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₹1,000 crore in poll freebies, cash, liquor seized in West Bengal, Tamil NaduAuthorities have seized over ₹1,000 crore in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu before Assembly elections. Tamil Nadu saw seizures of ₹599 crore, w...23 Apr, 2026, 01.15 AM IST- Poll seizures in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal cross Rs 1,000 crore markEnforcement authorities have seized over Rs 1000 crore in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. This includes cash, drugs, liquor, and precious metal...22 Apr, 2026, 06.28 PM IST
- Election Commission seizes items worth Rs 1,262 crore in TNTamil Nadu has seized over Rs 1,262 crore in cash, gold, liquor, and drugs ahead of the April 23 elections. The state's electoral roll comp...22 Apr, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
- West Bengal polls: ECI flags 55 seats as 'expenditure sensitive'West Bengal faces heightened election scrutiny. The Election Commission has marked 55 constituencies as expenditure sensitive. This year, 1...20 Apr, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
- I-T Dept finds 'discrepancies' in declaration of assets by TMC MLA: SourcesThe Income Tax Department has uncovered discrepancies in assets declared by TMC MLA Debashis Kumar. Seizures from his residence during rece...19 Apr, 2026, 09.31 PM IST
- EC seizes over Rs 650 crore in voter inducementsElection Commission teams have seized over Rs 650 crore in potential voter inducements. West Bengal leads with nearly half the seizures. Fr...06 Apr, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
- Assembly polls: Rs 650 crore worth illicit cash, liquor seized; nearly half from West BengalElection authorities have seized over 650 crore rupees in illegal cash, drugs, and liquor across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, an...05 Apr, 2026, 05.16 PM IST
- Seizure worth Rs 4,650 crore made; 45% of them drugs: ECElection Commission authorities are seizing Rs 100 crore daily for Lok Sabha elections, surpassing 2019 seizures. The ECI aims for the high...15 Apr, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
- Higher cash seizures being recorded by I-T dept every assembly polls: CBDTCash seizures during assembly elections have substantially increased, according to CBDT Chairman Nitin Gupta. The Income-tax department is ...04 Feb, 2024, 02.45 PM IST
- Record cash, liquor seized as Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat go to polls: ECGujarat witnessed seizures of Rs 71.88 crore in just a few days after the announcement of the election, which surpassed the seizures made d...11 Nov, 2022, 03.19 PM IST
- Assam breaks all records in poll seizures, Rs 18cr worth items caught so farSince the Model Code of Conduct came into force, the agencies have seized an overall Rs 18.31 crore worth of items till Monday, according t...09 Mar, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
- Karnataka among top 3 states in poll sop seizuresTwenty-one states have gone to polls since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Karnataka — the 22nd — is already among the top three states where ...05 May, 2018, 07.16 AM IST
- Karnataka polls: Seizures soar past Rs 115 croreAccording to EC, the total amount of seizures, including cash, alcohol and jewellery, is Rs 115.9 crore. In 2014 LS polls, EC had confiscat...01 May, 2018, 12.40 PM IST
- Assembly polls: Cash, liquor seizure go through the roof in 2017"The surveillance teams are, however, on their toes to thwart these efforts as much as possible," a senior Income Tax department official, ...26 Feb, 2017, 01.56 PM IST
- Despite note ban, dirty cash flows for assembly electionsThough UP is yet to see four more phases of polling, cash seizures in the state stood at Rs 109.79 crore on February 18, three times the am...21 Feb, 2017, 08.32 AM IST
- Andhra tops list of cash and booze seizures during pollsLiquor seizures in Andhra Pradesh almost doubled over the last 12 days, from 77.7 lakh litres on April 23 to 1.34 crore litres on May 5.07 May, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
- Use of money power unabated in pollsThe use of money power continued unabated in recent Assembly elections with officials recovering unaccounted cash up to Rs 32 crore.01 Jan, 2014, 03.54 PM IST
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