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Electoral bonds data exposes BJP’s ‘corrupt tactics’: Congress

New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) The Congress on Friday alleged that the electoral bonds data has exposed “corrupt tactics” of the BJP such as quid pro quo, seeking donations for the company’s protection, kickbacks and money laundering through shell companies. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also said the party continues to demand unique bond ID numbers, so that it can precisely match donors to recipients. In a post on X, Ramesh put out a “quick first analysis” of the Electoral Bonds (EB)data disclosure that the SBI put out after weeks of “attempting to postpone it until after the election”. “Over

Doctor clarifies “confusion” over Mamata’s fall, says it was “sensation of pushing from behind”

Kolkata, Mar 15 (PTI) A day after stating that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a fall at her Kalighat residence “due to some push from behind” leading to injuries on forehead and nose, state-run SSKM Hospital director Manimoy Bandyopadhyay on Friday clarified that all he meant was that the CM may have felt “a sensation of push”. Banerjee, 69, suffered a grievous injury on her forehead and nose during a fall inside her Kalighat residence in South Kolkata on Thursday evening. “This is a sensation of pushing from behind which led to the fall (of CM Banerjee). Our

Supreme Court says SBI ‘duty bound’ to disclose electoral bond number, issues notice to SBI

New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) The State Bank of India is “duty bound” and has to disclose the unique alpha numeric numbers of the electoral bonds received by political parties, the Supreme Court said on Friday while seeking a response from the bank for not doing so. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the apex court in its verdict on electoral bonds case had directed the disclosure of all the details of bonds, including the purchaser, amount and date of purchase. All details have to be furnished by the SBI, the CJI observed a day

Vedanta, Airtel, Essel among top funders of Indian political parties in last 5 years, data shows

NEW DELHI, 15, 2024 (Reuters) – Some of India’s biggest companies, including Vedanta Ltd, Bharti Airtel, RPSG Group and Essel Mining were among the country’s top political funders over the last five years under a now-scrapped opaque political funding system, official data showed on Thursday. The information was made public by the Election Commission of India following an order on Monday from the country’s top court, just days before a national election is due to be called. The political funding mechanism introduced in 2017 allowed companies and individuals to donate unlimited amounts anonymously to political parties. The funding system, called

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