Employment opportunities top list of voters' priorities; govt performance 'below avg': ADR surveyThe survey covered 534 Lok Sabha constituencies with 2,73,487 voters participating in the exercise.
13 May, 2019, 10.26 PM IST
Forum writes to Finance minister Arun Jaitley demanding action against audit firmA citizens forum has written to Jaitley demanding that the Centre terminates its contracts awarded to audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
12 Jul, 2017, 11.13 PM IST
Electoral bonds will ensure opacity instead of transparency: Prashant Bhushan"Instead of ensuring transparency these electoral bonds will ensure opacity," he told reporters at the launch of Citizens' Whistleblowers F...
07 Feb, 2017, 06.20 PM IST
Congress got 83 per cent of funds from unknown donors, BJP 65 per cent between 2004-05 and 2014-15The BJP that formed government at the Centre in May 2014 followed close. Its income was Rs 3,273 crore during this period -65 per cent of i...
25 Jan, 2017, 10.48 AM IST
Repeal CrPC amendment regarding action against public servants: NGOMaharashtra government should repeal the CrPC amendment regarding action against public servants, an NGO working for political reforms urge...
18 Jun, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
PIL in Supreme Court for bringing political parties under RTIDemocratic rights and RTI activists have urged the Supreme Court to declare all national and regional political parties as "public authorit...
19 May, 2015, 05.55 PM IST
Discrepancies surface in BJP's donation list submitted to Election CommissionAccording to ADR, which analyzed the report, there are three "pairs" of transactions that have the same cheque or demand draft number.
25 Feb, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
230 'crorepatis' in Delhi poll fray, Congress fields maximumAs many as 230 out of 673 candidates in fray for February 7 Delhi polls are crorepatis, the election watchdog ADR said today, noting that C...
30 Jan, 2015, 08.09 PM IST
10 criminal cases against Arvind Kejriwal: Association of Democratic ReformsThe election watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms today said Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has 10 criminal cases against him.
30 Jan, 2015, 08.06 PM IST
Rajasthan: Supreme Court not to interfere in an ordinance on requirement to contest pollVasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan government in an ordinance had said those contesting to be a panchayat member should be class V pass.
06 Jan, 2015, 06.08 AM IST
Reply to summons in a month, Central Information Commission tells partiesCentral Information Commission had ruled that Congress, BJP, CPI, CPM, NCP and BSP were public authorities and must respond to RTI queries.
02 Dec, 2014, 12.55 PM IST
Congress, BJP candidates under-valuing their assets, says Yogendra YadavAam Aadmi Party's Yogendra Yadav on Tuesday accused rival candidates from Congress and BJP of under-valuing their property.
26 Mar, 2014, 12.59 PM IST
If elected, criminals may lose Lok Sabha seats by May 2015The Supreme Court order setting a year's deadline for lower courts to dispose of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs could adversely impact...
11 Mar, 2014, 11.33 AM IST
Elections donation season: Parties prepare for funds showerAn analysis of donations shows that national parties typically collect more than 100 crore each during such periods.
21 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
RTI effect: Political parties are chary of making their account books publicPrashant Bhushan says: “If the information comes out, people will know which companies are making donations and benefiting.”
28 Jul, 2013, 02.32 PM IST
- Excessive use of money during polls big problem: ECI
Terming the "excessive use of money" during polls as a big problem, the EC today said there was a need to curb money power in such exercise...
01 Jul, 2012, 10.56 PM IST
- Punjab polls biased against women; may not see fair fight
Going by current indications, women may not get tickets for more than 15% of the seats in the forthcoming state assembly elections
14 Dec, 2011, 01.38 AM IST