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
SC criticises freebie culture, says might hamper economic growthThe Supreme Court of India has delivered a rebuke against the prevalent culture of freebies. The judges said that such initiatives hinder e...
19 Feb, 2026, 01.49 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
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
Money power, freebies distribution would be on special radar, says CEC Rajiv Kumar on Telangana pollsThe Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar, has stated that the Election Commission is committed to conducting free and fair ele...
05 Oct, 2023, 08.29 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
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
EC welcomes SC suggestion of expert panel on freebies, but does not want to be part of itA bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, on August 3, had asked stakeholders like the Centre...
10 Aug, 2022, 09.46 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
Free education, healthcare not freebies, but efforts towards making India no 1: Arvind KejriwalArvind Kejriwal said his government's schemes for free education, healthcare and electricity were not "freebies" but efforts to lay the fou...
16 Jul, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
Making sense of the pre-election freebie distribution cultureThe politics of credibility is built on the sand of future fiscal bankruptcy. State finances are already in poor shape due to the pandemic'...
12 Mar, 2022, 12.08 AM IST
Supreme Court notice to Centre, EC on parties promising freebies in electionsA three-judge bench, led by CJI NV Ramana, while hearing a plea by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay to restrain parties from distributing any su...
26 Jan, 2022, 12.16 AM 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