Kevin Warsh wanted a family fight at the Fed. Oil has provided the sparkNew Fed Chair Kevin Warsh inherits a divided Federal Reserve. Four voters dissented on the latest policy, the largest split since 1992. Ris...
30 Apr, 2026, 08.23 PM IST
ECI mandates pre-certification of political ads on social, electronic media ahead of electionsAccording to an ECI press release, under the new directive, no political advertisement shall be released on electronic media -- including t...
20 Mar, 2026, 08.38 PM IST
EC comes up with online portal for parties to file financial statementsThe Election Commission has launched an online portal for political parties to file their financial statements, including contribution repo...
03 Jul, 2023, 01.15 PM IST
TMC spent over Rs 154.28 crore for campaigning in West Bengal Assembly pollsThe Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which snatched power from arch rival AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, spent over Rs 114.14 crore (Rs 1,14,14,08,5...
03 Oct, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
Poll expenditure of 8 parties that contested Bihar polls not available in public domain: ADRAccording to the report, total funds collected by nine political parties during the Bihar assembly election held in 2020 was Rs 185.14 cror...
03 Jun, 2021, 10.30 PM IST
Total funds collected by 5 political parties during Delhi polls was nearly Rs 50 crore: ADRIn a statement issued on Thursday, the ADR said the political parties spent the maximum amount (Rs 22.702 crore) on media advertisements, f...
17 Dec, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Congress paid over Rs 12 cr to its candidates to meet Delhi poll expenses: EC submissionsThe Congress paid over Rs 12 crore to its candidates to meet expenses in the Delhi assembly polls held earlier this year, according to subm...
22 Jul, 2020, 05.30 PM IST
Parties got over Rs 2,100 crore state poll funds via cash: ADRCash collections accounted for a whopping 63 per cent of total funds garnered by various political parties during assembly polls between 20...
23 May, 2016, 04.42 PM IST
P A Sangma's party failed to file election expenditure for 2014 pollsThe Election Commission on Tuesday suspended the recognition of National People's Party , floated by former Speaker P A Sangma in 2013.
17 Jun, 2015, 12.11 PM IST
Election Commission suspends recognition of Sangma's National People's PartyThe party had requested time to submit its expenditure statement by April 15, 2015 and again May 15, 2015 "but failed to honour the deadlin...
16 Jun, 2015, 09.07 PM IST
BJP yet to submit 2013 polls spending statement: ADRAssociation of Democratic Reforms (ADR) noted that there were as many as 114 candidates with criminal cases in the February 7 poll fray.
30 Jan, 2015, 04.56 PM IST
BJP spent over Rs 714 crore, Congress Rs 516 crore in 2014 electionsBoth the parties have recently submitted their expenditure statements to the EC, well beyond the stipulated deadline of August 2014.
16 Jan, 2015, 05.34 PM IST
NCP spent over Rs 51 crore, BSP Rs 30-cr in Lok Sabha, Assembly polls in 2014The data published by Election Commission said that BJP and Congress are yet to submit the details of their expenditure for the Lok Sabha p...
08 Dec, 2014, 04.41 PM IST
Election Commission notices to 20 parties for failure to file poll expensesEC issued showcause notices to 20 political parties including Congress, BJP and AAP for failing to file poll expenditure statements within ...
28 Nov, 2014, 09.16 PM IST
EC identifies Congress, BJP, 8 others as defaulting partiesUnder Section 29C of the said Act, all registered parties are mandated to submit a contribution report of all the donations and funds recei...
12 May, 2014, 08.27 PM IST
AAP seeks Maran's disqualification over poll spendingMaran declared expenditure for the period April 10 to 15 as Rs 3,83,911. The register of EC during the period, however, showed Rs 20,14,791...
20 Apr, 2014, 11.00 PM IST
BJP pips Congress, others in Lok Sabha poll expensesBJP tops the poll expenditure charts for the last Lok Sabha elections, having spent more money than all other political parties including t...
06 Oct, 2013, 06.55 PM IST