Delhi Polls
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Delhi polls: No comments contrary to party line, BJP cautions leaders
National | Jan 19, 2015, 06:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday "cautioned" its leaders against making comments "contrary to the party line" that might affect its prospects in the upcoming Delhi assembly election.Amid reports of BJP MP Manoj
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Split wide open in BJP over Kiran Bedi's CM candidature
National | Jan 19, 2015, 03:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be deeply divided over the issue of projection of Kiran Bedi as the CM candidate in upcoming Assembly elections.Manoj Tiwari, party MP from
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Former union minister Krishna Tirath ditches Congress, joins BJP
National | Jan 19, 2015, 02:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former UPA minister and Congress leader Krishna Tirath today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of party chief Amit Shah.With Krishna's induction, the party hopes to get support of dalits
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Delhi polls: BJP poll panel to meet today, Bedi likely to contest from safe seat
National | Jan 19, 2015, 08:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet today to finalise candidates for February 7 Assembly polls in Delhi. The party is also likely to find a safe seat for
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BJP should be taken seriously: AK Antony
National | Jan 18, 2015, 12:24 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader AK Antony has said that he is not wary of former IPS officer Kiran Bedi joining the politics, rather apprehensive of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)."Bedi has always been in Delhi
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BJP parliamentary board to decide on Delhi CM candidate: Rajnath Singh
National | Jan 18, 2015, 10:04 AM ISTNew Delhi: BJP has not taken any decision on its chief ministerial candidate for Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said amid speculation that former IPS officer Kiran Bedi would be projected for the top
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PM Modi magic may face its severest test in Delhi
National | Jan 18, 2015, 08:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi elections next month will show whether Narendra Modi continues to find it difficult to score sweeping victories in states where he faces a modicum of political resistance.As was seen in Maharashtra
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Delhi polls: BJP welcomes Election Commission's show cause notice to Arvind Kejriwal
National | Jan 17, 2015, 11:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP on Saturday welcomed the Election Commission's decision of issuing a show cause notice to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal for "prima facie" violating the Model Code of Conduct.The EC issued the
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Delhi Polls: 25 candidates file nomination today
National | Jan 17, 2015, 10:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: As many as 25 candidates, including 15 from Aam Aadmi Party and three from Congress, filed their nomination papers today on the fourth day of filing of candidature. According to the Delhi Chief
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Mohan Bhagwat upset with BJP move to project Kiran Bedi as Delhi CM candidate?
National | Jan 17, 2015, 11:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is unhappy with the projection of Kiran Bedi, who on Thursday joined the BJP, as chief ministerial candidate of the party in Delhi.According to a report
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Delhi Polls: Congress releases third list of 15 candidates
National | Jan 15, 2015, 10:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sarmishta will make her electoral debut in the city as she is among 15 candidates announced by Congress in its third list of candidates for Delhi Assembly polls.She will
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Delhi Polls: Sharmistha Mukherjee to contest from Greater Kailash constituency
National | Jan 15, 2015, 10:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sharmishta Mukherjee, daughter of Pranab Mukherjee, will contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections from Greater Kailash constituency on Congress ticket.Sharmistha joined INC in 2014 and the party hopes to win this seat for
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Delhi polls: After Kiran Bedi, speculation rife over Jaya Prada, Shazia Ilmi joining BJP
National | Jan 15, 2015, 09:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: After Kiran Bedi joined the BJP today, the question being asked in political circles is – who all are next in line?According to sources, there is strong possibility of former AAP member Shazia
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SAD-BJP alliance to finalise seat sharing for Delhi polls
National | Jan 15, 2015, 06:12 PM ISTBondli (Ludhiana): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that both SAD and its ally BJP will soon finalise the seat sharing arrangement for the next month's Assembly polls in Delhi.The alliance between both
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Delhi polls: BSP to contest on all 70 seats
National | Jan 15, 2015, 03:04 PM ISTLucknow: Kicking off election campaign for the upcoming Delhi Vidhan Sabha polls, BSP president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today announced that her party would field candidates on all the 70 seats."I am
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I really want to expose AAP for what it is: Shazia Ilmi
National | Jan 16, 2015, 04:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid reports that Shazia Ilmi may join BJP soon, the former AAP leader today confirmed that she will be campaigning against Aam Aadmi Party in upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and that it's her
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NGO in Delhi claims Kejriwal not a Delhiite
National | Jan 15, 2015, 09:04 AM ISTNew Delhi: AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal is under scanner yet again. An NGO in Delhi – Maulik Bharat Trust – has raised issues against his change of address plea to the Chief Election Commissioner.Kejriwal has
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Delhi polls: Congress releases second list, Maken fielded from Sadar Bazar
National | Jan 21, 2015, 06:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress' face for Delhi Assembly polls, Ajay Maken will contest from Sadar Bazar as the party today released the second list of 25 candidates that included former MP Mahabal Mishra and former Speaker
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Delhi Polls: Shazia Ilmi likely to join BJP tomorrow
National | Jan 14, 2015, 08:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former AAP leader Shazia Ilmi is likely to join the Bhartiya Janata Party tomorrow.Shazia Ilmi had lost 2013 Assembly elections against BJP candidate Anil Kumar Sharma from R K Puram constituency by 326
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Delhi Polls: Congress to field Kiran Walia against Kejriwal
National | Jan 14, 2015, 06:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress has decided to field former Delhi Minister Kiran Walia against Arvind Kejriwal in the prestigious New Delhi constituency where the AAP leader had handed a crushing defeat to Sheila Dikshit in the