NEW DELHI: A new report highlights that nearly 61% of 543 MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha possess assets valued at Rs 5 crores or more and nearly 32% of members have a dynastic background, indicating entrenched familial ties in politics. Of these dynasts, 20.9% are first-generation, 72.1% are second-generation, and 6.4% are multi-generational politicians.This…
NEW DELHI: In a major step, government wants to curb the “unfettered” powers of Waqf Boards to declare any property a ‘waqf asset’ and take control of it.Sources said the Cabinet on Friday evening discussed 40-odd amendments in the Wakf Act (known as Waqf Act before 2013), including ones to check the jurisdiction, considered arbitrary…
BHUBANESHWAR: Santrupt Misra (58), former HR head of Aditya Birla Group who is contesting the Lok Sabha election on a BJD ticket from Cuttack, has declared assets worth about Rs 461 crore in his poll affidavit, making him the richest candidate to have filed nomination so far in Odisha.Misra joined BJD in Feb after opting…
BHUBANESHWAR: Santrupt Misra (58), former HR head of Aditya Birla Group who is contesting the Lok Sabha election on a BJD ticket from Cuttack, has declared assets worth about Rs 461 crore in his poll affidavit, making him the richest candidate to have filed nomination so far in Odisha.Misra joined BJD in Feb after opting…
NEW DELHI: Following weeks of speculation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday submitted his nomination for the Lok Sabha elections from Rae Bareli. In his declaration, he disclosed assets exceeding Rs 20 crore, including gold worth Rs 4.2 lakh. However, he stated that he does not possess any residential apartment or car. Gandhi’s movable assets…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s “Mangalsutra will not be safe under the Congress rule” remark, stating that her mother (Sonia Gandhi) “sacrificed Mangalsutra” for the nation.“My mother’s ‘Mangalsutra’ was sacrificed for this country,” the Congress leader said referring to her father Rajiv Gandhi‘s assassination in…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is eyeing the fourth straight term as Thiruvananthapuram MP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, has declared assets of over Rs 55 crore in his nomination papers.Tharoor has declared a total income of over Rs 4.32 crore in the financial year 2022-2023.In the affidavit he filed along with…
