6 national parties declared income of Rs 3,698.66 crore: BJP leads the pack

New Delhi, Jan 15: Political parties have multiple sources of funding and thus accountability and transparency should be an important aspect of their functioning. It is essential to have comprehensive and transparent accounting methods and systems which should reveal the true financial position of the parties.

The National Parties include Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).

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J&K top cop Davinder Singh had ferried terrorists to Jammu last year too: Sources

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Davinder Singh

New Delhi, Jan 15: Police officer Davinder Singh had taken the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists to Jammu last year too and facilitated their return to Shopian, interrogators have claimed. Singh is alleged to have brought Naveed Babu, Mir Irfan and Rafi Rather from Shopian to Srinagar on Friday evening.

On Saturday, they set out to Jammu, from where they were planning on going to New Delhi. However before he could leave, the police arrested him sources familiar with the developments confirmed to OneIndia.

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Terror funding: NIA raids at Manipur, Nagaland lead to recovery of Rs 82 lakh

NIA-33New Delhi, Jan 15: The National Investigation Agency conducted searches in Manipur and Nagaland in connection with a terror funding case.

The case relates to a terror funding case relating to the NSCN (IM) wherein unaccounted funds were being taken by one Alemla Jamir from Delhi to Nagaland. Jamir is said to be working for the NSCN (IM) and was arrested while carrying cash to the tune of Rs 72 lakh.

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No MHA medal for top cop Davinder Singh arrested in J&K

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Davinder Singh

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Jammu and Kashmir police have said that the Arrested DSP, Davinder Singh has not been awarded any gallantry or meritorious medal by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

It has been reported in some sections of the media that he was awarded a gallantry medal, but that is not true, J&K police sources tell OneIndia. The only gallantry medal awarded to Singh was during his service in the erstwhile state of J&K on Independence Day in 2018.

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Arrested J&K cop says was working on plan to eliminate terrorists: No evidence say officials

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Davinder Singh

New Delhi, Jan 14: The top cop arrested in Jammu and Kashmir in a terror related case has not been able to provide any evidence that he was working on a plan to eliminate the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists.

A senior official part of the investigation said that Singh has not been able to provide any evidence that he was working on a plan to eliminate the terrorists. His alibi is without evidence, the source told OneIndia.

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Will Nirbhaya’s killers hang on January 22? The legal obstacles that remain

nirbhaya-killNew Delhi, Jan 14: The curative petitions filed by the two convicts in the Nirbhaya case have been rejected by the Supreme Court. A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the petitions filed by Vinay Sharma (26) and Mukesh Kumar (32).

Mukesh Kumar and Vinay Sharma had filed curative petitions in the Supreme Court on Thursday.

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When a police party in civvies tracked and arrested J&K DSP Davinder Singh

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Davinder Singh

New Delhi, Jan 14: The decorated police officer Davinder Singh, who has been arrested on terror charges had left the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists stay at his home before leaving for Jammu.

Singh is alleged to have brought Naveed Babu, Mir Irfan and Rafi Rather from Shopian to Srinagar on Friday evening. On Saturday, they set out to Jammu, from where they were planning on going to New Delhi.

However before he could leave, the police arrested him sources familiar with the developments confirmed to OneIndia.

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Diplomatic rejig: New Ambassadors to France, Nepal cleared

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Jawed Ashraf

New Delhi, Jan 14: The appointment of 1991 batch IFS officer, Jawed Ashraf has been cleared by the Narendra Modi government as the next Ambassador to France.

He replaces, Vinay Kwatra, an 1988 batch IFS officer, who will be posted in Nepal. Kwatra is being sent as a replacement for Manjiv Puri.

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Disclosure scheme to tag rogue drones rolled out

dronesNew Delhi, Jan 14: The Civil Aviation Ministry has announced a scheme for voluntary disclosure of non-compliant drones or unmanned aerial vehicles being operated in India. This move is aimed to make up for the lack of a comprehensive database.

A public notice issued read, ” the presence of…drones as well as drone operators has come to the notice of the government, which do not comply with the CAR (civil aviation requirement)… If drones are operated without due permission, the aforesaid process of CAR is violated… In order to facilitate the identification of civil drones and drone operators, a one-time opportunity for voluntary disclosure of such drones and drone operators is now being provided.”

In lieu of money or facilitating a surrender: The case so far against decorated J&K cop

davinder-singhNew Delhi, Jan 13: Davinder Singh, the decorated police officer arrested in a terrorism case has claimed that he was ferrying the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists to facilitate their surrender.

Officials investigating him say that he had made this claim during interrogation, but we are investigating the same further.

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