Rajnath Singh to head BJP manifesto panel for Lok Sabha polls; Arun Jaitley to handle publicityIn the 2014 general elections, Murli Manohar Joshi had headed this committee. This year, the manifesto will be called Sankalp Patra.
Filing false poll affidavit a corrupt practices, but can't direct Parliament for law on it: Supreme CourtA bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao tagged the plea along with the pending petition and said all the petitions will be heard ...
CBI rift reaches highest levels as cabinet secretary roped inThe rift between the top CBI guys began when the director wanted to make two appointments to the bureau.
Rule-making power under RP Act be conferred to poll panel: ECI tells SCIn an affidavit filed before the apex court, the poll panel has said they had made a proposal in 1998 to the then Law Minister to amend Art...
CBSE papers leak: Google sends reply to Delhi PoliceThe police said that a Class 10 student had received the mathematics paper on WhatsApp and he had used his father's e-mail ID to send the m...
CBSE papers leak: Google sends reply to Delhi PoliceSpecial Commissioner of Police (crime) RP Upadhyay said they have received details of the e-mail address and the sender of the mail has bee...
How can convicts barred from electoral politics decide candidates, asks SCThe apex court was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini K Upadhyay. Matter slated for hearing on May 3.
11 special courts to try 3816 cases against lawmakers: Centre tells SCThe special courts are currently being set up in AP, Telangana, UP, Maharashtra, Kerala, Bihar, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Prades...
Have reduced or removed disqualification of MPs/MLAs: EC to SCThe poll panel cited only two examples, dating back to 1977, when it had exercised this power provided under the provisions of the Represen...
Special courts to try politicians in national interest: Supreme CourtThe bench directed the Centre to place before it the scheme for setting up of such special courts and also indicate the amount of funds tha...
- AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan arrested again by Delhi Police
The Okhla MLA had alleged that he was "being framed by the police" which is "under pressure" to arrest him.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal draws flak for displaying name at Independence Day eventThe Delhi BJP, which termed the display as "blatant" show of "self-glorification", sought an apology from Arvind Kejriwal.
With eye on polls, BJP holds 'Shakti Kendra' meetingsAlmost every BJP leader, including the party's city unit chief Satish Upadhyay and state office-bearers and district and mandal office-bear...
Delhi Assembly elections: Najeeb Jung may soon take a callJung had said that he would call for elections the moment he was convinced that there was no possibility of any government being formed.
BSNL employees threaten to go on indefinite strike from MondayGraduate engineers and junior telcom officers of state-run BSNL will go on indefinite strike from Monday if their demands were not met.
Highways hit roadblocks in 2012 as infrastructure sector lost its fancy with banks and financial institutionsAgainst the target of awarding 8,800 km highways during 2012-13, contracts for only 1,100 km could be given by the government in the first ...