Delhi Polls
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Will go back to speaking engagements at Oxford if I lose election, says Kiran Bedi
National | Jan 31, 2015, 01:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Elections are just around the corner and the BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, amid hectic schedule in campaigning for the party, says that if she loses these assembly elections she will
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Delhi polls: BJP organises magic shows to woo voters
National | Jan 31, 2015, 12:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: After including street plays in their campaigning tactics, now BJP is taking help of magicians and wizards. Five teams of wizards from Delhi have been called from Madhya Pradesh to New Delhi.As per BJP,
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Over 5000 liquor bottles seized ahead of Delhi polls
India | Jan 31, 2015, 11:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: Election Commission officials seized 5,964 bottles of illicit liquor from a godown allegedly owned by AAP's Uttam Nagar candidate Naresh Balyan last night.“A total of 5964 bottles (4473 litres) of Haryana-made liquor was
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Delhi Polls: AAP no longer a party of "Aam Aadmi"
National | Jan 31, 2015, 11:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party which came into existence with the aim of cleansing politics seems is loosing the “aam aadmi” roots. According to the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), many of the party workers
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Delhi polls: BJP's chief ministerial candidate face missing from posters
National | Jan 31, 2015, 08:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah may have announced Kiran Bedi as party's chief ministerial candidate and may have sketched out the biggest plan for Delhi polls but it seems that party is still shying
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Delhi polls: Shazia Ilmi more beautiful than Kiran Bedi, tweets Markandey Katju
India | Jan 31, 2015, 07:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former Press Council chairman Markandey Katju has again erupted another controversy by tweeting that BJP leader Shazia Ilmi is much more beautiful than the party's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi.In two consecutive tweets
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Delhi polls: Sonia Gandhi to campaign on Sunday
National | Jan 31, 2015, 07:13 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi will join the high-pitched battleground in Delhi to campaign for the party for the upcoming Assembly elections.Gandhi will address a rally at Meethapur Chowk in Badarpur constituency seat on
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Delhi Polls: Kiran Bedi campaigns in south Delhi, tweets vision document
National | Jan 30, 2015, 11:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Communicating through signs and gestures due to a sore throat, BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi today held multiple roadshows even as she visited Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. While
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Delhi Polls: EC looks to crack down on misuse of money, muscle
National | Jan 30, 2015, 10:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: To check the misuse of money, muscle power and liquor during the Assembly polls here, Election Commission has sought the cooperation of the states bordering Delhi in order to ensure that the exercise
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Delhi elections 2015: 230 'crorepatis' in fray, Congress fields maximum
National | Jan 30, 2015, 09:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: As many as 230 out of 673 candidates in fray for February 7 Delhi polls are crorepatis, the election watchdog ADR said on Friday, noting that Congress has fielded maximum such candidates."230 candidates
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Delhi polls: EC awareness campaign to target metro, DTC commuters
National | Jan 30, 2015, 02:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: With an aim to encourage people to vote in February 7 Delhi polls, Election Commission will carry out an awareness campaign targeting commuters in Metro stations and buses of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC).Delhi
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Delhi polls: Amit Shah defends Kiran Bedi, says BJP won't change strategy as per media perception
National | Jan 30, 2015, 08:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: As over a week is left for Delhi elections, BJP is trying hard to clean sweep Delhi polls.Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah asked his colleagues during a meeting at the party headquarters
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Amit Shah defends Kiran Bedi, says BJP won't change strategy as per media perception
National | Jan 30, 2015, 07:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: Ruling out any rifts within the BJP, its chief Amit Shah today said that the party would emerge victorious with two-third majority in the upcoming Delhi elections.Claiming that the induction of former Team
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Delhi Polls: Amit Shah pulls up BJP leaders for lacklustre campaign
National | Jan 29, 2015, 10:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today pulled up a number of senior leaders of party's Delhi unit for the “lacklustre” election campaign and sternly told them to put up a united fight to effectively
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Delhi Polls: 2 rallies of Sushma Swaraj in the city cancelled
National | Jan 29, 2015, 07:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Two election rallies of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were cancelled here today but BJP did not give any reason for it.The rallies of Swaraj, who had addressed two public meetings yesterday here,
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Delhi Polls: Polling booths in Delhi to be no-smoking zones
National | Jan 29, 2015, 06:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: All polling booths for the Feb 7 assembly election in the national capital would be no-smoking zones, it was announced on Thursday.Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer has issued instructions to all district electoral officers-cum-district
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Delhi Polls: Kiran Bedi rules Twitter while Arvind Kejriwal dominates Facebook
National | Jan 29, 2015, 05:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and BJP's Kiran Bedi are in for a tough battle for the Chief Minister's post in Delhi. And as the Delhi Assembly polls come close, both Kiran
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Delhi polls: No manifesto for polls, only vision document: BJP
National | Jan 29, 2015, 02:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: The BJP Thursday said it will not issue a manifesto for next month's Delhi assembly elections but a vision document which will be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party's chief
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Delhi polls: RSS mobilises cadre to ensure BJP's victory
National | Jan 29, 2015, 05:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Worried after every pre-poll survey predicted that Delhi is slipping out of the BJP's hands, around 84 full time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers are working with BJP booth coordinators and panna pramukhs
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Delhi polls: Election Commission to monitor press conferences
National | Jan 29, 2015, 10:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Election Commission has started monitoring even the press conferences of political parties in addition to the public meetings and rallies.Representatives of Election commission from poll panel will attend press conferences to check