NEW DELHI : Seven national parties in India received a total of Rs 102.2 crore as donations in fiscal 2015-16, compared to Rs 528.67 crore in the previous year, showing a dip of about 84 per cent, the information submitted to the Election Commission by the parties showed. Amid talks of transparency in donations to […]
CHANDIGARH : Terming the “Sukhvilas” hotel project of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal is ‘illegal’, Spokesman of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sukhpal Khaira today vowed that once voted to power, AAP would scrap this illegal project. “AAP will not only scrap the illegal project of Sukhvilas, but also force the Badal family to cough up […]
CHANDIGARH : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today took strong exception of ‘false’ claims by SAD-BJP Government on new investment in Punjab in its publicity campaign which is misleading and wastage of public funds for self-glory. AAP state convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich said that SAD-BJP government has started media campaign to project two failed Progressive Punjab […]
Chandigarh : The Congress’ central election committee, headed by party chief Sonia Gandhi, met here today and is learnt to have cleared another 25 seats though the declaration of candidates may take a day or two. The committee will meet again to clear the rest of the seats. It had earlier announced 61 candidates. The […]
United Nations : India has described the nexus between organised traffickers and terrorist networks through illicit financial linkages as a “dangerous phenomenon” that should be urgently addressed using counter-terrorism financing tools and sanctions regimes. “The nexus between organised traffickers and terrorist networks through illicit financial linkages is a dangerous phenomenon,” India’s Deputy Permanent Representative Tanmaya […]