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Result of your sins: WB CM targets TMC on warehouse collapse; says ex-mayor signed flawed planWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari blamed the previous TMC administration for a deadly warehouse collapse, alleging corrupt approv...
Balle balle & bullied ballot? Record number of voters is cause for cheer, but concerns over why many of them voted lingerIn a remarkable turn of events, the latest elections in multiple Indian states and a Union Territory showcased an unprecedented voter turno...
BJP's Smriti Irani attacks TMC, calls corruption and law-and-order issues 'Trinamool culture'Bharatiya Janata Party leader Smriti Irani has strongly criticised the Trinamool Congress. She alleged widespread corruption and misgoverna...
BJP struck Rs 1,000-cr deal to unseat TMC from power in Bengal: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged the BJP has struck a Rs 1,000-crore deal to unseat the Trinamool Congress from power, ci...
West Bengal election: SIR country's biggest scam in recent times, says Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of bribing voters before elections. She labelled the Spec...
SC rules MPs and MLAs not immune from prosecution for briberyThe Supreme Court's recent ruling, overturning the immunity of MPs and MLAs from prosecution for accepting bribes, aligns with the principl...
Taking bribe to vote, make speech: SC decision on legislators' immunity todayThe Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, will pronounce its verdict on the reconsideration of its 1998 judgment....
Bribes for vote case: SC overturns 1998 ruling, MP/MLAs to face criminal prosecutionOn Monday, a seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court overturned a 1998 ruling that granted lawmakers immunity from prosecution ...
SC reserves verdict on reconsideration of 1998 judgement granting immunity to lawmakers from prosecutionThe Supreme Court of India has reserved its verdict on reconsidering a 1998 judgment that granted immunity to MPs and MLAs from prosecution...
Will deal with issue of immunity of lawmakers if criminality attached to acts: SCThe current immunity allows MPs and MLAs to avoid prosecution for accepting bribes to make speeches or votes in Parliament and state legisl...
Supreme Court sets up seven-judge bench to reconsider 1998 verdict granting immunity from prosecution to MPs/MLAsThe Supreme Court of India will reconsider its 1998 verdict granting immunity to MPs and MLAs from prosecution for accepting bribes to make...
Election Commission summons Arvind Kejriwal over take-bribe talkThe EC notice says it has received an online complaint and CD from the BJP and forwarded by the Chief Electoral Officer of Goa against Kejr...
Venkaiah Naidu questions fairness of scheduled floor test in UttarakhandHe also asked as to how those concerned could ignore the manner in which the dissident legislators were disqualified from participating in ...
Court to record pre-summoning evidence in a plea against Delhi CM Arvind KejriwalCourt fixed July 21 for recording pre-summoning evidence on a criminal complaint seeking action against Kejriwal for allegedly exhorting vo...
Delhi polls: 'Take bribe from other parties' comment read out of context - AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal"What I meant in my speech was accept the money but don't vote for the bribe givers. This way I'm helping to root out corruption by discour...
Congress moves Election Commission against Arvind Kejriwal's bribe remarksAddressing a poll rally yesterday, Kejriwal had said, "It's election time. When people both from BJP and Congress come offering money, don'...
'Note for vote' gaining currency amongst Indian voters, says studyExpectation of getting a bribe for casting a favoured vote is one of the "critical factors" that drives the ballot choice amongst Indian vo...
- Congress paid bribe, says Amar counsel Ram Jethmalani
During the last hearing, Jethmalani had said that the money could have come from BJP as LK Advani had admitted that his party had conducted...
- Amar Singh, Sudheendra Kulkarni accused in cash-for-votes scam
The chargesheet alleged that Amar Singh conspired with Saxena and others to bribe then MPs and Kulkarni played an active role during the co...
- 'Whistle blowers' can face action, say legal experts
The three BJP MPs who alleged the UPA government’s allies tried to bribe them for supporting the trust vote could be prosecuted for breachi...