Naveen Patnaik, who also heads Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is on the chief ministerial chair for a record fifth term since 2000.

Shivakumar says he will not question the agency's style of functioning.

Congress candidate Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is also in charge of the Congress in western Uttar Pradesh, topped the list of 967 candidates.

Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Poonam Sinha, who is contesting from Lucknow, has topped the list of rich candidates with declared assets of over Rs 193 crore.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the CBI to file its response within four weeks on a fresh plea filed by a Congress activist in the disproportionate assets case against Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Four of the five candidates, whose total assets are less than one crore rupees, belong to the tribal community.

Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, the Congress party candidate from Telangana's Chevella Lok Sabha constituency, has declared family assets that make him the richest politician in both the Telugu states.

The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of all the banks in the country amounted to Rs 8.41 lakh crore at end-December, bulk of which is in the books of public sector banks (PSBs).

A day after receiving a copy of the trial court's verdict, her counsels filed an appeal in the High Court challenging the verdict.

It also recommended that the existing vigilance mechanism should be re-visited and, if required, the same be amended to provide more teeth to existing mechanism.

The five-time Gorakhpur MP owns a revolver and a rifle worth Rs one lakh and Rs 80,000, respectively.

Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry got Rs.1.71 crore & acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary Rs.1.56 crore as allowances alone in a little over two years. CoA also asks SC to remove all BCCI office-bearers