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After winning poll battles, Modi has picked up a new fightAmidst rising crude oil prices and a weakening rupee, Prime Minister Modi has urged Indians to embrace austerity. His call to reduce fuel c...
Omar Abdullah says J&K’s dual power structure a ‘recipe for disaster’Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah calls for full statehood, deeming the current administration the worst. He notes progress in...
PM Modi speaks on electoral bonds, says 'those dancing over bond details will repent it'Addressing questions about whether the revelation of electoral bond details posed a setback for the ruling BJP, PM Modi told Thanthi TV dur...
Intention behind electoral bonds scheme was good: Gadkari; says no party can survive sans funds"When Arun Jaitely was (Union finance) minister, I was part of that discussion (regarding electoral bonds). No party can survive without re...
No link between ED raids and political donations to ruling party: FMFinance Minister Sitharaman addressed allegations of ED raids' ties to electoral funding, advocating for a transparent political funding sy...
Electoral Bonds scrapped, what's next? FM Nirmala Sitharaman comments over poll bond controversyFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to the Electoral Bonds controversy, suggesting that assumptions are shaping the discourse. At...
Annulling of electoral bonds will lead to greater transparency: Amartya SenIn a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court annulled the electoral bonds scheme earlier this month, citing violations of the Constitutional r...
SC verdict on electoral bonds: Still a long way to go, says former CECThe Supreme Court's verdict striking down the electoral bonds scheme is a "great boon for democracy," according to former chief election co...
Can Centre come up with a system to weed out electoral bond flaws, SC seeks to knowThe remark was made by a Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud during the resumed hearing of a clutch of petit...
BJP made clear it will raise funds in 'conspiratorial' manner, says Chidambaram ahead of Electoral Bond hearingIn a post on X, Chidambaram said, "On the eve of the hearing of the Electoral Bonds case, the BJP has made its intentions clear. The BJP wi...
Electoral bonds are 'legalised bribery', says Congress' ChidambaramElectoral bonds have been pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties as part of efforts to bring transparency to...
Electoral bond scheme designed to favour ruling party, need transparency: CongressThe Indian National Congress has accused the ruling party of favouring itself through the electoral bond scheme. A report by the Associatio...
Electoral bonds worth Rs 10,246 crore sold in 21 tranchesIn an RTI reply, SBI said the majority of these bonds were of one crore while less than 10 per cent of subscriptions were of lower denomina...
Electoral bonds worth Rs 10,246 crore sold in 21 tranchesSBI has been authorised to issue and encash electoral bonds through 29 authorised branches. The authorised SBI branches include those in Lu...
RBI consulted on electoral bonds, agreed to final form: Subash Chandra GargGarg said after initially asking that the electoral bonds be issued by RBI only and in physical form, the central bank later wanted to issu...
Centre opposes Election Commission's stand in Supreme Court on electoral bonds; justifies issuing themCentre said that the political donations were earlier made in cash using "illicit means of funding" and unaccounted black money was pumped ...
Open to suggestions on cleansing political funding, says Arun JaitleyIn a Facebook post, Jaitley said the conventional practice of funding the political system was to take donations as well as undertake expen...
FM Arun Jaitley details nuts & bolts of bonds for political fundingThe bearer instrument will not carry the name of the payee.
Government to go ahead with electoral bonds even if consensus eludesArun Jaitley has already asked parties to offer a better suggestion on the proposed electoral bond mechanism, but he had not received any s...
Electoral bonds to cleanse political funding system: GovtReplying to a debate on the Budget, he explained at length as to how the system of electoral bonds would improve the system of poll funding.