Delhi Assembly Polls
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Modi's development agenda stands exposed with AAP's win: Scindia
National | Feb 11, 2015, 04:57 PM ISTBhopal: Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's magic has faded and his development agenda stands exposed with AAP's landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls.“Modi ka mayajaal toot gaya
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Devendra Fadnavis plays down BJP's Delhi debacle; says PM hasn't lost
National | Feb 11, 2015, 04:24 PM ISTNashik: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today tried to play down the BJP's debacle in the Delhi Assembly elections saying that winning and losing are part of the electoral battle and this outcome should not
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Shiv Sena targets Modi again over Delhi debacle, Uddhav keen to attend Kejriwal's swearing-in
National | Feb 11, 2015, 02:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray has expressed his keenness to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Delhi's CM-designate Arvind Kejriwal, if lthe AAP chief invites him for the same.Thackeray also described Kejriwal's unprecedented victory
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Take lessons from Delhi Assembly polls, Shiv Sena to Maharashtra
National | Feb 11, 2015, 12:59 PM ISTMumbai: Attacking ally BJP, the Shiv Sena Wednesday asked the people of Maharashtra "to take lessons" from the outcome of Delhi assembly polls."Delhi has embraced 'Paanch Saal, (Arvind) Kejriwal. The people of Maharashtra must learn
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Amit Shah was not accessible during Delhi polls, complain BJP leaders
National | Feb 11, 2015, 11:14 AM ISTNew Delhi: A section of Delhi BJP leaders is reportedly unhappy with party President Amit Shah for not being accessible to them during campaign for Assembly elections.These leaders believe that Amit Shah failed completely to
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For RSS, Delhi poll debacle was a much-needed jolt for Modi-Shah combine
National | Feb 11, 2015, 10:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: A section of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) believes that the jolt Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered in the Delhi was much-needed for Narendra Modi-Amit Shah ‘jugalbandi'.If sources are to be believed, a section
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Don't ignore message behind Delhi results, PDP tells BJP
National | Feb 11, 2015, 09:33 AM ISTSrinagar: PDP patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has advised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that it should not indulge in divisive language and actions and said it must not ignore the message of Delhi's voters.“BJP must
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Delhi polls: Know the team that masterminded AAP's campaign
National | Feb 26, 2015, 10:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister-in-waiting, Arvind Kejriwal, had hand-picked a special group to plan Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s on-the-ground strategy and campaign to ensure party wins the prestigious battle in Delhi.It was in November last
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Delhi polls: End of political road for Kiran Bedi?
National | Feb 11, 2015, 07:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: “It is not my defeat, it is a defeat of the BJP." With this telling statement following her humiliating defeat in the Delhi assembly election, the decorated police officer-turned-political debutante, Kiran Bedi, may
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BJP's Delhi debacle a personal defeat for Narendra Modi?
National | Feb 11, 2015, 07:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: He campaigned like a local leader, handpicked his own chief ministerial candidate for Delhi and made it a personal referendum on his leadership. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not halt the AAP
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Delhi defeat: Modi holds deliberations with Cabinet colleagues
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the backdrop of BJP's shocking defeat in the Delhi Assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held deliberations with his senior Cabinet colleagues from the party.Immediately after the meeting of the Union
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Could not gauge mood of people: Congress
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Embarrassed by the unprecedented rout in Delhi Assembly polls, Congress today admitted it “could not gauge” the mood of the people.“I am shattered by the disappointing performance of the party. I could not
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Azad calls for stern action over BJP's defeat in Delhi
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: After BJP's humiliating defeat in Delhi polls, senior BJP leader from Bihar Kirti Azad today said that “heads must roll” and demanded that stern action should be taken against those responsible for the
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Parrikar refuses to comment on BJP's Delhi election debacle
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:09 PM ISTPanaji: Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today refused to comment on the Delhi poll verdict, which saw the Aam Aadmi Party registering a landslide win and and streamrolling BJP, leaving it with only three seats.“I
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Arvind Kejriwal meets LG, stakes claim to form government
National | Feb 10, 2015, 10:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: After securing a landslide victory and being elected leader of the AAP Legislature Party, Arvind Kejriwal today met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and staked claim to form the government in Delhi.Kejriwal, who was
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Delhi Congress Chief Lovely resigns over poll debacle
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely today tendered his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi after taking moral responsibility for the party's worst-ever performance in the Assembly elections. However, it is not clear
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Ramdev says AAP victory 'historic', greets Arvind Kejriwal
National | Feb 10, 2015, 09:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Calling the Aam Aadmi Party's victory in the Delhi Assembly polls as ‘historic', yoga guru Baba Ramdev today greeted party convener Arvind Kejriwal and expressed hope that he would fulfil his promises.“AAP has
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Failed to gauge mood of people, accept "massive defeat": BJP
National | Feb 10, 2015, 09:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Accepting its “massive defeat” in Delhi assembly polls with all humility, BJP today said it is a “big setback” for the party and admitted that it failed to gauge the mood of the
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AAP landslide win, a message for BJP to respect diversity: Mufti
National | Feb 10, 2015, 09:31 PM ISTJammu: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, patron of PDP which is in talks with BJP for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, today said AAP's landslide victory in Delhi has brought home the message “loud and clear”
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63 out of 70 Congress candidates forfeit deposit
National | Feb 10, 2015, 09:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: 63 of the 70 Congress candidates, including senior leaders Ajay Maken, Kiran Walia, Haroon Yousuf and Yoganand Shastri, forfeited their deposit in the Delhi Assembly polls, which witnessed AAP's landslide victory.President Pranab Mukherjee's