Bihar polls: 31% candidates face criminal cases

Over 30 per cent of 1,064 candidates in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for......

BJP MLA, leader back R K Singh's charge of BJP selling tickets

Outgoing Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vikram Kunwar on Sunday backed party MP R K Singh's sensational claim that the BJP was "selling" tickets to criminals and alleged that he, too, was denied ticket......

141 Bihar MLAs out of 241 have criminal records

The new Bihar assembly has 141 legislators with pending criminal cases against them. According to a report by the Association of Democratic Reforms, 59 per cent of the MLAs (or 141 MLAs out of 241)......

Nearly 50 pc voting in fifth phase of Bihar polls

Defying a poll boycott call, an estimated 49.84 per cent voters exercised their franchise on Tuesday in 35 assembly constituencies in the fifth phase of Bihar assembly elections amid stray......