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Supreme Court Stays Trial In Money Laundering Case Against 'Lottery King' Santiago Martin
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the proceedings before a special court in a money laundering case against 'lottery king' Santiago Martin, whose company donated the most to political parties through the electoral bonds scheme.
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Political Parties' Bizarre Replies As Poll Body Seeks Electoral Bonds Info
The Election Commission's request to parties for details of electoral bonds received by them elicited myriad, and often unsolicited, responses -- one party seeking its deregistration and another noting that its chief personally donates Rs 500 once ev
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Lalu Yadav's Daughter Rohini, Who Gave Him Kidney, May Make Poll Debut
Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya, who donated one of her kidneys to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch, is set to enter politics and make her Lok Sabha election debut from Bihar's Saran seat, party leaders have indicated
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"I Donated To...": Biocon Head Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw On "Nominal" Electoral Bonds
Biocon Ltd Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday said that her Bengaluru-based biopharmaceuticals firm did not make any donations to any political party using electoral bonds.
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Mayawati's Party, CPI(M) Among Parties That Did Not Receive Electoral Bonds
While several political parties received donations worth crores of rupees via electoral bonds, there is a vast majority which did not get any money through the now-scraped scheme for political funding.
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Big Companies Donated Crores Through Unknown Firms, Individuals: The Reporters' Collective On Electoral Bonds
The Reporters' Collective in its analyses of the electoral bonds data released by the Election Commission found companies and individuals donated crores of rupees to political parties under circumstances that would merit a detailed look.
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96% Electoral Bonds Were Of Rs 1-Crore Denomination, Rs 1,000 Only 0.0001%
Corporate donations worth thousands of crores to political parties through now-scrapped electoral bonds may have hit the headlines, but there were also 132 such bonds of just Rs 1,000 each bought by individuals as well as corporates.
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This Company Is The 2nd Biggest Buyer Of Electoral Bonds. They Donated...
Megha Engineering has gone viral on social media since the Election Commission revealed that the company was among the biggest donors to political parties in the last 5 years.
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Supreme Court's Electoral Bond Verdict Gives CPM A 'I Told You So' Moment
Shortly after the Supreme Court declared the electoral bonds scheme unconstitutional, the CPM, also a petitioner in the case, welcomed the verdict and said details of donations to political parties must come out.
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Companies' Donation To Political Parties: What Today's Verdict Changes
Striking down the electoral bonds scheme, the Supreme Court today also flagged "unlimited political funding" by corporates and said it violated the fundamental right to free and fair elections.
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Why Supreme Court Struck Down The Electoral Bonds Scheme: 5 Points
The Supreme Court today struck down the electoral bonds scheme which had been brought in 2018 as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties to bring transparency in political funding.
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In 2022-23, BJP Received Over Rs 250 Crore As Donations: Poll Watchdog
The BJP bagged more than 70 per cent of donations received by political parties from electoral trusts in 2022-23, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Donations Of Rs 9,188 Crore In Electoral Bonds In 6 Years, 57% For BJP: Report
Electoral bonds generated donations worth over Rs 9,188 crore for all political parties put together till 2021-22, of which the BJP alone accounted for over 57 per cent as against the Congress' 10 per cent, data published by ADR said.
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Explained: What Are Electoral Bonds And Why Are They Being Challenged In Court
The Supreme Court is today hearing a batch of requests challenging the constitutional validity of the electoral bonds scheme, which allows anyone in the country to donate money to political parties anonymously.
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BJP Got 3 Times More Donations Than Other Parties In 7 Years: Report
More than half of all donations received by political parties between 2016-17 and 2021-22 were through Electoral Bonds and the BJP received more funds than all other national parties put together, a report by think tank
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Supreme Court Stays Trial In Money Laundering Case Against 'Lottery King' Santiago Martin
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the proceedings before a special court in a money laundering case against 'lottery king' Santiago Martin, whose company donated the most to political parties through the electoral bonds scheme.
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Political Parties' Bizarre Replies As Poll Body Seeks Electoral Bonds Info
The Election Commission's request to parties for details of electoral bonds received by them elicited myriad, and often unsolicited, responses -- one party seeking its deregistration and another noting that its chief personally donates Rs 500 once ev
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Lalu Yadav's Daughter Rohini, Who Gave Him Kidney, May Make Poll Debut
Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya, who donated one of her kidneys to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch, is set to enter politics and make her Lok Sabha election debut from Bihar's Saran seat, party leaders have indicated
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"I Donated To...": Biocon Head Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw On "Nominal" Electoral Bonds
Biocon Ltd Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday said that her Bengaluru-based biopharmaceuticals firm did not make any donations to any political party using electoral bonds.
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Mayawati's Party, CPI(M) Among Parties That Did Not Receive Electoral Bonds
While several political parties received donations worth crores of rupees via electoral bonds, there is a vast majority which did not get any money through the now-scraped scheme for political funding.
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Big Companies Donated Crores Through Unknown Firms, Individuals: The Reporters' Collective On Electoral Bonds
The Reporters' Collective in its analyses of the electoral bonds data released by the Election Commission found companies and individuals donated crores of rupees to political parties under circumstances that would merit a detailed look.
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96% Electoral Bonds Were Of Rs 1-Crore Denomination, Rs 1,000 Only 0.0001%
Corporate donations worth thousands of crores to political parties through now-scrapped electoral bonds may have hit the headlines, but there were also 132 such bonds of just Rs 1,000 each bought by individuals as well as corporates.
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This Company Is The 2nd Biggest Buyer Of Electoral Bonds. They Donated...
Megha Engineering has gone viral on social media since the Election Commission revealed that the company was among the biggest donors to political parties in the last 5 years.
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Supreme Court's Electoral Bond Verdict Gives CPM A 'I Told You So' Moment
Shortly after the Supreme Court declared the electoral bonds scheme unconstitutional, the CPM, also a petitioner in the case, welcomed the verdict and said details of donations to political parties must come out.
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Companies' Donation To Political Parties: What Today's Verdict Changes
Striking down the electoral bonds scheme, the Supreme Court today also flagged "unlimited political funding" by corporates and said it violated the fundamental right to free and fair elections.
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Why Supreme Court Struck Down The Electoral Bonds Scheme: 5 Points
The Supreme Court today struck down the electoral bonds scheme which had been brought in 2018 as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties to bring transparency in political funding.
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In 2022-23, BJP Received Over Rs 250 Crore As Donations: Poll Watchdog
The BJP bagged more than 70 per cent of donations received by political parties from electoral trusts in 2022-23, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Donations Of Rs 9,188 Crore In Electoral Bonds In 6 Years, 57% For BJP: Report
Electoral bonds generated donations worth over Rs 9,188 crore for all political parties put together till 2021-22, of which the BJP alone accounted for over 57 per cent as against the Congress' 10 per cent, data published by ADR said.
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Explained: What Are Electoral Bonds And Why Are They Being Challenged In Court
The Supreme Court is today hearing a batch of requests challenging the constitutional validity of the electoral bonds scheme, which allows anyone in the country to donate money to political parties anonymously.
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BJP Got 3 Times More Donations Than Other Parties In 7 Years: Report
More than half of all donations received by political parties between 2016-17 and 2021-22 were through Electoral Bonds and the BJP received more funds than all other national parties put together, a report by think tank
