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Government Slashes Anonymous Political Funding, Opposition Calls It Hogwash
To ensure greater transparency in political funding, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday sharply cut the cash donation a political party can accept and announced "electoral bonds" to promote legitimate funding of parties.....
Modi Hails Jaitley For Presenting 'uttam' Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for presenting an "uttam" (excellent) Budget and said it will give new strength to the economy while also focused on eliminating corruption.....
Budget Disappoints RSS Labour Wing
The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Wednesday described the union budget as disappointing, saying the workers, salaried class and poor were overlooked.....
US Travel Ban 'not Best Way To Protect' America: UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said here on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries "is not the way to best protect the US or any other country," voicing his hope that "this measure should be removed sooner rather than later".....
Congress Moves EC, Demands Stern Action Against BJP
The Congress on Thursday moved the Election Commission alleging that BJP leaders Keshav Prasad Maurya and Subramanian Swamy had made remarks amounting to soliciting votes in the name of religion and demanded "stern action" against the party.....
Punjab Campaigning Ends; Voting On February 4
A high-voltage and somewhat no-holds-barred campaign for the February 4 Punjab assembly elections ended on Thursday evening as leaders and workers of major political parties made last-ditch efforts to woo voters in the state.....
Geelani Hospitalised In Srinagar, Condition Stable
Senior hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, who was admitted to a hospital here late last night after he complained of chest pain, is doing fine, said informed sources.....
2016 Was Year Of Depression, Suppression, Regression: Azad
Targeting the Narendra Modi government over issues ranging from demonetisation to unrest in Kashmir, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said the year 2016 has been one of "depression, recession, regression and suppression".....
All Evidence Against Hafiz Saeed Available With Pakistan : India
Following the Pakistan Interior Ministry's statement that India should provide concrete evidence against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the man behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and whom Islamabad put under house arrest earlier this week, India on Thursday said all evidence against the terror mastermind was available in Pakistan itself.....
Israeli Settlements May Not Help In Achieving Peace: US
The US government has said that Israel's construction of new settlements on occupied Palestinian land "may not be helpful" in achieving peace, a White House statement said.....
