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China Is Learning to Be a Better Aid Partner in the Pacific. The West Can Too.

While changes to China’s foreign aid patterns in the Pacific are likely to benefit its influence enterprise, they also offer opportunities to the West. The Lowy Institute’s updated Pacific aid map shows three emerging trends in Chinese foreign aid patterns in the Pacific Islands: a shift from predominantly loans to grants, concentrated political focus, and more attention to Pacific development …

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2 days ago

Delhi Assembly elections: I-T Department notifies control room to check black money

The Hindu

The Income-Tax department on Wednesday notified a "24x7 control room and complaint monitoring cell" where the general public can inform it about instances of illegal inducements such as cash being distributed during the Delhi Assembly polls. The department's I-T wing said in a public notice that it had opened the 24x7 control room at the Civic Centre in central Delhi …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Four cyber crooks held for operating fake booking websites

Hindustan Times

Police on Friday busted a gang of cyber fraudsters involved in fake booking of cottages, tents, etc for Mahakumbh. DCP Abhishek Bharti while talking to media persons said that four people have been arrested in connection with five cases which had been registered in the matter of fraud through fake websites so far. Bharti informed that police of Cyber Crime …

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2 weeks ago

OPINION | Kissa Kursi Ka: Note for vote

India TV News

On Christmas, the Aam Aadmi Party shared an AI-generated video on social media showing its convenor Arvind Kejriwal dressed as Santa Claus 'distributing' welfare gifts. Delhi government's Department of Women and Child Development and Health Department issued public notices in newspapers cautioning people against the "registration drives" currently underway by AAP for two schemes - Mahila Samman promising Rs 2,100 …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Rocket Homes accused of illegal kickback scheme by government watchdog

CNN

Reuters — The top U.S. watchdog agency for consumer finance on Monday accused Rocket Homes, a unit of Rocket Companies, and The Jason Mitchell Group real estate brokerages of an illegal kickback scheme to steer mortgage applications back to Rocket. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rocket Homes, one of the largest mortgage lenders in the United States, plied …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Can I still claim overbooked plane cash after flying as planned?

The Independent

Q I was flying on Friday morning to meet my family in Switzerland for Christmas. Ryanair has long had a “missed departure fee” to help people who, for whatever reason, arrive too late to catch their flight – the normal cut-off being 40 minutes before departure. If you arrive at the gate – or the airport ticket desk – up …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Snehamayi Krishna alleges inducements to withdraw Muda case

New Indian Express

MYSURU: RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Lokayukta police here alleging pressure and attempts to bribe him to withdraw a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allotment of sites by Mysuru Urban Development Authority. Krishna told TNIE that Harsha, who allegedly identified himself as a close aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi, and another …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

New Jersey making it easier for problem gamblers to ban themselves from casinos

Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey is making it easier for people with a gambling problem to ban themselves from casinos. The state Attorney General’s Office, which includes the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said Wednesday it will allow people to put their names on the state’s gambling self-exclusion list for physical casinos by using the division’s website. New …

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1 month, 1 week ago

How Versova MLA Haroon Khan created history of sorts in Shiv Sena

India Today

Haroon Khan, the Shiv Sena MLA from Versova in Mumbai, has created a history of sorts. A senior Shiv Sena leader said the choice of Khan as their candidate from Versova, by over-riding the claims of party seniors like Raju Pednekar, Rajul Patel, Bala Ambekar and Yashodhar Phanse, was a strategic one. In their campaign, Shiv Sena leaders like MLC …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra polls: SST seizes Rs 5.55 cr cash from vehicle

Deccan Chronicle

Thane: A static surveillance team of the Election Commission seized Rs 5.55 crore cash from a vehicle in the Kalyan Rural assembly constituency in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday, an official said. The team was deployed in the Shilphata area in the morning when it intercepted a vehicle and found cash of Rs 5.55 crore, returning officer Vishwas Gujar said. …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Cash Seized from Car in Manjari: Election Officials Scrutinize Financial Transactions

Hindustan Times

A static surveillance team (SST) has seized ₹22.90 lakhs cash from a car in Manjari. The vehicle was intercepted on Monday at Manjari Phata on Solapur Road at 4 pm. The cash was found with Bhaktumal Nevadmal Sukheja, a 68-year-old resident of Siddhatek Road in Daund. The authorities have apprised the Income Tax and GST departments to investigate the matter …

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55 years ago

Elon Musk Might Have Broken the Law Against Bribing Voters. Whoops!

Slate

With the upcoming presidential election so close, both sides are looking to motivate voters who otherwise might sit out the Trump-Harris contest to come to their respective side. Some of these recent attempted inducements have walked just up to the line of federal prohibitions on vote buying, and it looks like Donald Trump supporter Elon Musk may have just crossed …

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4 months ago

Judge questions restrictions on booster payments to athletes in $2.78B NCAA settlement

Associated Press

A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning whether payments to college athletes from booster-funded organizations should be restricted. “I’m quite concerned about those,” U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken said during a preliminary approval hearing. Kilaru …

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7 months ago

Baseball players’ union alleges employees at Bad Bunny agency offered improper inducements

Associated Press

Puerto Rico — The Major League Baseball Players Association alleged employees at Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm provided improper inducements to dozens of players, causing the union to decertify an agent and issue a fine. Rimas Sports, under its corporate name Diamond Sports LLC, sued the union in U.S. District Court in San Juan last month, accusing the Major League …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

LS polls: Election Commission makes seizures worth Rs 8,889 crore; drugs contribute 45%

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The poll panel on Saturday said that the election-time seizures of inducements reached to Rs 8,889 crore that aimed to influence voters, as confiscation of narcotics and other contrabands amounted to 45 percent of the total seizure. At 45 per cent, drugs and other contrabands constituted the largest among the total seizures, as narcotics worth around Rs 3,959 …

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8 months, 1 week ago

EC directs political parties to stop seeking voters’ details ’under guise of surveys’

Live Mint

The Election Commission of India issued an advisory to all national and state political parties, asking them to immediately cease any activities "that involve registering individuals for post-election beneficiary-oriented schemes through any The Election Commission took "serious view of activities by political parties and candidates seeking details of voters under the guise of various surveys for their proposed beneficiary schemes". …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress guarantees amount to allurements, inducements of voters, says JD(S); writes to EC

The Hindu

The Janata Dal on April 22 urged the Election Commission to restrain the Congress from disseminating and distributing guarantee cards and alleged that they were aimed at promoting electoral bribery and inducing of voters in the coming Lok Sabha polls. "Under the above categorisation, the Congress has tried to reach out to various groups in society by announcing various promises …

Congress Guarantee

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Cong lodges EC complaint against Mysuru ‘King’ Wadiyar over alleged bribery

Hindustan Times

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against BJP's Mysore - Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar for his alleged involvement in bribery in violation of the Model Code of Conduct. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, a prominent member of the Mysuru royal family, has stepped into the political fray for the …

Karnataka Wadiyar Letter Alleged

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Cong Lodges Complaint With EC Against BJP's Wadiyar Over Alleged Involvement In Bribery

News 18

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against BJP’s Mysore – Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar for his alleged involvement in bribery in violation of the Model Code of Conduct. During this meeting, which was clandestinely conducted, Wadiyar made egregious attempts to sway these influencers by offering them materialistic inducements, …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress files complaint with EC against BJP's Mysore-Kodagu candidate over alleged involvement in bribery

India TV News

The Karnataka Congress lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against BJP candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar. The saffron party alleged that the Mysore-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency candidate was involved in bribery in violation of the Model Code of Conduct. During this meeting, which was clandestinely conducted, Wadiyar made egregious attempts to sway these influencers by offering them materialistic inducements, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Police to seek custody of main accused in CM stone attack case

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Police would file a petition seeking custody of the main accused, Vemula Satish Kumar, in Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy stone attack case on Monday, so as to interrogate and extract from him more details in the case. The main accused was sent to 14 days’ judicial custody by the principal junior civil judge court on Thursday. Tata …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Noida Police's joint operation nets massive drug haul worth over Rs 100 crore

India TV News

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, a joint operation by SWAT, Ecotech 1, and Dadri teams resulted in a significant drug bust by the Noida Police under the leadership of DCP 3. Seizures of over Rs 100 crore daily since March 1 The Election Commission revealed on Monday that enforcement agencies had confiscated assets worth Rs 4,658.16 crore, including narcotics, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: Trinamool Congress promises to repeal CAA and stop NRC in manifesto in Kolkata

India TV News

Lok Sabha elections: Lok Sabha elections: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with a promise of welfare schemes including ration at doorstep, 10 free cooking cylinders for BPL families. Alleging that the BJP has made the entire country a "detention camp", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the CAA and NRC …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Record ₹4600-crore inducements seized ahead of polls, says Election Commission

Hindustan Times

The Election Commission of India announced on Monday record seizures of inducements in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with a staggering Rs. The Election Commission of India Compared to seizures made in the corresponding period of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the current seizures represent a significant increase across all categories: cash saw a 114% rise, while …

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China Is Learning to Be a Better Aid Partner in the Pacific. The West Can Too.

Delhi Assembly elections: I-T Department notifies control room to check black money

Four cyber crooks held for operating fake booking websites

OPINION | Kissa Kursi Ka: Note for vote

Rocket Homes accused of illegal kickback scheme by government watchdog

Can I still claim overbooked plane cash after flying as planned?

Snehamayi Krishna alleges inducements to withdraw Muda case

New Jersey making it easier for problem gamblers to ban themselves from casinos

How Versova MLA Haroon Khan created history of sorts in Shiv Sena

Maharashtra polls: SST seizes Rs 5.55 cr cash from vehicle

Cash Seized from Car in Manjari: Election Officials Scrutinize Financial Transactions

Elon Musk Might Have Broken the Law Against Bribing Voters. Whoops!

Judge questions restrictions on booster payments to athletes in $2.78B NCAA settlement

Baseball players’ union alleges employees at Bad Bunny agency offered improper inducements

LS polls: Election Commission makes seizures worth Rs 8,889 crore; drugs contribute 45%

EC directs political parties to stop seeking voters’ details ’under guise of surveys’

Congress guarantees amount to allurements, inducements of voters, says JD(S); writes to EC

Cong lodges EC complaint against Mysuru ‘King’ Wadiyar over alleged bribery

Cong Lodges Complaint With EC Against BJP's Wadiyar Over Alleged Involvement In Bribery

Congress files complaint with EC against BJP's Mysore-Kodagu candidate over alleged involvement in bribery

Police to seek custody of main accused in CM stone attack case

Noida Police's joint operation nets massive drug haul worth over Rs 100 crore

Lok Sabha elections: Trinamool Congress promises to repeal CAA and stop NRC in manifesto in Kolkata

Record ₹4600-crore inducements seized ahead of polls, says Election Commission