The 50-lakh-strong community of sex workers in India is seriously considering to opt for the NOTA option while exercising their franchise in the Lok Sabha election to register protest against deprivation and apathy.

The Congress and the Communist Party of India (CPI) have arrived at a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Telangana, the country’s newest state. Telangana state unit chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah is a happy man for he will no longer have to put up with...