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Whispers are gaining momentum

​The First Information Report (FIR) names American businessman Neville Roy Singham and American lawyer and investor Jason Pfetcher. The CBI FIR also names Newsclick founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha and unknown others. The FIR has been registered under relevant provisions of the FCRA Act, 2010. According to the FIR, the offences were committed between 2017 and 2023. A reference was sent by an under-secretary to the home ministry regarding alleged violations of provisions of FCRA, 2010, by PPK ...

New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response from the central government on two petitions filed by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and the | BLiTZ

The IT department's notice to CPR prominently cites the latter's ties with an NGO in Chhattisgarh that has been associated with protests against mining in Hasedo. What the notice, however, does not state is that Hasdeo is the site of a massive Adivasi movement against the Adani Group for over a decade.

Former Congress MLA Anil Akkara, who played a key role in CBI probing the Life Mission case, on Friday came out with "evidence" to prove that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was aware of everything, including the alleged violation of ...

The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the BJP government, saying this was "new India" where people with independent thinking are "harassed", after the FCRA licence of a top public think-tank was suspended by the Union home ministry.

The court held that naming an institute, facility, organisation or child in the name of a Hindu deity was not an offence unless it was done with malice or guilty intention.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday has decided to extend the validity of the Foreign Contribution Act (FCRA) registration certificates of certain categories of FCRA registered entities.

Philanthropy Pie Boosted Mainly by Individual, Family Contributions in FY20: Report While increasing marginally, the share of philanthropic contribution by domestic companies and foreign sources decreased in the overall pie in FY20 in comparison to FY19. Representative image. Photo: Perry Grone/Unsplash, (CC BY-SA) Business16/Mar/2021 New Delhi: The share of philanthropic contribution by domestic companies declined from 29% in FY’19 to 28% in FY’20 in the overall pie, according to the 11th...