BJP encashes Rs 6,986.5 cr worth electoral bonds, DMK gets Rs 509 cr from Future GamingThe Election Commission released previously sealed information on electoral bonds, as per the Supreme Court's directive. This data, coverin...
17 Mar, 2024, 05.04 PM IST
Electoral bonds saga: SC pulls up SBI for not sharing unique serial number on poll bonds, issues noticeThe Indian Supreme Court criticized the State Bank of India for withholding unique serial numbers of banned electoral bonds, revealed recen...
15 Mar, 2024, 04.09 PM IST
Future Gaming’s Santiago Martin: Under ED, I-T’s lens for a decade, this 'Lottery King' bought electoral bonds worth Rs 1,368 crELECTORAL BONDS: Future Gaming and its CEO Santiago Martin, dubbed the 'Lottery King', have drawn attention for purchasing electoral bonds ...
15 Mar, 2024, 10.23 AM IST
'Transparency, yes! But a bit later, pls?'SBI has requested the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for providing details on the banned electoral bonds for political party funding....
05 Mar, 2024, 11.03 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi urges 'everyone' to donate to BJP after giving Rs 2,000India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged 'everyone' to donate money to the Bharatiya Janata Party to help the saffron party's efforts...
03 Mar, 2024, 07.46 PM IST
Electoral Bonds: Bank rules may stand in way of SC ruling to reveal hidden information, sources sayPoll bonds: Indian banks' norms may hinder the disclosure of subscribers' names in electoral bonds. The Supreme Court banned these bonds, c...
17 Feb, 2024, 02.52 PM IST
Electoral Bonds: BJP took home lion's share of Rs 16,000 crore political fundingPoll Bonds: The Supreme Court's landmark order banned electoral bonds, declaring them unconstitutional due to concerns about transparency a...
17 Feb, 2024, 10.55 AM IST
Electoral Bond Ban: Government to take review plea call next weekIf required, the names of donors can be given to the court in a sealed envelope, without making the information public, they said, ruling o...
17 Feb, 2024, 08.29 AM IST
A publicly-funded, transparent model of campaign finance can be a start in the right directionIn a country the size of India where electoral fights are money-dependent, there are no magic formulas. Worse, any real change is likely to...
16 Feb, 2024, 10.39 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
How electoral bonds have created the illusion that political funding in India is becoming cleanThe question of which right ought to prevail over the other is not merely philosophical or normative, but also a practical one. The solicit...
12 Nov, 2023, 10.16 PM IST
Election funding: What makes India's campaign finance regime ripe for reformsIndia's campaign finance laws have set pending limits for candidates, but have not capped expenditure by parties, a situation that creates ...
06 Apr, 2023, 11.08 PM IST
Electoral bond scheme 'biggest scam' of free India, claims Ashok GehlotGehlot said that electoral bonds have been devised by the NDA government in such a way that not only it allows easy funnelling of money, bu...
17 Oct, 2022, 07.04 PM IST
Electoral bonds 'successful attempt' to usher in honest money in politics, says BJP; slams Congress for opposing them"Electoral bonds brought in honest money in electoral politics. People who are making baseless allegations against the Union government abo...
21 Nov, 2019, 10.36 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
Congress, BJP saved themselves from prosecution by amending FCRA: Sitaram YechuryA bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud has issued notice on the plea and said it would be tag...
03 Feb, 2018, 04.05 PM IST
Aadhaar mandatory for filing ITR to avoid tax evasion: FM Arun JaitleyArun Jaitley replied in the affirmative when a BJD member questioned in the Lok Sabha whether the government was "forcing" the people to ha...
22 Mar, 2017, 08.11 PM IST