Author Profile - Vicky Nanjappa

Special Correspondent

Vicky Nanjappa specialises in internal security and has covered legal extensively for 20 years. He has worked in a number of organisations including Vijay Times, Deccan Herald, Times Now and rediff.com.

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Plea by Vice-Admiral Verma challenging appointment of next Navy chief rejected

Vicky Nanjappa | Sunday, May 19, 2019, 06:47 [IST]

New Delhi, May 19: The petition filed by vide-admiral Bimal Verma challenging his supersession for the post of Navy chief has been rejected by the Defence Ministry. The matter will now come up before the Armed Forces Tribunal for hearing on ...

Richest woman candidate Hema Malini is worth Rs 2,50,82,70,292

Vicky Nanjappa | Saturday, May 18, 2019, 15:02 [IST]

New Delhi, May 18: Hema Malini is the richest candidate who contested the Lok Sabha elections 2019. Contesting from the Mathura constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Hema has declared assets worth 2,50,82,70,292 (Rs 250 crore) according to a report by the Association ...

Last phase of LS polls: 537 candidates are in age group of 25 to 50 years

Vicky Nanjappa | Saturday, May 18, 2019, 14:48 [IST]

New Delhi, May 18: There are around 909 candidates in the fray contesting in this final phase. The average asset per candidate contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase 7 election is Rs. 4.61 crores. Among major parties, the average assets per ...

Average assets of women candidates in LS polls is Rs 5.63 crore

Vicky Nanjappa | Saturday, May 18, 2019, 14:35 [IST]

New Delhi, May 18: Out of the 716 women candidates analysed, 255(36%) are crorepatis. Out of 665 women candidates analysed during Lok Sabha 2014 elections, 219 (33%) women candidates were crorepatis says a report by the Association For Democratic Reforms. 44 ...

Average assets of re-contesting women candidates is Rs 29.38 crore

Vicky Nanjappa | Saturday, May 18, 2019, 14:27 [IST]

New Delhi, May 18: 531 (74%) women candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 180 (25%) women candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. While 1 woman candidate has declared ...

Lured by explicit chat, this Army clerk shared info with ISI for Rs 15,000

Vicky Nanjappa | Saturday, May 18, 2019, 13:17 [IST]

New Delhi, May 18: An Army clerk who was arrested on charges of spying for the ISI was honey-trapped by a well trained woman. The police in Madhya Pradesh arrested the 26 year old clerk on the charge that he was ...

Why the MBCs in Purvanchal are likely to chose a candidate over party

Vicky Nanjappa | Saturday, May 18, 2019, 13:05 [IST]

New Delhi, May 18: A very crucial part of the Uttar Pradesh goes to polls on May 19. It is in this phase that the crucial MBC factor would be put to test. In the 2014 Lok Sabha and 2017 assembly ...

Women who have caused miscarriage without consent too are contesting 2019 LS polls

Vicky Nanjappa | Saturday, May 18, 2019, 12:41 [IST]

New Delhi, May 18: Women who have caused miscarriage without consent are also in the fray contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Out of the 716 women candidates analysed in 2019, 110 (15%) women candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. ...

110 women candidates with criminal background, 255 crorepatis contested 2019 LS polls

Vicky Nanjappa | Friday, May 17, 2019, 17:21 [IST]

New Delhi, May 17: Out of the 716 women candidates analysed in 2019, 110 (15%) women candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 665 women candidates analysed during Lok Sabha in 2014, 87(13%) women candidates had declared criminal cases ...