Government
Mamata defies EC, asks to review transfer orders
08 Apr 2014
LS Polls: 84% voter turnout in Tripura, 72.5% in Assam in 1st phase
07 Apr 2014
Balloting will continue till 5 pm, but can be allowed beyond the stipulated time if voters arrive at the polling stations by 5 pm
Panel set up to streamline tax administration
29 Mar 2014
EC calls for details on proposed gas price hike
24 Mar 2014
SC delays noose for two Delhi rape-murder convicts
15 Mar 2014
The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of two of the four men sentenced to death by the Delhi High Court on Thursday for the vicious gang-rape of a medical intern on a Delhi bus in December 2012
US court dismisses criminal charges against Devyani Khobragade
13 Mar 2014
Khobragade is under the scanner as her two daughters aged four and seven holding US passports as also Indian diplomatic passports, are in New York with their father, who is a US citizen
Government spending per voter vaults 20 times in 15 general elections
11 Mar 2014
The forthcoming general elections would see expenditure rising further because of various voter-friendly initiatives like voter awareness campaigns, distribution of voter slip ahead of election date and the use of 'voter verified paper audit trail' for the first time
SC to hear plea against Andhra bifurcation
06 Mar 2014
The apex court will take up writ petitions filed against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh on Friday
Lok Sabha elections to begin on 7 April; results on 16 May
05 Mar 2014
India will have to wait for over a month to see its new leaders in the world’s biggest-ever voting exercise
Justice K T Thomas quits as head of Lokpal search panel
03 Mar 2014
Former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas, who was the head of the search panel to identify nine members of the proposed national anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal, has resigned, expressing his inability to continue in the job
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