State Funding Of Polls

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Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday flayed the ruling TMC in West Bengal, alleging that its leaders swindled whatever central aid was extended to the state, from "funds to ration supplies".

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 today refused to bar the sale and purchase of electoral bonds ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. It rejected an NGO's plea seeking a stay on their scheduled sale between April 1 and April 10. The plea also wanted them banned till matters related to parties' funding and transparency of incomes were sorted out. The bond...

Branding West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as an outsider in Nandigram, BJP leader and her former protege Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday asserted that people duped by chit fund companies in the state would get back their money if the BJP is voted to power.

The Trinamool Congress today hit out at the BJP and its supporters for tom-tomming the budgetary allocation this year for railway projects in West Bengal, coming especially in the run up the state assembly polls. The party said these proclamations do not consider the number of projects shelved over the years and the all the funding that was choked ...

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.

Just a week before the Bihar assembly elections, the state's ruling alliance has finally decided to counter Tejashwi Yadav's claims to provide 10 lakh government jobs which have been a big draw in his campaign. Today Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Modi came out with a back-of-envelope budget calculations and questioned how the C...

Union Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao went for early polls in the state as he was afraid of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "KC Rao is afraid of Prime Minister Modi and went for early polls. But I believe that the people of Telangana will teach him a lesson in December," said Mr Nadda.

BJP president Amit Shah today asked the people to oust Tripura's 'Lal bhai' government, as he accused the Left cadres of pocketing public funds meant for development and promised to make the state a model one if his party is voted to power.

Jammu and Kashmir saw the lowest voter turnout in Srinagar's repeat by-poll in the history of the state with only two per cent showing up at polling stations. The unprecedented violence during the first by-poll on last Sunday, which also saw only seven per cent voters, resulted in eight deaths and injuries to more than 100 security personnel. But f...

"The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has firmed up a housing scheme for it subscribers. The scheme is likely to be launched anytime after March, 8 when voting in five poll bound states would be over," a source said.

In the hill state of Uttarakhand, which will vote on February 15, Election Commission officials are trying their best to ensure a level-playing field for all candidates.

Uttar Pradesh has begun accepting applications or nominations for those who want to run for its state legislature. 403 seats will be decided over seven days of voting. Parties are deluged with those who want a shot at contesting the election. But a 73-year-old from Mathura in western Uttar Pradesh is calm - he knows the drill. Yesterday, he was the...

Pressing ahead with his electoral reforms agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take up the issues of changes in poll funding rules and holding of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies at an all-party meeting before the Budget session.

More people in the United States than ever before are turning to cryptocurrencies to help fund their retirement, it seems, even as the recent market carnage provides a stark reminder that this wild market is not for the faint-hearted, according to a report.

Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday flayed the ruling TMC in West Bengal, alleging that its leaders swindled whatever central aid was extended to the state, from "funds to ration supplies".

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 today refused to bar the sale and purchase of electoral bonds ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. It rejected an NGO's plea seeking a stay on their scheduled sale between April 1 and April 10. The plea also wanted them banned till matters related to parties' funding and transparency of incomes were sorted out. The bond...

Branding West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as an outsider in Nandigram, BJP leader and her former protege Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday asserted that people duped by chit fund companies in the state would get back their money if the BJP is voted to power.

The Trinamool Congress today hit out at the BJP and its supporters for tom-tomming the budgetary allocation this year for railway projects in West Bengal, coming especially in the run up the state assembly polls. The party said these proclamations do not consider the number of projects shelved over the years and the all the funding that was choked ...

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.

Just a week before the Bihar assembly elections, the state's ruling alliance has finally decided to counter Tejashwi Yadav's claims to provide 10 lakh government jobs which have been a big draw in his campaign. Today Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Modi came out with a back-of-envelope budget calculations and questioned how the C...

Union Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao went for early polls in the state as he was afraid of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "KC Rao is afraid of Prime Minister Modi and went for early polls. But I believe that the people of Telangana will teach him a lesson in December," said Mr Nadda.

BJP president Amit Shah today asked the people to oust Tripura's 'Lal bhai' government, as he accused the Left cadres of pocketing public funds meant for development and promised to make the state a model one if his party is voted to power.

Jammu and Kashmir saw the lowest voter turnout in Srinagar's repeat by-poll in the history of the state with only two per cent showing up at polling stations. The unprecedented violence during the first by-poll on last Sunday, which also saw only seven per cent voters, resulted in eight deaths and injuries to more than 100 security personnel. But f...

"The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has firmed up a housing scheme for it subscribers. The scheme is likely to be launched anytime after March, 8 when voting in five poll bound states would be over," a source said.

In the hill state of Uttarakhand, which will vote on February 15, Election Commission officials are trying their best to ensure a level-playing field for all candidates.

Uttar Pradesh has begun accepting applications or nominations for those who want to run for its state legislature. 403 seats will be decided over seven days of voting. Parties are deluged with those who want a shot at contesting the election. But a 73-year-old from Mathura in western Uttar Pradesh is calm - he knows the drill. Yesterday, he was the...

Pressing ahead with his electoral reforms agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take up the issues of changes in poll funding rules and holding of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies at an all-party meeting before the Budget session.