In Assam's Jorhat, Congress's Gaurav Gogoi and BJP's Hitendra Nath Goswami engage in a dignified assembly election contest. Gogoi, aiming t...

Crisil Ratings reports that top 18 states in India are projected to spend ₹1 lakh crore on pre-election schemes for women this fiscal year....

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

Observing that issues raised before it require an "extensive" hearing, the top court said though all promises cannot be equated with freebi...

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...

Giving a free pass to such freebie politics is not merely intellectual dishonesty but is also myopic for invariably in the wake of irrespon...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its much-awaited manifesto today that lacks the aggression of the Congress manifesto.

Will distracting gifts of chocolates and toffees help?

The BJP defeat in key state polls recently has more or less decided that the government would use the interim Budget as a vehicle to launch...

Amarinder described as unfortunate Punjab Governor's decision to allow the special assembly session after having refused to sign the ordina...

The party has been boosted by its "massive victory" in the recent civic polls in the state and wants to jump into the preparation for assem...

Assam chief minister, Tarun Gogoi is readying Rs 850 crore pre poll sops expected to benefit around 76 lakh people.

As BJP begins its campaigning, workers say the party's decision to give compensation to the families of victims will one of the key factors...

The voter in Tamil Nadu has free TVs and grinders, but no power to use them. The state is reeling under 16-hour power cuts.

The stage has been set for the announcement of the elections.

The finance minister has done a good balancing act between proprietary and political compulsions of the election.