Citing their tax returns, the report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said the two parties together got Rs 646.82 crore, or over 77 per cent, of their total income from \"unknown sources\" during 2015-16.

Some of the news faces that are doing rounds are BJP general secretary Bhupendra Yadav, party's vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Prahlad Patel, Satyapal Singh, Om Mathur and Prahlad Joshi.

A little over 24,000 overseas Indians, who are entitled to cast their ballot in India, have registered themselves as voters.

And over the years, the suicides grew in number, commensurate with the general suicide rate.  Any suicide is regrettable for a country and its people, but when we're referring to the country's food-providers - the anna-daatas --  it takes on a different hue altogether.

Ram Nath Kovind would be the next occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The election, which was held on Monday, was a one way contest between Ram Nath Kovind and Meira Kumar.

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and its British partner BP plc have withdrawn a legal challenge they had mounted three years back against the government over delay in gas price revision.

The ballot papers for polls will be marked by a particular pen that will be supplied by the ECI itself.

The elections were held on Sunday and today's results and are likely to have political ramifications beyond the national capital's borders.

He asserted that it is incumbent on the commission to proactively and \"aggressively demonstrate\" that the machines cannot be manipulated.

The commission said the prediction of election results by astrologers and tarot readers is a violation of law. It asked the media houses to \"refrain\" from airing and publishing such programmes in future elections during the prohibited period.

A little-known cotton seed company has taken on Monsanto, with the aid of a group that helped propel Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power. The dispute threatens to upend the world's largest cotton-producing market.

In the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of 12-digit biometric Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar numbers, an Indian resident can be seen by anyone from any part of the planet, but they cant see the person who is looking at them.

After the results of polls held in five states came out, some parties alleged that the electronic voting machines had been tampered and demanded to reintroduce the paper ballot system.

The Election Commission of India has lent its expertise to various other countries in conducting free and fair polls.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has taken a cue from BSP supremo and expressed reservations about electronic voting machines and sought the use of ballot papers in the upcoming civic polls.

Modi wave seems to have swept the key state of Uttar Pradesh with the BJP and its allies past the 200-mark

The BJP is ahead in 4 states out of five that are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. According to Exit Poll results, BJP in Uttar Pradesh would emerge as the single largest party and may come close to the halfway mark of 202 in a House of 403.

With all major exit polls projecting a good show by the saffron party, including in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh where it is projected to emerge as the single largest party, its highest decision-making body is likely to take stock of the situation and chalk out future strategy.

Counting for Asembly elections in 5 states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur, Punjab - began today. Early trends in India's most populace state Utaar Pradesh suggest that the BJP is set to make a comeback after 14 long years.

The first Budget since demonetisation has been a careful exercise by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. It caters to the core constituency - farmers and lower income people - while not introducing anything that hurt industry.