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Electoral Bonds Are Legitimate, Transparent: Jaitley
Terming electoral bonds a legitimate and transparent method of political funding, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said it masks the link between the party and the donor in the same way the electoral trusts brought by the UPA did.....
RJD Releases Party Manifesto, Promises Reservation
Bihar's opposition Rashtiya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday released its election manifesto for the coming Lok Sabha polls, where it has promised reservation for the Dalits, OBCs, EBCs and tribals in the private sectors.....
BJP Reiterates Commitment To Core Issues
The BJP on Monday reiterated its commitment on its core ideological issues - construction of a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya, abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and Uniform Civil Code - in its Lok Sabha election manifesto.....
Modi Woos Millennials, Urges Them To 'select Nation'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a passionate appeal to the millennial generation exhorting them to select the nation above everything else while exercising their first-ever vote in the 2019 elections.....
Nearly 81% Turnout In Bengal, Stray Violence Mars Polls
The endangered Toto tribals, tea garden workers and erstwhile enclave dwellers turned up in large numbers as voting continued beyond the 6 p.m. deadline in two northern West Bengal Lok Sabha seats on Thursday amid reports of sporadic violence, EVM glitches and allegations of electoral malpractices.....
Voting Continues Till Midnight In Andhra
Making history of sorts, polling in some booths in Andhra Pradesh continued till midnight as the total voter turnout reached nearly 80 per cent, capping hours of tension and clashes that left two dead and scores of others injured.....
Electoral Bonds Remain, Submit Details By May 30: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday in an interim order refused to stay the Electoral bonds scheme of the government and put up the matter for final disposal later.....
66% Voting In 2nd Phase Amid Stray Violence, EVM Snags
A turnout of 66 per cent was recorded in 95 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and a Union Territory on Thursday in the second phase of polling which was marred by stray incidents of violence in West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir and EVM glitches in seven states.....
Russia Meddling Probe Says No Putin-Trump Conspiracy
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Moscow's interference in 2016 elections did "not establish that members of the (US President Donald) Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities" but left enough ammunition for Democrats to pursue charges that the president tried to interfered with it.....
India Now Virtually Terror Free: Modi
Citing the example of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed that India is now virtually "terror free" barring some pockets of Jammu and Kashmir.....
