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Election 2014: EC okays airing of exit polls from Monday evening
10 May 2014
The Election Commission will the media to publish exit polls for India’s general elections on Monday after 6:30 pm
Heartened by SC ruling, CBI to unleash bunch of stuck probes into officials
07 May 2014
Over a dozen cases are piled up for lack of permission to question the government officials of the rank of joint secretary and above
SC reconstitutes SIT on black money with Justice M B Shah as its head
02 May 2014
The apex court also ordered the government to provide within three days the details of 26 Indians who were reported to have money stashed in Germany’s Liechtenstein Bank
Black money: Govt submits names of 18 holders of foreign accounts to SC
29 Apr 2014
After resisting the Supreme Court for over three years, the government today finally submitted before the Supreme Court names 18 individuals who have allegedly stashed away black money in overseas tax havens
2G scam: Karunanidhi clan members booked a day after TN polls
25 Apr 2014
The Enforcement Directorate today filed fresh charges against former telecom minister A Raja, Daya Ammal, Kanimozhi, and several other entities in relation to the 2G spectrum allocation scam
SC refers TN move to free 7 Rajiv Gandhi killers to larger bench
25 Apr 2014
The constitution bench of the Supreme Court will now decide whether the Tamil Nadu government can actually free a life-term convict whose death sentence has been converted into life imprisonment
SC sets up panel to regulate government ad spend on politicians
23 Apr 2014
The move coincides the President’s advice of caution to the Delhi government on publicising certain policies meant for minority welfare
CBI gets hard words from Gopal Gandhi on 50th anniversary
16 Apr 2014
Criticising the CBI at its 50th anniversary celebrations, former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi said the CBI director should be "a phenomenal instrument, not a self-operating robot"
After Baru, ex-coal secretary Parakh calls PM toothless
14 Apr 2014
Former coal secretary P C Parakh in his book Crusader or Conspirator - Coalgate and other Truths, echoes Sanjaya Baru's charge that Manmohan Singh was heading a government in which he had "little" political authority.
Medicos' apex body encourages people to vote
12 Apr 2014
Manmohan was ‘defanged’ by Sonia, says ex-advisor Baru
By By Jagdeep Worah | 11 Apr 2014
Sanjaya Baru, a former media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reveals that ministerial and other top appointments were made by the party high command, bypassing the PM to ensure control over the government. By Jagdeep Worah
Arunachal sees 55% polling; over 80% cast votes in Nagaland and Manipur
09 Apr 2014
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Manipur began voting in the second phase on 9 April
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