Bitterness, trust and 2015 elections

A by-election will be held to fill the vacancy on the Masterton Licensing Trust caused by the death of the chairman, Craig Cooper, in October last year. The trust owns 75 per cent of Trust House, which owns properties and hospitality businesses ...

The biggest contribution to the BJP in the last financial year came from the Bharti group-led Satya Electoral Trust. Image: Big corporate donors contributed in excess of Rs 1 crore each. Photograph: Reuters     Bharti-led Satya Electoral Trust and companies including Sterlite Industries, Cairn India, Lodha Dwellers, Torrent, and Crompton Greaves have emerged the top contributors to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the crucial general elections last year.  Such big ...

In yet another indication of opacity in political funding, only one of the seven electoral trusts formed after January 2013 has submitted details of its donors to the Election Commission despite government guidelines requiring them to do so.

Tuesday with Dan Onwukwe 08111813033 dan_onwukwe@yahoo.com AN UMPIRES authority essentially comes from the public belief in his right and ability to call the shots and in his judgement to make the right decisions,if not always,but in ...

The total donations declared by Satya Electoral Trust to National Parties amounts to Rs 81.87 crores. The Central Government amended the Income Tax Rules, 1962 on the Jan 31, 2013 to insert Rule 17CA which lists the functions of Electoral Trusts approved by ...

Only a fortnight after creating electoral history in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is doing crisis management with its internal Lokpal pointing to breakdown in mutual trust in top leadership, and two senior leaders---Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra ...

CHENNAI: An hour after he was declared elected unopposed, Jagmohan Dalmiya began his second innings as Indian cricket board (BCCI) president with a compromise. The BCCI adopted a resolution that allowed N Srinivasan to keep representing the Indian ...

Press Trust of India March 3, 2015 08:47 AM Faridabad: To weed out bogus voting, Aadhar card number of the voter will now be added to voter list. District administration in Faridabad has launched a drive to collect the Aadhar card ...

The APC Presidential Campaign Organization (APCPCO) has condemned the recent and sudden emergence of fuel scarcity and fuel queues in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and some parts of the country, as well as the recent gross reduction in the ...