Electoral Bonds
- India
Centre seized printing of electoral bonds a fortnight post SC’s verdict
An RTI (Right To Information) revealed that the Union finance ministry ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) to “immediately put a hold” on the printing of electoral bonds, almost a fortnight…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad-based MEIL’s electoral bond purchases close to bagging contracts
New Delhi: Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd made a number of electoral bond purchases close to the date of bagging crucial projects, including the all-weather Zojila tunnel that is being constructed at…
- Top Stories
Aurobindo Pharma bought electoral bonds worth Rs 52 cr; BJP biggest beneficiary
New Delhi: Aurobindo Pharma, one of whose directors was arrested in the Delhi liquor scam, had bought electoral bonds for a total of Rs 52 crore with more than half of it…
- Top Stories
Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering donated Rs 55 cr to BJP in electoral bonds
New Delhi: Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NEC), which is constructing the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, a portion of which collapsed last year, purchased Rs 55 crore worth of electoral bonds and…
- India
Electoral bonds: ECI uploads data with unique identification numbers
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday, March 21, made public a fresh data set of electoral bonds, including the unique identification numbers or the alpha-numeric numbers that can help match…
- Telangana
BRS received over Rs 1,300 cr through electoral bonds
Hyderabad: The BRS in Telangana has received Rs 1,322 crore through 2,188 electoral bonds and about half of the amount (Rs 661 crore) was encashed on four different days from October 11,…
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Electoral bonds: SBI submits all details with serial numbers to EC
The State Bank of India, on Thursday, March 21, submitted all information concerning the electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI), including the all-important unique numbers which would help link the…
- India
JNU presidential debate: Student outfits battle it out on CAA, electoral bonds
New Delhi: Amid chants of ‘Jai Bhim,’ ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai,’ and ‘Lal Salam’, candidates vying for president’s post in the upcoming JNU students’ union elections, delivered passionate speeches on Wednesday night.…
- India
SBI allowed BJP to encash expired electoral bonds worth Rs 10 cr: Report
As more information emerges on electoral bonds, a recent report by The Reporters’ Collective states that SBI violated norms of electoral bonds by allowing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to encash expired electoral…
- India
Plea seeks data on electoral bonds worth Rs 4,000 cr sold before April 2019
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to disclose information on electoral bonds worth Rs 4,000 crore sold before April 2019. On March 14, the Election Commission…
- India
Electoral bonds BJP’s ‘white collar corruption’: Stalin
Mumbai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday described the electoral bonds as “white collar corruption” of the ruling BJP and said the opposition bloc INDIA will form a secular, federal…
- India
Electoral Bonds: EC releases fresh data on funding to political parties
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday released data received from political parties on electoral bonds, which it had given to the Supreme Court in sealed covers. The ECI…
- India
Fresh electoral bonds data shows BJP got Rs 6,986.5 crore
New Delhi: Top purchaser of electoral bonds Future Gaming and Hotel Services donated Rs 509 crore to Tamil Nadu’s ruling party DMK through the now scrapped payment mode, the Election Commission data…
- India
Election Commission makes fresh electoral bonds data public
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday made public fresh data on electoral bonds, which it had submitted in sealed covers to the Supreme Court and was later asked to put it…
- India
Electoral bonds: Freeze BJP bank accounts, hold special probe, says Kharge
Bengaluru: Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday demanded a special investigation into the electoral bonds scheme — through which the BJP has received Rs 6,060 crore over five years — and…
