41% 'red alert' constituencies in Phase 1 of LS polls

Forty-two of the 102 Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the general election's first phase are constituencies that have three or more candidates facing criminal cases, according to a poll rights......

Over 100 MPs, MLAs face hate speech cases: Report

A total of 107 MPs and MLAs have hate speech cases against them and 480 candidates with such cases have contested elections in the last five years, according to poll rights body Association for......

Tamil Nadu candidates come top... in a very different kind of poll

Tamil Nadu, the only state that has all its constituencies going to poll in Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections on April 24, has the dubious honour of having the top two candidates in terms of......

44% MLAs across India have criminal cases: Report

A recent analysis conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has claimed that an approximate 44 per cent of MLAs in state assemblies across India have declared criminal cases against......

BCCI on tenterhooks as Lodha Panel to submit Reforms report

IMAGE: BCCI president Shashank Manohar and Secretary Anurag Thakur addressing the media in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Trying to rebuild its tattered image after a spate of controversies, the BCCI is......