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
Donors to Trump's ballroom are asked why they chose to remain incognitoSenator Richard Blumenthal is taking a closer look at the financial backing for President Trump's opulent ballroom venture. He is probing i...
04 Nov, 2025, 09.52 AM IST
School denied student admit card over unpaid fees 3 days before his board exams, until a stranger did thisA young boy was almost barred from taking his board exams due to unpaid fees. After learning about it on X, an anonymous user paid the requ...
13 Feb, 2025, 04.04 PM IST
Electoral Bonds: Why are they banned & how will it affect BJP?Poll bonds: India’s Supreme Court has banned the use of anonymous electoral bonds by political parties for fundraising. This decision affec...
16 Feb, 2024, 01.23 PM IST
Give or give back and tell, or don'tAnonymous charity has both supporters and critics, with some viewing it as philanthropy on a large scale and others seeing it as a way to a...
25 Aug, 2023, 10.50 PM IST
SC reserves order on PIL challenging Centre's electoral bonds scheme for political fundingAttorney General K K Venugopal supported the scheme saying the purpose behind it is to eliminate the use of black money in elections.
11 Apr, 2019, 02.49 PM IST
Election Commission seeks full info on electoral bonds; Centre for 'anonymity'Indian units of foreign companies are allowed to donate unlimited amounts to any political party of their choice under finance bill amendme...
11 Apr, 2019, 08.34 AM IST
Govt files fresh affidavit against EC arguments on Electoral BondsThe government has filed a fresh counter affidavit dismissing the EC’s arguments and defending the scheme.
03 Apr, 2019, 08.42 AM IST
Electoral bonds will ensure opacity instead of transparency: Prashant Bhushan"Instead of ensuring transparency these electoral bonds will ensure opacity," he told reporters at the launch of Citizens' Whistleblowers F...
07 Feb, 2017, 06.20 PM IST
Electoral bonds will have to be redeemed within days: FM Arun JaitleySpeaking at a post-Budget session with industry chambers, he said the bearer bonds can be purchased by corporate donors.
04 Feb, 2017, 01.32 AM IST
Budget 2017: Government introduces alternative funding mechanism of electoral bondsThe EC had earlier proposed a new Section 29C to be inserted in the Representation of the People Act to ensure full disclosure of amounts r...
02 Feb, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Did big donors pick Bharatiya Janata Party over Congress?It was revealed in the latest contribution reports submitted by parties to the EC where they have to declare donations in excess of Rs 20,0...
06 May, 2014, 11.47 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
Political funding: Election Commission set to unmask parties' anonymous donorsElection Commission is working on guidelines to ensure that parties and candidates identify each and every donor, irrespective of the money...
04 Oct, 2013, 04.30 AM IST
Anonymous donors 'run' political parties in India, Congress tops the listThe major source of the income of political parties in India is through donations and voluntary contributions.
10 Sep, 2012, 08.42 PM 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