Secret givingAcross various faith traditions, the act of fasting during this month encourages profound kindness and a sense of connection. Anonymous act...
11 Mar, 2026, 11.24 PM IST
Mystery person donates ₹30 crore worth gold in Japan's Osaka and the reason will surprise youA mystery donor gifted Osaka city 21 kilograms of gold bullion. The donation is worth $3.6 million. The only condition was to fix the city'...
22 Feb, 2026, 11.51 AM IST
New I-T Bill restores exemption for anonymous donations to trusts, TDS refund claim filing procedureThe Lok Sabha has passed the new Income Tax Bill, retaining ITR filing provisions for TDS claims and tax exemptions for anonymous donations...
11 Aug, 2025, 10.00 PM IST
Parliamentary panel suggests relief in refunds to small tax payers if ITR not filed in due timeA parliamentary panel has suggested key changes to the Income-Tax Bill 2025, focusing on clarity and alignment with existing laws. The reco...
21 Jul, 2025, 05.15 PM IST
Govt okay with 2K cap for anonymous donationsThe Election Commission had written to the Law ministry last month reminding of its several pending reform proposals -- that political part...
07 Oct, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
Plea in SC seeks stay on implementation of Electoral Bond SchemePlea filed by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said that certain amendments made in Finance Act, 2017 and earlier Finance Act, 2016...
29 Nov, 2019, 08.39 PM IST
Electoral bonds became instruments of anonymous donations: CongThe Congress on Monday alleged that electoral bonds became instruments of anonymous donations bordering on "opaque money laundering".
18 Nov, 2019, 03.05 PM IST
BJP got Rs 210 crore in poll bonds, all others Rs 11 crore in 2017-18: ECThe Supreme Court is hearing a petition against the electoral bonds filed by ADR.
12 Apr, 2019, 10.53 AM IST
Slash cap on anonymous donations to parties: EC asks Law MinistryThe poll panel had written to the government in the middle of 2017 to amend Section 29C of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 to pu...
17 Oct, 2018, 04.32 PM IST
Election Commission to suggest cap on parties’ poll expenditureAccording to the study, 83% of total income of Congress, 65% of BJP, 94% of SP, 100% of BSP and 86% of SAD came from anonymous donations.
01 Oct, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
Election Commission seeks ban on anonymous contributions to parties above Rs 2000The Commission has also proposed that exemption of Income Tax should only be extended to political parties that contest elections and win s...
18 Dec, 2016, 02.28 PM IST
Anonymous $210,000 donation for Indian female graduatesThe fund received to create an endowment that will provide stipend to Christel House India-Bangalore female graduates while they pursue col...
06 May, 2015, 11.32 PM IST
Tax anonymous donation to political party at 30 per cent rate: Assocham"Surprisingly, there is no penalty prescribed for not filing the return of income by a political party in time," Assocham said.
12 Dec, 2014, 10.18 PM IST
Election Commission moves to curb anonymous political fundingThe EC of India is in favour of bringing down the political contribution limit at which parties have to identify donors from Rs 20,000 to R...
28 Feb, 2014, 05.23 AM IST
Election Commission starts monitoring what political parties spendAn analysis shows that parties claim that over 75% of the donations they received over 2004-12 came from anonymous donors.
07 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- How donors, temple trusts, charities manage to keep taxmen away
It's a neat system: the charity pays no tax, the fake donor pays less tax and the real donors aren't exactly bothered about what happens wi...
04 Apr, 2011, 01.26 AM IST
- Govt trying to discourage anonymous donations: Chidambaram
The government is trying to discourage 'gupt daan' (anonymous donation) to charitable institutions to check growth of black money and ensur...
30 Apr, 2008, 04.42 PM IST