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Congress candidates fighting the first phase of Chhattisgarh polls have declared highest number of criminal cases, according to data analysed by research body ADR or Association of Democratic Reforms. Of the 18 candidates put up by the Congress party for today's elections seven of them or 39 per cent have declared criminal cases against them.

At least 215 of the 221 newly elected lawmakers in Karnataka --- a whopping 97 per cent --- are crorepatis, says a report by Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an advocacy and research group.

Almost a fifth of candidates face criminal charges, says a report.

Taking moral policing up several notches, a first-time woman corporator elected of a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) ticket has decided to 'discipline' sex workers by erecting a flex board in Mandai - the city's oldest vegetable market. The board erected on a pole in the market warns Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) against soliciting clients at the ...

Holding assets of over Rs 10 crore on an average, ministers of India's central government have grown richer since the 2009 general elections, an election watchdog's report said Thursday adding that at least 19 of them have not declared all their assets.

Congress candidates fighting the first phase of Chhattisgarh polls have declared highest number of criminal cases, according to data analysed by research body ADR or Association of Democratic Reforms. Of the 18 candidates put up by the Congress party for today's elections seven of them or 39 per cent have declared criminal cases against them.

At least 215 of the 221 newly elected lawmakers in Karnataka --- a whopping 97 per cent --- are crorepatis, says a report by Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an advocacy and research group.

Almost a fifth of candidates face criminal charges, says a report.

Taking moral policing up several notches, a first-time woman corporator elected of a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) ticket has decided to 'discipline' sex workers by erecting a flex board in Mandai - the city's oldest vegetable market. The board erected on a pole in the market warns Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) against soliciting clients at the ...

Holding assets of over Rs 10 crore on an average, ministers of India's central government have grown richer since the 2009 general elections, an election watchdog's report said Thursday adding that at least 19 of them have not declared all their assets.