Centre opposes life ban for tainted politicians to contest electionsThe law department was responding to court notices on a PIL filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking a lifetime banr on tainted p...
04 Dec, 2020, 07.51 AM IST
Bihar polls: Wives of politicians facing criminal charges get tickets from RJDLeading the pack of bahubali netas of Bihar is Anant Singh, popularly known as ‘Chhote Sarkar’, who arrived from Beur jail on Wednesday to ...
09 Oct, 2020, 01.09 AM IST
SC order on tainted candidates: Congress says order already torn to shreds by PMWith the Supreme Court directing parties to upload online details of pending criminal cases against candidates contesting polls, the Congre...
13 Feb, 2020, 02.29 PM IST
Election Commission starts work on ad template for ‘criminal’ netasSources in the poll panel indicated that the idea is to have a standardised format for reporting of criminal antecedents of a candidate aft...
28 Sep, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
Supreme Court leaves decision on criminal netas on parliamentThe petitions have been opposed by the centre stating that it was not within the domain of the courts to add new disqualifications, which a...
25 Sep, 2018, 01.09 PM IST
BJP’s Mriganka Singh gets father Hukum Singh’s turfUnlike her father, a seven-term MLA who is now the BJP MP from Kairana, Mriganka is a novice in politics. She has been running a chain of f...
26 Jan, 2017, 01.23 AM IST
National Herald case: Meet Loveleen, a metropolitan magistrate and a gentleman who hardly takes off daysWith seven years of experience in the judiciary, Loveleen is known to be one of the most dedicated young judges in the Delhi legal circuit.
19 Dec, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
Delhi Elections 2015: 23 tainted candidates in AAP camp, 27 in BJPIn all, 17% of all candidates in the fray have criminal cases against them, up from 14% in 2008 and 16% in 2013, ADR said after analysing a...
31 Jan, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
Delhi polls: Election Commission encouraging Delhi voters to check background of candidatesAs part of the initiative, the Commission put out posters in various areas across Delhi having punch line 'Pahale Karenge Pata Phir Chunege...
28 Jan, 2015, 05.22 PM IST
Haryana polls: 83% of winners are part of the 'crorepati club'Seven MLAs have declared their assets size in excess of Rs 50 crore with a BJP MLA from Faridabad declaring the highest assets worth Rs 106...
21 Oct, 2014, 11.21 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi a 'strategy consultant', Narendra Modi a 'social worker'Adhir Ranjan Choudhury may have had a number of criminal cases registered against him, but he lists his profession as "social reformer," ac...
30 Jul, 2014, 09.24 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi's aggressive tactics on pro-politician ordinance shocks and awes his partyDid his assertive display mean he would do things differently from now on, or was it a one-off venting exercise?
05 Oct, 2013, 10.53 AM IST
Right to reject: Four SC verdicts that will change the way we voteThe combined effect of 4 landmark judgments from SC, delivered in a span of just 80 days, has triggered a debate by touching crucial aspect...
28 Sep, 2013, 01.11 PM IST
- 28 netas with criminal past in Team Akhilesh
As the team didn’t quite inspire confidence in his promise of clean politics, many wondered if Akhilesh has had a free hand in picking his ...
16 Mar, 2012, 09.37 AM IST
Lokpal Act in some form will definitely be passed by ParliamentHow much more effective Lokpal will be than the CVC or CBI or whether the same fate befalls Lokpal remains to be seen.
13 Sep, 2011, 08.15 AM IST
- Well-Deserved Snub
Speed up the judicial process to ensure 18-year-old cases don’t blight careers.
04 Mar, 2011, 07.57 AM IST
- BSP MLA accused in Banda rape case arrested
BSP MLA Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi, who is accused of raping a minor Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, has been arrested. The ML...
13 Jan, 2011, 06.34 PM IST