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12 Jun, 2024, 11.34 AM ISTElectoral Bond: Future Gaming biggest donor to TMC, DMK, YSRCP Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited was the top donor to BJP at Rs 584 crore and BRS at Rs 195 crore. The company also emerged as the second highest donor to three parties - DMK (Rs 85 crore), YSRCP (Rs 37 crore) and TDP (Rs 28 crore).
28 Mar, 2024, 11.44 PM ISTElectoral Bonds: Lifting veil on Megha, Vedanta, Future Gaming and Reliance-linked co's donations to BJP, TMC, Congress & others The State Bank of India (SBI) has released the complete electoral bond data as per the Supreme Court's directives. The dataset contains unique alphanumeric numbers linking bond purchasers to the political parties redeeming them.
26 Mar, 2024, 11.32 AM ISTElectoral Bond data: Five key takeaways on corporate funding of political parties The electoral bond data showcases evolving corporate funding trends for political parties, with new entrants impacting financial support dynamics among major players like BJP, INC, and Trinamool Congress.
23 Mar, 2024, 12.21 AM ISTFrom Lottery Kings to Infrastructure Giants: Top donors in India's Electoral Bond Scheme The Supreme Court asked for details of electoral bond purchases to be made public when it scrapped the political funding instrument earlier this year. Here’s a look at the top bond buyers along with an examination of some of the other key numbers th...
22 Mar, 2024, 03.00 PM ISTElectoral bond data: Future Gaming and Megha Engineering top donors to political parties The data release provides details of electoral bonds worth over Rs 12,000 crore. The information was provided by State Bank of India (SBI), the sole seller of the bonds, and published by the ECI.
22 Mar, 2024, 02.20 PM ISTElectoral bond data released: Here's a complete list of donors who contributed Rs 10 crore or more The Election Commission has released detailed data on electoral bonds, sourced from the State Bank of India (SBI), following a Supreme Court deadline. The information reveals major buyers, including industrialists like Lakshmi Mittal, Sunil Mittal's...
22 Mar, 2024, 02.19 PM ISTOur shoulders broad enough: SC on social media commentary after Electoral Bonds order As an institution, our shoulders are "broad enough", the Supreme Court said on Monday as the Centre flagged social media posts against the court intended to embarrass it after its orders in Electoral Bonds cases. Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, who w...
19 Mar, 2024, 04.03 PM IST'Cannot be selective in disclosure': SC asks SBI for unique number, ‘every detail’ on poll bonds The Supreme Court has directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to disclose all details of electoral bonds purchased and encashed since April 12, 2019, including their unique numbers, to the Election Commission of India. The court criticized SBI for wi...
19 Mar, 2024, 04.01 PM ISTElectoral bonds: DMK's disclosure shows Future Gaming, Megha Engg as top donors The latest information is based on disclosures of donors' names by a few political parties to the poll panel. Most beneficiaries of the electoral bonds scheme, including the BJP, All India Trinamool Congress, Congress, BRS and BJD, did not disclose ...
18 Mar, 2024, 09.09 AM ISTElectoral bond mystery: Who paid Rs 162 crore in the name of Yashoda Hospital? Yashoda Hospital, a top donor in electoral bond data, faced confusion with multiple hospitals of similar names. Denials of donations and clarifications from different management groups added to the mystery surrounding the situation.
16 Mar, 2024, 12.41 PM ISTWhy withhold info that links electoral bond donor, beneficiary: SC to SBI Electoral bonds: SBI to respond Monday on why it didn’t disclose unique IDs SBI, the sole issuer, faced scrutiny for not revealing the unique IDs, as directed by the top court.
16 Mar, 2024, 01.17 AM ISTElectoral trusts since 2014 have also weighed in favour of BJP The examination of corporate donations to political parties via electoral bonds reveals significant contributions to the ruling BJP through trusts like Prudent. Major donors include Serum Institute of India, Greenko energy, Essel Mining, Vedanta, Ai...
16 Mar, 2024, 12.26 AM ISTElectoral bonds data: Top 10 donors and how much they donated Electoral bonds data: eci releases electoral bonds data ahead of lok sabha elections? Who donated most money? future gaming, megha engineering and vedanta group among top donors
15 Mar, 2024, 05.29 PM ISTEC releases data on electoral bonds: BJP biggest beneficiary; Vedanta, Airtel, Essel among top donors "In compliance of Hon’ble Supreme Court's directions, contained in its order dated Feb 15 & March 11, 2024 (in the matter of WPC NO.880 of 2017), the State Bank of India (SBI) had provided the data pertaining to the electoral bonds to the Election C...
15 Mar, 2024, 03.22 PM ISTEd Sheeran meets Ayushmann Khurrana, gets treated to some delicious pinni The 'Shape Of You' singer was earlier spotted dancing his heart out to the Telugu hit song 'Butta Bomma' along with musician Armaan Malik. He will hold a live concert in Mumbai on March 16.
14 Mar, 2024, 03.07 PM ISTGiving away Rs 5.6 cr a day, Shiv Nadar top donor in 2023 philanthropy rankings; total contributions surge 56% Shiv Nadar, founder of HCL Tech, remains India's top philanthropist, donating Rs 2,042 crore in 2023. Azim Premji of Wipro follows with Rs 1,774 crore. Indian philanthropy surges, with 119 donors contributing Rs 8,445 crore, showing a 60% increase f...
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