The Election Commission on Wednesday supported the Supreme Court’s decision to set up an expert committee to examine regulatory measures on freebies announced by political parties ahead of elections, but declined to be part of the panel while taking strong objections to SC’s remarks portraying it to be non-serious about the problem.
Eight-time Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will seek a vote of confidence during a two-day special session of the assembly later this month. The trust vote will be preceded by the election of a new speaker, replacing Vijay Kumar Sinha of BJP, with whom the CM had a spat in the House recently. At its...
A barrister acting for the government of India in the extradition case of Gujarati alleged land mafia gangster Jayesh Patel has accused Patel of lying and inventing PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) in order to evade extradition to India where he is accused of very serious offences, including murder. He appeared at his extradition...
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