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A TMC activist openly showing a gun during party meeting at Kandi in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

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From left, UP Governor BL Joshi, CM Akhilesh Yadav with independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya (right) who was sworn in as Cabinet minister at Rajbhawan in Lucknow...

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Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi at Press Club, in New Delhi. In a major embarrassment to the UPA government, Rahul Gandhi denounced the controversial ordinance to negate the ...

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Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi at Press Club, in New Delhi. In a major embarrassment to the UPA government, Rahul Gandhi denounced the controversial ordinance to negate the ...

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Family members wail during cremation of the slain police ASI Ravinder Pal Singh at village Rampura near Amritsar. Ravinderpal Singh was shot dead by a SAD (B) leader along with his...

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File combo photos from left ASI Ravinder Pal Singh who was shot dead by SAD (B) leader Ranjit Singh Rana (right) in Amritsar. Ravinder Pal Singh had reportedly objected to the hara...

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Former Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna is taken away after he was produced in a CBI court in Jodhpur in the Bhanwari Devi abduction case. The court remanded Maderna in judicial ...

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An alleged sharpshooter of jailed former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, in police custody. Aftab, who is allegedly involved in at least 20 cases of robbery and murder, was apprehended on...

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Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Animal Husbandry Awadhpal Singh Yadav talking to the media in Lucknow. A local court on Aug 6 ordered that FIRs be lodged against the Uttar Prad...

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Police inspect the spot where JD-S corporator Dewan Ali (inset) was shot dead, at Banashankari area in Bangalore.

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Mother of Apurba Sarkar (44), who was brutally murdered allegedly by CPI(M) activists, before Union Minister for State for Shipping Mukul Roy (unseen), at Mahespur village in Birbh...

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Independent MLA from Uttar Pradesh Mukhtar Ansari being brought to a Tis Hazari court, in New Delhi. Ansari has been remanded to 14 days police custody in a MCOCA case for allegedl...

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3-Time Odisha MLA Arrested For Double Murder: Questions Galore For BJD, Odisha Police

Barely an hour after Anup Sai’s arrest, the ruling BJD expelled him from the party and stripped him of the post of chairman of a government owned corporation. But the action came too late

Feb 15, 2020

| Sandeep Sahu
'Kachhe Khiladi Hain': BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya On Son Akash Thrashing A Govt Official

Akash Vijayvargiya, 34, a first-time MLA and son of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, was arrested last Wednesday after being caught on TV cameras assaulting a civic official with a cricket bat. He is out on bail.

Jul 01, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
43% Newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs Have Criminal Record, Says ADR

Of the 539 winning candidates analysed by the ADR, as many as 233 MPs or 43 per cent have criminal charges.

May 26, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
570 Candidates With Criminal Cases In Fray For 3rd Phase Of Lok Sabha Elections

According to the data, 63 out of the 115 Lok Sabha constituencies have been put in the "red alert" category, where three or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Apr 19, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
36 Out Of 40 New MLAs In Mizoram Are Crorepatis, 15% Jump From 2013: Report

In five years, "crorepati" MLAs have increased by 15 per cent in Mizoram, where the per capita income is Rs 95,317, the survey released on Wednesday night showed.

Dec 13, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Parliament Must Ensure Politicians With Criminal Charges Don't Contest Elections: SC

A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that citizens have a right to be informed about the antecedents of their candidates.

Sep 25, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Supreme Court Seeks Details Of 1,097 Criminal Cases Pending Against MPs And MLAs

The affidavit said that a total of 1,233 criminal cases were transferred to the Special Courts. Of these, 136 have been disposed of and remaining 1,097 were pending.

Sep 12, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
1,097 Criminal Cases Pending Against MPs, MLAs Before Special Courts, Centre Tells SC

The top court by its December 2017 order had directed the Centre to set up special courts for trying criminal cases against lawmakers so that trial in these cases could conclude in a year.

Sep 11, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia Among 13 AAP MLAs Named As Accused In Delhi Chief Secy Assault Case

Anshu Prakash was allegedly attacked during a meeting at the chief minister's residence on February 19. The police had said Kejriwal was present at the time of the incident.

Aug 13, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
I Know There Is Crisis Of Credibility For Politicians, Says Rajnath Singh

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said there was a "crisis of credibility" for politicians in the country.

Apr 06, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau

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Khaki Meets Khadi

Politicians often turn a blind eye to police lawlessness so that cops are beholden enough to do their bidding. Policing suffers the most due to this symbiosis.

Nov 23, 2017

| Bhavna Vij-Aurora