The fund, set up in 2020 to deal with emergency or distress situations, receives domestic and foreign donations. Rs 6,641 crore of the corpus is parked in fixed deposits, earning interest.
A Jammu court has sought Crime Branch records after a petition alleged that silver offerings worth Rs 500 crore at Vaishno Devi shrine were fake. Local traders say culprits ‘must be held accountable’.
Contributions to Congress increased from around Rs 280 cr last year to around Rs 509 cr in 2024-2025, a jump of 81.7%. This is first full year after electoral bonds scheme was struck down by SC.
Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.
'Beggars' got second-highest donations at Rs 12,900 crore, says study by global research firm Kantar and Ashoka University. Donations to non-religious groups came third.
Shiv Sena got Rs 105.64 cr through donations in 2019-20, while the previous year it received Rs 130.96 cr. BJP saw its earnings rise marginally — to Rs 785.77 cr from Rs 741.98 cr.
Indian academia need not wait for its Jason Arday moment. It has already had several. The question is whether it is willing to see the pattern before another one becomes fatal.
With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.
Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.
At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.
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