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Electoral bonds worth more than Rs 1,000 crore issued in 2017-18, says RTI reply

Modi government's scheme had drawn flak from opposition, which had raised concerns that it would lead to an opaque poll funding process. 

This is the ‘Shakti’ Rahul Gandhi used to help pick his chief ministers

Congress said its chief Rahul Gandhi sought the opinion of party workers through the Shakti platform to decide on the CM candidates.  

Ashok Gehlot emerges as frontrunner for Rajasthan’s chief ministerial post

Preparations have started at the Raj Bhawan in Jaipur for the oath-taking ceremony, though it's not unclear when it will be held.

This Mizoram seat was so closely fought that you can count the victory margin on a finger

Congress leader Pianmawia, who lost the seat, had demanded a recounting of votes which was accepted by the election commission. The recounting too found the same result and margin.

KCR becomes Telangana chief minister for second consecutive term

His party Telangana Rashtra Samithi won 88 seats in the 119-member assembly.

Naveen Patnaik’s silence speaks the loudest in opposition’s boisterous attempts at unity

The Odisha CM said BJP's defeat in the polls reflected the ‘mood of the nation’ but clarified that he would stay away from both Congress and BJP.

Twitter continues to issue warnings to non-Pakistani users for flouting Pakistani laws

Over the last two weeks, Twitter has issued warnings to two non-Pakistani users for violating laws of the Islamic Republic.

Rahul Gandhi asks Congress MLAs, workers to suggest who should be CM in MP & Rajasthan

Amid meetings with top party leaders, Congress president Rahul Gandhi also sent out an audio message to party members, asking for their inputs on...

The IAS officers who made these 5 state elections controversy-free

Barring a voter deletion row and charges of EVM tampering in Telangana, there was little controversy with the credit to officials incharge of the elections.

Had Congress allied with BSP, it would’ve won 40 more seats across heartland states

A Congress-BSP alliance would have secured clear majorities in Rajasthan and MP where Mayawati's party upped not only its seat tally but vote share too.

On Camera

Govt has reduced time taken to finalise GDP data by an entire year. Here’s inside story of how

This year, govt announced that 2nd and not 3rd revised estimates would be final. Here’s inside story on how this was achieved without compromising on quality of data.

17 students graduate from Air Force Test Pilots School in Bengaluru

17 Students graduate from 46th Flight Test Course of Air Force Test Pilots School.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?