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Union Minister's Challenge Amid "Separate Country", Centre-State Funds Row
Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Thursday launched a two-for-one attack on the ruling Left Front in Kerala and the Congress, accusing the former of mishandling the state economy and the latter of having lost the peoples' trust.
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"States' Debt Affects Country's Rating": Centre On Kerala Borrowing Curbs
Uncontrolled borrowing by states would affect the credit rating of the whole country and the fiscal edifice of Kerala has been diagnosed with "several cracks", the Centre has told the Supreme Court.
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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Wife Convicted Of Misusing Public Funds
An Israeli court Sunday convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraudulently using state funds for meals, under a plea bargain which dropped more severe charges.
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States Get More Freedom To Spend Funds Under Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Government has issued fresh flexi-fund guidelines that will give more freedom to states in spending money under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) to meet local developmental requirements.
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Not The Right Time To Have State Funding of Polls In India: Election Commission
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday said the time was not ripe to go for state funding of elections in the country unless "radical reforms" like de-criminalisation of politics and enactment of strong financial transparency laws for candidates and political parties.
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Islamic State Facing Money Problems as it Loses Territory
By most estimates, the Islamic State is the world's richest terrorist organization. But it appears to be wrestling with money problems that could affect its ability to wage war while trying to govern millions of people in its self-declared caliphate.
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How the Islamic State Makes Its Money
Weapons, vehicles, employee salaries, propaganda videos, international travel - all of these things cost money. The recent terrorism attacks in Paris, which the Islamic State has claimed as its own work, suggest the terrorist organization hasn't been hurting for funding. David Cohen, the Treasury Department's Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financ...
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Malaysia Prosecutor Gives Clean Chit to 1MDB Officials on Bank Report
Malaysia's attorney general said today it had reviewed the report of a central bank investigation of troubled state fund 1MDB and decided that fund officials had not committed any offence.
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Charities Stop Funding UK Rights Group Allegedly Linked to 'Jihadi John'
Two charities have stopped funding a rights group in contact with the man thought to be Islamic State group executioner 'Jihadi John' before he left for Syria, Britain's charities regulator has said.
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State Fund to Pay 1.4 Billion Ringgit to Take Malaysia Airlines Private
Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) said on Friday that state investor Khazanah Nasional will offer 27 sen for each share in the company it does not own, amounting to nearly 1.4 billion ringgit ($435 million) to take the troubled airline private.
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Union Minister's Challenge Amid "Separate Country", Centre-State Funds Row
Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Thursday launched a two-for-one attack on the ruling Left Front in Kerala and the Congress, accusing the former of mishandling the state economy and the latter of having lost the peoples' trust.
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"States' Debt Affects Country's Rating": Centre On Kerala Borrowing Curbs
Uncontrolled borrowing by states would affect the credit rating of the whole country and the fiscal edifice of Kerala has been diagnosed with "several cracks", the Centre has told the Supreme Court.
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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Wife Convicted Of Misusing Public Funds
An Israeli court Sunday convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraudulently using state funds for meals, under a plea bargain which dropped more severe charges.
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States Get More Freedom To Spend Funds Under Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Government has issued fresh flexi-fund guidelines that will give more freedom to states in spending money under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) to meet local developmental requirements.
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Not The Right Time To Have State Funding of Polls In India: Election Commission
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday said the time was not ripe to go for state funding of elections in the country unless "radical reforms" like de-criminalisation of politics and enactment of strong financial transparency laws for candidates and political parties.
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Islamic State Facing Money Problems as it Loses Territory
By most estimates, the Islamic State is the world's richest terrorist organization. But it appears to be wrestling with money problems that could affect its ability to wage war while trying to govern millions of people in its self-declared caliphate.
-
How the Islamic State Makes Its Money
Weapons, vehicles, employee salaries, propaganda videos, international travel - all of these things cost money. The recent terrorism attacks in Paris, which the Islamic State has claimed as its own work, suggest the terrorist organization hasn't been hurting for funding. David Cohen, the Treasury Department's Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financ...
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Malaysia Prosecutor Gives Clean Chit to 1MDB Officials on Bank Report
Malaysia's attorney general said today it had reviewed the report of a central bank investigation of troubled state fund 1MDB and decided that fund officials had not committed any offence.
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Charities Stop Funding UK Rights Group Allegedly Linked to 'Jihadi John'
Two charities have stopped funding a rights group in contact with the man thought to be Islamic State group executioner 'Jihadi John' before he left for Syria, Britain's charities regulator has said.
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State Fund to Pay 1.4 Billion Ringgit to Take Malaysia Airlines Private
Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) said on Friday that state investor Khazanah Nasional will offer 27 sen for each share in the company it does not own, amounting to nearly 1.4 billion ringgit ($435 million) to take the troubled airline private.
