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New Delhi, March 30 About 23 per cent of candidates contesting the Puducherry Assembly elections have declared criminal cases against their names, while 41 per cent are crorepatis, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms said.The NGO working on electoral reforms analysed the...

New Delhi, March 26 – The Delhi Police arrested a proclaimed offender on Thursday who had been evading trial in a case registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The accused, identified as Sunil (32), was apprehended by a team from the Anti-Jail Bail and Proclaimed Offender...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 A total of 122 incidents of unrest involving Hindus, Muslims, and Christians were reported in various parts of Odisha during 2025, according to a White Paper presented in the assembly on Wednesday.The home department stated that 106 incidents of Hindu-Muslim and 16...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan has declared assets worth approximately Rs 3 crore, including movable and immovable properties, in his affidavit filed before the Election Commission on Monday for contesting the election from North Paravoor.Satheesan has...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, who is contesting from the Haripad constituency in the April 9 Kerala Assembly polls, declared assets, both movable and immovable, worth over Rs 2.64 crore in his nomination papers on Saturday.In his affidavit, he also...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 BJP leader K Surendran, who is contesting from the Manjeshwar constituency in the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections, has 242 pending criminal cases against him, according to his nomination papers filed on Saturday.According to the affidavit submitted along with his...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 BJP leader K Surendran, who is contesting from the Manjeshwar constituency in the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections, has 242 pending criminal cases against him, according to his nomination papers filed on Saturday.According to the affidavit submitted along with his...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 Several ministers from the LDF, who are contesting in the upcoming April 9 Kerala Assembly elections, announced their assets, which totaled close to Rs two crore each, in their nomination papers on Saturday.Ministers K N Balagopal, V Sivankutty, R Bindu, and Roshy...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is contesting in the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections from the Nemom constituency on Saturday, declared assets, both movable and immovable, worth over Rs 93 crore.Chandrasekhar, who is contesting against CPI(M) leader...

Guwahati, March 20 The president of the opposition Raijor Dal, MLA Akhil Gogoi, has 21 criminal cases pending against him, although he has not been convicted in any, according to his election affidavit filed on Friday.Gogoi, who is seeking re-election from the Sibsagar constituency, stated...

Kannur, March 19 – Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his wife, Kamala, together hold deposits exceeding Rs 1 crore, according to an affidavit submitted on Thursday along with his nomination papers for the Dharmadam Assembly constituency.Kerala will go to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 new...

Kolkata, March 19 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking a comprehensive list of criminal cases pending against him.Adhikari, who is contesting from the Bhabanipur and Nandigram constituencies this time, has...

New Delhi, March 19 According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), around 32 per cent of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 14 per cent are billionaires.The report is based on an analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya...

New Delhi, March 19 According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), nearly 70 per cent of sitting MLAs in Kerala have declared criminal cases against themselves, while more than half are crorepatis.The analysis, conducted by ADR and Kerala Election Watch, examined the...

New Delhi, March 18 Nearly 70 per cent of sitting MLAs in Kerala have declared criminal cases against themselves, while more than half are crorepatis, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The analysis, conducted by ADR and Kerala Election Watch, examined the...

Shimla, March 17 The Himachal Pradesh budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year will be presented in the assembly on March 21, Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said on Tuesday.Addressing the media, he said there would be 13 sittings in the second phase of the budget session, which will be held between...

Kolkata, March 16 Almost half of the West Bengal MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves, while over half are crorepatis, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and West Bengal Election Watch released on Monday said.The report analyzed the criminal, financial...

New Delhi, March 14 – Two habitual offenders were apprehended by the Delhi Police Crime Branch, and a stolen motorcycle along with 14 stolen mobile phones were recovered from their possession, officials said on Saturday.According to police, the accused were identified as Roshan alias Gautam...

New Delhi, March 12 The Delhi Police has detained a 44-year-old habitual drug trafficker and transferred him to a prison in Chennai in an unprecedented move aimed at disrupting the narcotics supply chain, an official said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Roshan Lal, a resident of Aman...

Gwalior, March 9 The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday declared the election of Congress MLA, Mukesh Malhotra, from Vijaypur constituency as "null and void" due to his failure to disclose pending criminal cases during the 2024 by-election.The Gwalior bench of the HC declared BJP candidate...