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Russia to Improve Crypto Transaction Monitoring as Regulation Draws Closer, Says Rosfinmonitoring
Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, said on Friday it was using software to track cryptocurrency transactions and hopes to improve its capabilities, as Moscow ushers in regulation on what one lawmaker dubbed "cryptomania".
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33% Lok Sabha Lawmakers Charged With Murder, 83% Are Crorepatis: Report
As many as 10 members of the outgoing Lok Sabha have declared charges of murder against them while 14 have criminal cases related to attempt to murder, reveals a report by the election watchdog, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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46 Lawmakers In Rajasthan Assembly Have Criminal Cases: Report
The 15th Rajasthan Assembly has at least 46 MLAs with criminal cases lodged against them compared to 36 MLAs elected in the state assembly elections in 2013.
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On 'Criminal' Politicians, Top Court Leaves It To Parliament: 10 Points
Time has come for parliament to keep criminals away and "cure the malignancy" by bringing law, the Supreme Court said today on petitions asking whether lawmakers facing charges can be stopped from contesting elections even before they are convicted. Leaving it to politicians to act against their own and set aside "winnability" in favour of "infusin...
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Can Netas With Criminal Charges Contest Polls? Verdict Shortly: 10 Points
Whether lawmakers facing criminal charges be barred from contesting elections or should they be disqualified only after conviction, the Supreme Court will decide today. The top court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking disqualification of lawmakers even before their conviction in criminal cases to curb "criminalisation of politics" in the count...
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Top Court Reserves Order On Plea To Ban Lawmakers With Criminal Records
The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking disqualification of lawmakers even before their conviction in criminal cases to curb criminalisation of politics in the country.
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Lawmakers With Cases Of Crimes Against Women: Delhi-Based Thinktank's Report
In the backdrop of nationwide shock and outrage over the Kathua, Unnao and Surat rape cases, an analysis in the Association for Democratic Reforms Report (ADR), 2017, says 33 per cent of the lawmakers in states and elected leaders in Lok Sabha are facing cases related to crimes against women
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BJP Lawmaker's Son Gets 7 Years Jail Term For Six Year Old Case
A local court has awarded seven years of imprisonment to the son of a BJP lawmaker in connection with a six-year-old criminal case.
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47 Newly-Elected Lawmakers In Gujarat Face Criminal Cases: Study
As many as 47 newly-elected members of the Gujarat Assembly have criminal cases pending against them as per their election affidavits, according to a study conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Gujarat Election Watch.
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Kirit Somaiya Demands FIR Against Robert Vadra In Bikaner Land Deal Case
BJP lawmaker Kirit Somaiya has sought registration of a criminal case against Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, by the Rajasthan government in connection with an alleged land deal scam in the border town of Bikaner.
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Court Takes Cognisance In Defamation Case Against Kirti Azad, Bishan Singh Bedi
A Delhi court today took cognisance of a criminal defamation case filed by an under-19 cricketer's father against BJP's suspended lawmaker Kirti Azad, Bishan Singh Bedi and two others alleging that they had made false statements with "malafide intention".
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Why Anant Singh, New Bihar Lawmaker, Did Not Campaign For a Single Day
Anant Singh, one of Bihar's new lawmakers, did not campaign for a day, but won from Mokama by more than 18,000 votes. Mr Singh is in jail - he faces five cases of murder, six of attempt to murder and others of abduction and extortion. A total 16.
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Fast-Tracking Cases for Lawmakers With Criminal Charges
States across India will soon hear from two heavyweights of the Modi Cabinet - Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad - asking them to expedite cases against serving MLAs and MPs.
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Russia to Improve Crypto Transaction Monitoring as Regulation Draws Closer, Says Rosfinmonitoring
Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, said on Friday it was using software to track cryptocurrency transactions and hopes to improve its capabilities, as Moscow ushers in regulation on what one lawmaker dubbed "cryptomania".
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33% Lok Sabha Lawmakers Charged With Murder, 83% Are Crorepatis: Report
As many as 10 members of the outgoing Lok Sabha have declared charges of murder against them while 14 have criminal cases related to attempt to murder, reveals a report by the election watchdog, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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46 Lawmakers In Rajasthan Assembly Have Criminal Cases: Report
The 15th Rajasthan Assembly has at least 46 MLAs with criminal cases lodged against them compared to 36 MLAs elected in the state assembly elections in 2013.
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On 'Criminal' Politicians, Top Court Leaves It To Parliament: 10 Points
Time has come for parliament to keep criminals away and "cure the malignancy" by bringing law, the Supreme Court said today on petitions asking whether lawmakers facing charges can be stopped from contesting elections even before they are convicted. Leaving it to politicians to act against their own and set aside "winnability" in favour of "infusin...
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Can Netas With Criminal Charges Contest Polls? Verdict Shortly: 10 Points
Whether lawmakers facing criminal charges be barred from contesting elections or should they be disqualified only after conviction, the Supreme Court will decide today. The top court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking disqualification of lawmakers even before their conviction in criminal cases to curb "criminalisation of politics" in the count...
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Top Court Reserves Order On Plea To Ban Lawmakers With Criminal Records
The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking disqualification of lawmakers even before their conviction in criminal cases to curb criminalisation of politics in the country.
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Lawmakers With Cases Of Crimes Against Women: Delhi-Based Thinktank's Report
In the backdrop of nationwide shock and outrage over the Kathua, Unnao and Surat rape cases, an analysis in the Association for Democratic Reforms Report (ADR), 2017, says 33 per cent of the lawmakers in states and elected leaders in Lok Sabha are facing cases related to crimes against women
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BJP Lawmaker's Son Gets 7 Years Jail Term For Six Year Old Case
A local court has awarded seven years of imprisonment to the son of a BJP lawmaker in connection with a six-year-old criminal case.
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47 Newly-Elected Lawmakers In Gujarat Face Criminal Cases: Study
As many as 47 newly-elected members of the Gujarat Assembly have criminal cases pending against them as per their election affidavits, according to a study conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Gujarat Election Watch.
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Kirit Somaiya Demands FIR Against Robert Vadra In Bikaner Land Deal Case
BJP lawmaker Kirit Somaiya has sought registration of a criminal case against Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, by the Rajasthan government in connection with an alleged land deal scam in the border town of Bikaner.
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Court Takes Cognisance In Defamation Case Against Kirti Azad, Bishan Singh Bedi
A Delhi court today took cognisance of a criminal defamation case filed by an under-19 cricketer's father against BJP's suspended lawmaker Kirti Azad, Bishan Singh Bedi and two others alleging that they had made false statements with "malafide intention".
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Why Anant Singh, New Bihar Lawmaker, Did Not Campaign For a Single Day
Anant Singh, one of Bihar's new lawmakers, did not campaign for a day, but won from Mokama by more than 18,000 votes. Mr Singh is in jail - he faces five cases of murder, six of attempt to murder and others of abduction and extortion. A total 16.
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Fast-Tracking Cases for Lawmakers With Criminal Charges
States across India will soon hear from two heavyweights of the Modi Cabinet - Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad - asking them to expedite cases against serving MLAs and MPs.
