File view of Nirvachan Sadan, Election Commission of India, in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Amid allegations levelled by the Aam Aadmi Party that the Election Commission is being run by CEC Rajiv Kumar, the poll panel on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) hit back saying it is a three-member body which has collectively … Read more
“Out of 118 candidates with criminal records contesting the Delhi Assembly polls, 24 candidates (20%) did not have their records disclosed or justified by their respective parties,” poll rights body ADR said on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. A total of 699 candidates are contesting the upcoming assembly polls in Delhi. Also Read: High-octane campaign … Read more
Story so far: The race for the nation’s capital is on as the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seeks to retain Delhi for the third consecutive time in the upcoming state polls. Its prime opposition is the BJP, which is eyeing to recapture Delhi as it has not been in power in the Union … Read more
Security personnel check vehicles ahead of Delhi Legislative Assembly election on Delhi- Gurugram Expressway on February 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Delhi Police has recorded 1,076 cases of alleged Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations and arrested or detained 34,250 people for it, an official said on Tuesday (February 4. 2025). These are cases … Read more
File view of Nirvachan Sadan, Election Commission of India, in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Amid allegations levelled by the Aam Aadmi Party that the Election Commission is being run by CEC Rajiv Kumar, the poll panel on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) hit back saying it is a three-member body which has collectively … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Delhi Police registered an FIR on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) against Chief Minister Atishi, the AAP candidate from Kalkaji, for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and obstructing public servants on duty, an official said. “We have registered an FIR against Kalkaji AAP candidate … Read more
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM Atishi Singh Marlena, Former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP leader Satyender Jain launching a book titled ‘The Delhi Model’ authored by Jasmine Shah (extreme right) in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The February 5 election will be a test of how the unique model … Read more
One for the road: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra interacting with voters during her campaign on Monday. | Photo Credit: PTI On an aggressive comeback bid in the capital, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held roadshows in Kasturba Nagar and Kalkaji constituencies on the final day of the Delhi Assembly poll campaign. … Read more
Even as pollution of the Yamuna river took centre stage in the Delhi Assembly election campaign for all three main political parties, air pollution was almost absent from the political messaging. This is despite the fact that Delhi is one of the most polluted capital cities in the world. Yamuna is linked to Chhath Puja, a festival … Read more
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM Atishi Singh Marlena, Former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP leader Satyender Jain launching a book titled ‘The Delhi Model’ authored by Jasmine Shah (extreme right) in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The February 5 election will be a test of how the unique model … Read more
Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav with party candidate Ajit Prasad during a roadshow for the Milkipur Assembly constituency by-elections, in Milkipur Ravi Pasi, a Samajwadi Party (SP) worker from Mau, is focused on at least six daily nukkad (street-corner) meetings in Ayodhya district’s Milkipur constituency, where a bypoll is scheduled for February 5. “This is … Read more
With days left for the elections, Delhi police on Monday said they have beefed up security, with more than 200 companies of paramilitary forces and over 30,000 police personnel being deployed across the national capital, police officers said. While addressing a press conference, Special Commissioners of Police (law and order) Madhup Tewari (zone-II) and Ravindra … Read more
On January 10th, YouTuber and journalist Meghnad S made a surprising announcement—he’s entering the political arena. Taking to his platform, he declared his candidacy for the Delhi elections from the Malviya Nagar constituency. A bold political experiment, Project Anda challenges the notion that politics is only for the wealthy or the well-connected. It’s a movement … Read more
Ghazipur vegetable market in east Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Sitting next to his stall on a packed afternoon in the Ghazipur wholesale vegetable market, Md. Suleman witnesses several potential customers bristling with anger when he quotes the prices of ginger and garlic, which are the two items he sells. “₹280 a kilo! … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in support of Tarvinder Singh Marwah, the BJP candidate taking on AAP’s Manish Sisodia in Jangpura constituency. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP On the final day of its nearly month-long campaign for the Delhi Assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday took on the … Read more
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Atishi at a roadshow in the Capital on Monday. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his party is on course to win 55 of the 70 Assembly seats in Delhi. However, he said, with the help of the … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: R V Moorthy Delhi Metro will start its operation on all lines from their terminal stations at 4 a.m. on voting and counting day in order to facilitate the staff deployed for election duty, a statement said on Monday (February 3, 2025). The trains will run … Read more
BJP supporters during a public rally for the upcoming Delhi Assembly election at R K Puram in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Campaigning for the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls ended at 6 p.m. on Monday (February 3, 2025). The triangular battle between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the BJP and the … Read more
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