New CEC defends decision on 20 AAP MLAs of Delhi

New Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat on Tuesday defended the poll panel’s decision to recommend the disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs of Delhi for holding office of......

Possible snowfall in Himachal, floods in Guj among reasons for different poll dates

I am not under any sort of pressure. The Opposition can only question us if we stop them from campaigning. The opportunities are equal for all, the CEC said. Achal Kumar Joti, India's Chief......

EC to use paper trail machines in all future polls

  It's official now. In future Lok Sabha and assembly elections, paper trail machines will be used at all polling stations, the Election Commission has said.   In a letter to chief......

Sunil Arora appointed as new Election Commissioner

Former bureaucrat Sunil Arora was on Thursday appointed Election Commissioner, the law ministry said. After Nasim Zaidi retired as Chief Election Commissioner in July, there was a vacancy in the......

Govt considers regulating air-ticket prices after lockdown

The move if implemented, will be a temporary measure to protect both consumers and airlines. A section of airline executives and experts, however, warned that any intervention in pricing would be......

Jet board members liable for the crisis

Independent directors were supposed to safeguard the interest of all stakeholders.Dev Chatterjee reports. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters With several independent directors quitting Jet......

Jet lenders may move into cockpit, replace board

According to the revised plan, promoter Naresh Goyal, his wife Anita Goyal and the directors nominated by the promoter would be asked to step down from the board, and the lenders, as part of the......

Market looks to reform signals from Bihar election result

Verdict will tell whether Modi government still enjoys the popular mandate When Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi called the coming Assembly election in Bihar the 'mother of all elections',......