The court has said pleas over Form 17C data will be heard after the election (File). The Supreme Court has adjourned - till after the Lok Sabha election - pleas seeking release of voter turnout data, including votes polled and/or rejected, within 48 hours of end of polling at each …...Read More

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case against YouTuber Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav and some others under the charge of suspected use of snake venom as a recreational drug in parties he hosted, official sources said Saturday. The central agency has pressed charges under the Prevention of …...Read More

Petitioner said five guarantees by Congress amount to corrupt practice. The Supreme Court has said that commitments made by political parties in their election manifestos will not amount to "corrupt practice" under the election laws. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan observed while dismissing a plea …...Read More

Manipur BJP MLA RK Imo Singh, and Bisoya Loitongbam helped with funds for the teen's Delhi stay When Bisoya Loitongbam read an SOS message in a WhatsApp group about a Manipur teen from an economically weak family, who needed surgery in Delhi to remove 30 metal pellets lodged in his …...Read More

The Supreme Court also pulled up the poll body The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition - filed by the BJP - that challenged the Calcutta High Court order restraining the party to publish "derogatory" advertisements against Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress. "Why should we interfere, we have seen the advertisements …...Read More

BJP has hit back at Trinamool's charge on developments in Sandeshkhali row. Representational Hitting back at the Trinamool Congress's charge over fresh twists in the Sandeshkhali row, the BJP has said the ruling party in West Bengal has launched a damage control exercise, but it is "too late". Speaking to …...Read More

The ISRO chief was answering a question during an outreach programme organised by the agency. (File) In view of the recent natural disasters like the landslide in Kerala, where many people are trapped under debris, ISRO chairman S Somanath on Saturday said only a certain depth of filtration is possible …...Read More

The uncontested victory of BJP's Mukesh Dalal sparked controversy (File) The counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. However, even before the first official trends trickled in, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had already bagged the Surat Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat. …...Read More

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is trailing - by around 14,000 votes at 11.15 am - the BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the fight for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat in Kerala that he has won for the past three elections. Note, though, that these are still early figures. In 2009 …...Read More

Amit Shah attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying he will need a 'Congress Dhundho Yatra' after poll results Union Home Minister Amit Shah today attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying he started his party's campaign with 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' that will end with a 'Congress Dhoondho Yatra,' suggesting that the party will get a …...Read More