Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for petitioners, told the bench that the apex court had increased the random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per assembly segment and they are now seeking that it should be increased to 25 per cent at least.
The Association of Democratic Reforms in its lartest report has noted serious discrepancies between lump sum amount that political parties declared to have given to their candidates for election expenditure, and the actual amount received by the candidates. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
'Akahara' apprised a 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, of its stand following a direction whether it opposes the plea of the deity in view of the fact that its right as 'shebait' (devotee) over the property can only stand if the lawsuit of 'Ram Lalla Virajman' is allowed.
Asking for a raise might be easier when your boss is in a good mood. But what if she knows you know she is?
Ranbaxy Laboratories has withdrawn all of its generic versions of antiretroviral drugs from World Health Organization's list of approved HIV medicines, saying it's uncertain they are biologically the same as the patented drugs.
The development comes less than a month after another AAP MLA Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested and had to resign as law minister over charge of having fake degrees.
Raising the issue in the Andhra Pradesh assembly, Naidu said, "What Shah wrote is a pack of lies and half-truths. It is not only insulting but also provoking the people of AP. It lacked any dignity."
'We do not think the EC is doing enough to address issue of EVM malfunctioning'
The court said the plea was filed to "needlessly harass" her as she was a union minister.
The MSBSHSE will announce the Maharashtra HSC class 12 results on their website at 1 pm.
R K Sharma was charged with approving construction work in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal in violation of ASI norms.
Dismissing Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal's apprehensions that electronic voting machines could be rigged to favour BJP in the Delhi Assembly polls, the Election Commission on Wednesday said the machines are "non-tamperable".
She had faced criticism over the existence of UK Home Office deportation targets and her knowledge of them.
The idea is to keep a close watch on real-time price movements, the maximum retail price of medicines and their availability.
"The situation has already improved in Gorakhpur and it would soon improve in the state as well," he said.
'A number of facts are still left unaddressed by the Supreme Court judgment.' 'I think there are enough grounds for an inquiry to be ordered.'
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that it was reviewing Sunday's race result after a timing discrepancy came to light.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs is now likely to examine whether all active companies have PAN or not
The FDA has been tightening its monitoring of Indian pharma majors over compliance issues. Surprise plant inspections and import alerts have been frequent outcomes
Thackeray also said that corruption allegations against Pankaja Munde were "grave" but did not comment further on the issue.
She can expect to have her Asian Games medals returned soon, an Indian athletics official said.
The FDA had imposed a ban on the company's Waluj plant in May.
Lok Sabha elections result of 2019 tells us the Modi wave has only consolidated, instead of waning.
Use of the incorrect form will result in your return being treated as defective, points out Suresh Surana, founder, RSM India.
Fortune favours the brave and he has done well by taking risks and winning it all, says Aditi Phadnis.
He also affirmed that over time, as the government finances improve, the SLR will be brought down further.
'The government believes there is still significant scope to bring more people under the tax net and collect the right amount of taxes, in cases where taxpayers are underpaying,' says Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader personal tax, PwC.
Clarifying on reports that it cannot scrutinise tax returns of political parties, CBDT said: "There are enough provisions in the Income Tax Act to scrutinise the accounts of the political parties and these political parties are also subject to other provisions of income tax including filing of return."
The near term will be challenging, as most will struggle to adapt to the new regime.
The questioning started in the wee hours of Friday and lasted for around five hours, before it resumed around 10.30 am.
Any bank account suspected to have been "misused" for money laundering or shell company operations won't be exempted from probe under 'Operation Clean Money' despite having low deposits, the CBDT said on Tuesday.
Defence sources said the issue is likely to be solved within a week.
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