Political Funding

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the funds given to the Congress by private electricity companies had nothing to do with power purchase agreements and slammed opposition AAP and SAD for "lying blatantly" on the issue.

A $600 billion sovereign wealth fund is caught in the crosshairs of a political power struggle that's roiling one of the world's richest countries.

Maharashtra has received a large number of ventilators under the PM CARES fund and the ones that are faulty must be replaced without any politics being played on it, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday.

Amid assembly elections in four states and a Union territory, the government on Tuesday approved issuance of the 16th tranche of electoral bonds which will be open for sale from April 1 to 10.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on March 24 a fresh plea seeking a direction to the Centre and others to not open any further window for sale of electoral bonds during pendency of a PIL pertaining to funding of political parties and alleged lack of transparency in their accounts.

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Sunday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of providing misinformation about disbursement of funds by the centre to the state during a political rally and challenged him for a debate.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday is to dive into a political minefield when he scraps a ban on US funding for abortion counseling provided by international organizations.

The Trust set up to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya at what was for long a disputed site today launched its fund-collection drive across the country. Leaders of various political and quasi-political outfits joined the bandwagon, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flagging off the programme with the blessings of President Ram Nath Kovind at Ra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal of blocking a central benefit scheme for farmers because of its political agenda and denying funds to 70 lakh farmers in the state under the flagship PM-KISAN scheme.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday corrected statements he had made in parliament, apologising for what he said were mistakes regarding a political funding scandal that has also cast a pall over the current premier.

A security official of Eastern Coalfield Ltd in West Bengal's Asansol suffered a heart attack during a search by the CBI in a case of illegal mining and theft. The official, Dhananjay Roy, was rushed to hospital, where he died. He was one of several people whose properties were raided by the CBI today in connection with the case.

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed the South Korean firm into a global tech titan, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said. Under Lee's leadership, Samsung rose to become the world's largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm's overall turnover today is equivalent to a fifth of South Korea's GDP.

Corporates and business houses donated at least Rs 876 crore to various national political parties in the fiscal year 2018-19 and the BJP was the biggest recipient of such funds, followed by the Congress, a study conducted by poll rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) showed on Thursday.

Minister of State For Finance Anurag Thakur's remark against former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Gandhi family, while responding to the opposition's attack in parliament over the PM CARES fund, was a "political speech in worst possible taste," Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Friday, after the comment triggered shouting and sloganeerin...

Alibaba has put on hold plans to invest in Indian companies, two sources aware of the plans said, amid souring business relations and rising political tension between China and India after a clash on their Himalayan border.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the funds given to the Congress by private electricity companies had nothing to do with power purchase agreements and slammed opposition AAP and SAD for "lying blatantly" on the issue.

A $600 billion sovereign wealth fund is caught in the crosshairs of a political power struggle that's roiling one of the world's richest countries.

Maharashtra has received a large number of ventilators under the PM CARES fund and the ones that are faulty must be replaced without any politics being played on it, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday.

Amid assembly elections in four states and a Union territory, the government on Tuesday approved issuance of the 16th tranche of electoral bonds which will be open for sale from April 1 to 10.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on March 24 a fresh plea seeking a direction to the Centre and others to not open any further window for sale of electoral bonds during pendency of a PIL pertaining to funding of political parties and alleged lack of transparency in their accounts.

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Sunday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of providing misinformation about disbursement of funds by the centre to the state during a political rally and challenged him for a debate.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday is to dive into a political minefield when he scraps a ban on US funding for abortion counseling provided by international organizations.

The Trust set up to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya at what was for long a disputed site today launched its fund-collection drive across the country. Leaders of various political and quasi-political outfits joined the bandwagon, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flagging off the programme with the blessings of President Ram Nath Kovind at Ra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal of blocking a central benefit scheme for farmers because of its political agenda and denying funds to 70 lakh farmers in the state under the flagship PM-KISAN scheme.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday corrected statements he had made in parliament, apologising for what he said were mistakes regarding a political funding scandal that has also cast a pall over the current premier.

A security official of Eastern Coalfield Ltd in West Bengal's Asansol suffered a heart attack during a search by the CBI in a case of illegal mining and theft. The official, Dhananjay Roy, was rushed to hospital, where he died. He was one of several people whose properties were raided by the CBI today in connection with the case.

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed the South Korean firm into a global tech titan, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said. Under Lee's leadership, Samsung rose to become the world's largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm's overall turnover today is equivalent to a fifth of South Korea's GDP.

Corporates and business houses donated at least Rs 876 crore to various national political parties in the fiscal year 2018-19 and the BJP was the biggest recipient of such funds, followed by the Congress, a study conducted by poll rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) showed on Thursday.

Minister of State For Finance Anurag Thakur's remark against former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Gandhi family, while responding to the opposition's attack in parliament over the PM CARES fund, was a "political speech in worst possible taste," Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Friday, after the comment triggered shouting and sloganeerin...

Alibaba has put on hold plans to invest in Indian companies, two sources aware of the plans said, amid souring business relations and rising political tension between China and India after a clash on their Himalayan border.