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‘No tainted faces’: BSP draws strategy for poll-bound states

Senior BSP functionaries said Mayawati instructed state coordinators and zonal in-charges to subject all aspirants to rigorous scrutiny, including examination of affidavits, court records and ground-level feedback. (FILE PHOTO)
lucknow news
Published on Feb 23, 2026 04:44 am IST

‘Wanted to stop criminalisation': RK Singh resigns from BJP after suspension

Former Union Minister RK Singh stated that he had submitted his resignation to the BJP National President, JP Nadda.
india news
Published on Nov 15, 2025 06:37 pm IST

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
us
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Guest Column | Should lawbreakers become lawmakers?

Under Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the length of disqualification depends on the conviction. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Published on Mar 05, 2025 10:00 am IST

No logic in barring convicted MPs, MLAs for 6 years: SC

The Supreme Court of India (ANI)
india news
Published on Feb 11, 2025 05:54 am IST

SC's question: 'How one can return to Parliament after criminal conviction?'

The woman had approached the Supreme Court after the Orissa high court dismissed her regular second appeal (RSA) on January 10, 2023, solely on the ground of delay (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Feb 10, 2025 10:35 pm IST

Ex-DGP Ojha, who attacked criminal-politician nexus in Bihar, dies at 82

Ex-DGP Ojha, who attacked criminal-politician nexus in Bihar, dies at 82
patna news
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 06:36 pm IST

We will never allow criminalisation of politics: Yogi

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. (HT file)
lucknow news
Published on Mar 15, 2024 10:59 pm IST

‘Parties fear if Muslims get tickets, they’ll lose the majority community’s votes’

‘Parties fear if Muslims get tickets, they’ll lose the majority community’s votes’
mumbai news
Updated on Oct 06, 2023 07:26 am IST

A vote for One Nation, One Election agenda

PREMIUM
Since 2014, the Indian voters have by and large favoured stable governments at the Centre and the states (FOR REPRESENTATION)
opinion
Published on Sept 12, 2023 10:18 pm IST

The top court’s push for clean politics

PREMIUM
Supreme Court. (PTI)
india news
Published on Apr 14, 2023 08:22 pm IST

Supreme Court lists 6 important steps for political parties who give tickets to candidates with criminal cases

A view of the Supreme Court in New Delhi.
india news
Updated on Feb 13, 2020 11:10 am IST

24 years later, it’s Sharad Pawar vs BJP again

Navi Mumbai, India - Sept. 15, 2019:NCP Chief Sharad Pawar held a party Workers meet ahead of State Assembly Election at Ganpat Seth Tandel Maidan Seawoods in Navi Mumbai, India, on Sunday, September 15, 2019. (Photo by Bachchan Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
mumbai news
Updated on Sept 26, 2019 08:08 am IST

Of transparency in the judiciary

It is telling that arguments on a petition by the SC defending its decision to not part with information on judicial appointments and assets of judges were made in the SC and before SC judges recently
editorials
Updated on Apr 07, 2019 02:08 pm IST

The Supreme Court has almost made believers of us

That we can be proud of some of our Supreme Court judges is as much credit to the men themselves, as it is to the institution
columns
Updated on Sept 29, 2018 06:37 pm IST

20 verdicts in five days: Hectic week for Supreme Court comes to an end

Legal experts and advocates say the flurry of verdicts seen over the last five days by the Supreme Court has been unprecedented.
india news
Updated on Sept 29, 2018 09:57 am IST

House must act, but the courts cannot absolve themselves

The Supreme Court, however, lamented the growing criminalisation of politics in India.
india news
Updated on Sept 25, 2018 11:28 pm IST

Politicians with criminal cases must be ‘kept at bay’: 10 observations by Supreme Court

A view of the Supreme Court in New Delhi.
india news
Updated on Sept 25, 2018 11:51 am IST

Supreme Court says it can’t ban criminals in politics, leaves it to Parliament

The Parliament building in New Delhi
india news
Updated on Sept 25, 2018 12:13 pm IST

Should netas facing criminal cases contest elections, Supreme Court to decide on Tuesday

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court is set to decide and deliver its verdict on a bunch of petitions, seeking to set the bar much higher for people in politics, on Tuesday.
india news
Updated on Sept 25, 2018 12:03 am IST

Criminalisation of politics can’t be ignored: Supreme Court

The Centre on Thursday conceded that the stage has come to stop criminalisation of politics by barring persons facing criminal charges from entering the legislatures, but it told the Supreme Court to let Parliament take a call instead of judiciary.
india news
Updated on Aug 09, 2018 11:54 pm IST

Violence in Ahmednagar, where crime and politics is ‘family affair’

Police force has been deployed at sensitive pockets after the murder of two cadres of Shiv Sena at Ahmednagar in Pune.
pune news
Updated on Apr 08, 2018 10:44 pm IST
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