The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear in April petitions including by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), seeking directions to bring all recognized national political parties within the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.
As Delhi gears up for its elections, the political discourse has once again been dominated by promises of handouts.
With the Opposition cornering the DMK government over the recent sexual assault of a girl student at the prestigious Anna University, Madras High Court on Thursday blamed political parties for holding protests only to garner media attention.
Political parties in Uttar Pradesh will now get one week's more time more for campaigning in the 9 assembly bye-elections after the Election Commission on Monday extended the date of polling to November 20 from the existing November 13.
BJP, Congress, NCP, and Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders have welcomed the Election Commission of India's (ECI) announcement of poll dates for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections, asserting that their parties are fully prepared for the coming polls.
Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan was arguing for NGO Association for Democratic Reforms and senior advocate Kapil Sibal talked about the opacity of the scheme.
The meeting unanimously approved budgetary provision for the HLC for current FY 2023-24. The meeting took note of resignation of leader of the single largest party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from the membership of HLC.
Top leaders of at least 24 political parties would attend the second Opposition unity meeting being convened by Congress in Karnataka's Bengaluru on July 17-18.
ECI has asked all political parties to get "clearance" from media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC) before publishing any advertisement in print media on date of polling and a day prior.
The Iftar politics, that was once an important part of Uttar Pradesh politics, has gone missing.
