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Eight ministers took oath in the new Champai Soren cabinet in Jharkhand. Some Congress MLAs expressed discontent with the expansion, demanding the inc
The newly formed NDA government in Bihar, led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, has ordered a review of decisions taken by departments headed by Tejashw
If required, the names of donors can be given to the court in a sealed envelope, without making the information public, they said, ruling out an
The electoral bond scheme that was struck down by the Supreme Court on Thursday raised `16,518 crore for parties since its inception in March 2018. In
Others fear striking down of these bonds could see more cash being used to fund parties. Electoral bonds previously enabled companies and individuals
ECI had written a three-page letter to the law ministry on May 26, 2017, flagging concerns over amendments in the Finance Act, 2017, which brought cha
They asked the Modi government to follow the judicial order and ECI to release the names of donors. Congress sounded caution against any move by the C
"The electoral bond scheme was brought in for a very laudable objective - to bring in transparency in electoral funding and to reduce inflow of cash d
In the meanwhile, Governor CV Ananda Bose recommended the creation of a task force and noted "dastardly" violence in his report to the West Bengal gov
The BJP surprised by naming Sanjay Seth, a former SP MP and top UP realtor, as its eighth candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls in UP. The move adds com
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar ruled in favor of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), stating that it was the
Former Congress CMs Ashok Chavan, Amarinder Singh, SM Krishna, Digamber Kamat, Vijay Bahuguna, N Kiran Reddy, ND Tiwari, Jagadambika Pal, Pema Khandu,
The Congress party has initiated back-channel communication with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) through Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chaddha in an attempt to
The Supreme Court has highlighted the lack of distinction between campaign funding and electoral funding in the legal regime. It emphasized the connec
Union ministers hold talks with farmer unions amid standoff. Punjab CM attends. Farmer leaders protest at border, railway tracks, toll plazas against
NCP founder Sharad Pawar on Thursday said his party belonged to the common people, and although it was going through difficult times today, nobody sho
The Supreme Court's verdict annulling the electoral bonds scheme for political funding has been welcomed by Election Commission sources, highlighting
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, quota activist Manoj Jarange and Mathadi leader Narendra Patil will be conferred the 'Maratha Bhushan' this
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the Border Security Force (BSF) for the tragic deaths of four children in Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur
The Rajya Sabha elections feature prominent figures like BJP chief J P Nadda, recent BJP entrant Ashok Chavan, and former Congress president Sonia Gan
