From AI to subsidies: Bernstein’s candid open letter to PM Modi flags 8 critical fault linesGlobal brokerage Bernstein has cautioned India against becoming a mere user of future technology. The firm suggests that continued reliance...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.22 AM IST
Music to ears: Give quality, will payIndian consumers are starting to pay for quality. Gen Z listeners are switching to paid music streaming subscriptions. This trend is pushin...
13 Apr, 2026, 11.16 PM IST
IRS tax 'gifts' for investors. How to claim benefits?Wall Street investors assume that selling a winning stock always triggers a tax bill. However, for those in the lower income brackets (up t...
03 Apr, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Supreme Court agrees to hear PIL against poll freebies promises by political partiesThe Supreme Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation in March. The petition seeks action against political parties that promise freebie...
05 Feb, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
Record Rs 10,000 crore seized during elections: Chief Election CommissionerIndia's Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar revealed the Election Commission's record seizure of Rs 10,000 crore during the recent Lok ...
03 Jun, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
SC agrees to list on March 21 PIL against practice of parties promising freebies during pollsThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on March 21 regarding the practice of political parties promising f...
20 Mar, 2024, 04.10 PM IST
Woman refuses freebies from Meghalaya poll candidates, returns themAn elderly woman in Meghalaya, where Assembly poll will be held later this month, has allegedly refused to accept freebies from contestants...
03 Feb, 2023, 04.23 PM IST
"Baseless": Dolo 650 maker Micro Labs rejects allegations of Rs 1,000 crore worth freebies to doctorsThe company clarified that the amount referred to pertains to the total sales and marketing expenses incurred by the company for its total ...
21 Aug, 2022, 06.16 PM IST
Centre proposes mega expert committee to examine freebiesMembers include finance secretaries and representative from national parties, Election Commission, RBI, Niti Aayog, finance commission, dis...
12 Aug, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Freebie culture elevated to level of art for fighting polls: Centre to SCThe top court was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, which opposes the practice of political parties promising freebies during...
11 Aug, 2022, 07.39 PM IST
Freebies, welfare schemes different: SCFreebies and social welfare schemes are two different things, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a balance has to be struck between the eco...
11 Aug, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
Economic impact assessment essential before distribution of freebies: SC toldEconomic impact assessment is essential before distribution of freebies, the Supreme Court has been told by a petitioner who has sought con...
09 Aug, 2022, 02.45 PM IST
PM Modi warns about ‘revadi culture’ of offering free stuff for votes“These days in our country, efforts are being made to distribute revadi (freebies) and gather votes. This revadi culture is detrimental to ...
16 Jul, 2022, 09.37 PM IST
SC issues notices to Centre, election panel on PIL against poll freebiesThe Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking a direction to seize the electio...
25 Jan, 2022, 02.21 PM IST
Plea in SC seeks action against political party which promises 'irrational' freebies from public fundsThe petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has, as an alternative, sought a direction to the Centre to enact a law in this regar...
22 Jan, 2022, 04.09 PM IST
HC agrees to hear plea against pre-poll freebiesThe plea alleged that promise and distribution of freebies amounts to "corrupt practise" and nowadays all political parties are adopting th...
01 Feb, 2017, 11.57 AM IST
- Tickets to T20: Fund houses are game for freebies
According to sources, in the distribution industry, ‘freebie of the season’ was a six-night-all-expenses-paid stay in a plush South African...
24 Sep, 2007, 01.41 AM IST