Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in New Delhi on February 3, 2025. Photo: X/@ANI Ahead of the Assembly polls in the city, TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday (February 3, 2025) launched a scathing attack on the ruling AAP over the lack of infrastructure development and dubbed … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference for the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Sunday, February 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi in a post on social media account “X” on Monday (February 3, 2025) stated that Election Commission of India … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah address a rally during an election campaign at Jangpura in New Delhi on February 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday (February 3, 2025) said States with a double-engine BJP government have progressed in the last 10 years, but Delhi has been left … Read more
“Saheb is definitely hurt that importance was given to personal political ambitions over the family,” says Vitthal Maniar, 86, sitting in his office in a crowded lane of Nana Peth in Maharashtra’s Pune. Saheb is Maniar’s college friend and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, who turned 84 on December 12, 2024. Maniar had fought and lost a college … Read more
In a significant crackdown ahead of the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025, enforcement agencies have seized cash, narcotics, bullion, liquor, and freebies worth over ₹218 crore during monitoring and surveillance under the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) implementation. According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi, the seizures include ₹38,64,20,564 in cash, marking a … Read more
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holding a water bottle allegedly filled with the Yamuna water. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (February 2, 2025) dared AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to drink the “stinking water” of the Yamuna River. “On one hand, the … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at a rally on Sunday while campaigning for BJP candidate from Chandni Chowk Satish Jain. | Photo Credit: ANI With one day left before campaigning for the Delhi Assembly ends, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) star campaigners, from Union Ministers to Chief Ministers, held rallies and roadshows asking voters to elect a … Read more
Union Minister Suresh Gopi at the Parliament House complex. File | Photo Credit: PTI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Union Minister Suresh Gopi kicked up a controversy on Sunday (February 2, 2025) by stating that an upper caste person should be made the Minister for Tribal Affairs and a person from a backward caste … Read more
Congress leader Ajay Maken addressing the media at DPCC on Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi on February 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Congress constituted an eight-member committee — Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts (EAGLE) — to monitor the conduct of free and fair elections by the Election Commission of India, … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference for the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday (February 2, 2025) alleged that members of a rival party were “giving ₹3,000 to people living in slums and applying indelible ink … Read more
Crucial segment: The BJP, AAP, and the Congress have been reaching out to the middle class in their election rallies in the national capital. | Photo Credit: File photo Rajkumar, a 59-year-old government employee from south Delhi’s Vinobapuri, on Saturday expressed joy over the income tax relief announced in the Union Budget. With his annual … Read more
PM Modi addresses a public rally for upcoming Delhi assembly election at R.K. Puram in New Delhi on February 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his final rally on Sunday (February 2, 2025) ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, said that only the BJP respects the middle class … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference with party leader Sanjay Singh ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi, on February 2, 2025. Kejriwal on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, accusing it of resorting to ‘hooliganism’ as the Delhi polls near. | Photo Credit: PTI … Read more
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has alleged an attack on his party workers ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls and demanded that the Election Commission appoint independent observers in his New Delhi constituency. In a letter to the Election Commission, Mr. Kejriwal has also demanded … Read more
Kapil Mishra, BJP candidate from Karawal Nagar Assembly constituency. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO A Delhi court recently asked a complainant to approach the concerned MP/MLA Court to seek registration of an FIR against BJP leader Kapil Mishra in a case related to the 2020 north-east Delhi riots. Mr. Mishra is also a BJP candidate … Read more
Kejriwal writes to EC, demands appointment of independent observers in New Delhi constituency AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has alleged attack on his party workers ahead of the Delhi assembly polls and demanded that the Election Commission appoint independent observers in his New Delhi constituency. In a letter to the Election Commission, Mr. Kejriwal has also … Read more
Eight AAP MLAs with Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI With four days to go for the Delhi Assembly poll, eight outgoing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs who were denied tickets by the party on Saturday (February 1, 2025) joined the BJP, … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a public meeting ahead of Assembly polls, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: X/@AmitShah Addressing a rally in north-east Delhi’s Mustafabad on Saturday, Union Minister Amit Shah hailed the Union Budget, saying it has brought smiles to the Purvanchali community and the middle class. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has … Read more
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday alleged that its sitting MLA from north-west Delhi’s Rithala, Mohinder Goyal, who is seeking re-election, was assaulted by BJP workers while he was interacting with residents of Pocket H in Rohini’s Sector 11. The Delhi police said there was a “scuffle” between the MLA and some residents and … Read more
Crucial segment: The BJP, AAP, and the Congress have been reaching out to the middle class in their election rallies in the national capital. | Photo Credit: File photo Rajkumar, a 59-year-old government employee from south Delhi’s Vinobapuri, on Saturday expressed joy over the income tax relief announced in the Union Budget. With his annual … Read more
Ashok Agarwal says his party was among the few that were on the ground to help people during the north-east Delhi riots. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After spending nearly three decades fighting for education, health and workers’ rights in Delhi, Ashok Agarwal, a Supreme Court advocate, has decided to take the political route to … Read more
Ashok Agarwal says his party was among the few that were on the ground to help people during the north-east Delhi riots. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After spending nearly three decades fighting for education, health and workers’ rights in Delhi, Ashok Agarwal, a Supreme Court advocate, has decided to take the political route to … Read more
AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal meets street vendors at his residence to discuss their issues on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that after his party returns to power and implements promises made during the campaign, city residents will save ₹10,000 monthly over … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President J.P. Nadda. | Photo Credit: ANI As parties get ready for slogovers ahead of the Delhi Assembly election on February 5, BJP president J.P. Nadda presided over a meeting of the MPs from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Friday (January 31, 2025) and urged them to campaign … Read more
Madan Lal, the outgoing MLA from Kasturba Nagar claimed that he and six other party legislators had resigned from AAP’s primary membership. FIle | Photo Credit: The Hindu With less than a week before the Assembly polls in Delhi, at least seven outgoing AAP MLAs have resigned from the party. Sources said these MLAs were … Read more
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal went to the Election Commission’s office here on Friday and furnished his reply to the poll body over its notice to him on his “poison mixed” in Yamuna water remark. Sources from the Election Commission (EC) said that they accepted the meetings as a “special case” as campaigning in Delhi is … Read more
Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal with residents of Vikaspuri strews garbage outside former Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal’s residence during a protest, in New Delhi, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal was detained by the police on Thursday (January 30, 2025) … Read more
Around 8.30 p.m. on a wintry January evening, Dinesh Mohaniya, 47, a three-time MLA and former vice chairman of the Delhi Jal Board, alights gingerly from a bike in Sangam Vihar’s Gali No. 1. Despite the chill and the rigours of the campaign trail, the politician from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) does not come … Read more
Gursharan Kaur casting her vote on Thursday. Ahead of the Assembly poll on February 5, Gursharan Kaur, wife of late former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, cast her vote through the mobile postal ballot facility, an election official said. Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, 91, who served in the Union Cabinet several times … Read more
The village got a road after boycotting the 2022 civic polls, but other problems, including the lack of accessible public transport, schools, and hospitals, have not disappeared, say residents. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Katewara, a tiny village in Bawana near the Delhi-Haryana border, was at the centre of media attention in December 2022 … Read more