may be cancelled if illegal sales are confirme...
11 Mar, 2014, 12.21 PM IST
Election Commission proposes ten-point plan to curb money power in pollsThe EC said donations made to a party should be deposited in a recognised bank account within a reasonable time.
04 Sep, 2013, 07.01 PM IST
Cairn India moves PM-led cabinet committee on investment to expedite investmentCairn India, the operator of the country’s biggest onland oilfield, has approached the prime minister-led CCI to resolve regulatory hurdles.
27 Aug, 2013, 06.02 AM IST
- ECI amends poll expenditure monitoring guidelines
Election Commission today issued the amended expenditure monitoring instructions for the February 23 assembly by-poll to Moga seat in Punja...
28 Jan, 2013, 06.03 PM IST
- Income Tax department to keep special vigil at airports during Gujarat, HP polls
The IT dept will put in place a team of special expenditure observers at airports in view of upcoming Gujarat & Himachal Pradesh Assembly p...
21 Sep, 2012, 06.36 PM IST
- Election Commission writes to CBDT; I-T to monitor funding in Gujarat, HP polls
EC has sought deployment of the investigation machinery of the IT dept for checking movement of illegal funds during the forthcoming assemb...
21 Sep, 2012, 06.31 PM IST
- Actual expense on Kasab could be around Rs 50 crore
If top police brass, bureaucrats associated with the case are to be believed, a whopping Rs 48.75 crore has been so far expended on the jai...
23 Nov, 2011, 03.20 AM IST
- CBDT cell to track poll expenditure
"A special cell is being created under CBDT to look at election funding," said a finance ministry official.
20 Sep, 2011, 02.36 AM IST
- Assembly polls: EC asks enforcement agencies to keep vigil
"They (parties) should instruct their office bearers, officials, agents and candidates not to carry huge cash during the on-going process o...
06 Mar, 2011, 12.53 PM IST