In the 2026 assembly elections of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, known for her long, strong hold over the state, faced unexpected hurdles. T...

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by actor Vijay is set to win its first Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. This mirrors the Aam Aadmi Part...

Authorities have seized over ₹1,000 crore in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu before Assembly elections. Tamil Nadu saw seizures of ₹599 crore, w...

Enforcement authorities have seized over Rs 1000 crore in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. This includes cash, drugs, liquor, and precious metal...

West Bengal faces heightened election scrutiny. The Election Commission has marked 55 constituencies as expenditure sensitive. This year, 1...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin declared a victory against the delimitation bill in Parliament. He stated this defeat has humbled Delh...

The Supreme Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation in March. The petition seeks action against political parties that promise freebie...

Barely five months before the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress defeat in the state polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh wil...

The power of Election Commission to fight freebies has remained vague and limited. There have only been a few instances where the EC exerci...

She also called for a debate on freebies. "The debate is not about what constitutes a freebie, but if you have given a promise, provision f...

The plea filed by Upadhyay opposes the practice of political parties making promises during polls. It seeks the EC to invoke its powers to ...

Petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay filed additional submissions on Friday in the top court saying that registered political parties be asked to fu...

Democracy helps countries choose the right priorities. But it can also spur myopic competition in freebies that destroys economies, as in S...

State governments cannot spend beyond a limit. They have not controlled deficits by cutting down non-merit subsidies. Rather, they keep ann...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking a direction to seize the electio...

Major political parties barring the Bahujan Samaj Party opposed any restriction on them in announcing freebies in election manifestos.

The Election Commission will convene a meeting of political parties next month to formulate its opinion on the proposed guidelines on poll ...