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Three reasons why it will be tough for even Ahmed Patel to raise money for Congress

D.K. Singh -
Patel, known to be resilient and a leader with friendships across the board, will have to fight Congress’ image problems.

Simultaneous polls will be like striking at root of Parliamentary democracy, says watchdog

Sanya Dhingra -
ADR, in its submissions to the law panel, also dismisses the argument that repeated enforcement of the model code interferes with governance.

For three years, only 5% of unrecognised parties filed donation reports: ADR

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Report raises fears of them being used as money laundering fronts or for electoral malpractice, calls for more stringent EC monitoring

BJP donations rose from Rs 76 crore to Rs 532 crore in a year, a 593% jump

Sanya Dhingra -
The surge in BJP donations are in 2016-17, show ADR and New Election Watch reports. The figure is over 10 times the declared amount by the Congress, which is second on the list

Faced with funds crunch, Congress taps Twitter for crowd funding

Kumar Anshuman -
An internal party document shows Congress needs Rs 1,000 crore in the next four months for election campaigns in the year-end state polls. As of 2017, the party’s donations are Rs 225 crore.

AAP yet to submit audit report to EC, donor list still unavailable

Rajgopal Singh -
The ADR report comes two years after AAP removed the list of its donors from the party website.

Karnataka elects more crorepatis and candidates with criminal records this year than 2013

Sankalita Dey -
Among the elected candidates, 54 (24%) are facing serious criminal cases, including kidnapping, rape among others, compared to 39 (17%) in 2013.

The Modi govt’s plan to introduce electoral bonds set to face a legal test

Kumar Anshuman -
NGO to file a PIL in apex court, says the scheme will only increase the opacity around electoral funding
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Opinion

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Shailaja Bajpai -
Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

Why electoral ‘reform’ is cause for worry—the Modi govt uses it to cement political hold

The world’s biggest trade deal is in the making. India and EU must close it now

Economy

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Udit Bubna -
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Defence

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Vaibhav Pant -
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

National Interest

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

Shekhar Gupta -
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.

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