Kiran Bedi
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Delhi polls: Amit Shah defends projecting Kiran Bedi as chief ministerial candidate
National | Jan 24, 2015, 02:34 PM ISTPatna: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today strongly denied "borrowing" Kiran Bedi to win Assembly elections in Delhi and played down the controversy over the charge that she had asked India Against Corruption movement leaders
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Delhi Polls: Only 19 female candidates in the electoral fray
National | Jan 23, 2015, 02:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Political parties keep saying that the women folk should get equal representation in all the fields but when it comes to give them equal representation in ticket allocation during elections, they all develop
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Delhi Polls: Kiran Bedi was critical of BJP just a year ago, says Digvijay Singh
National | Jan 23, 2015, 03:32 PM ISTHyderabad: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today took potshots at BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Delhi Kiran Bedi, wondering how she joined a party which she had “attacked just a year ago”. The AICC general secretary
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Delhi Polls: BJP promises 50 % power bill reduction if voted to power
National | Jan 23, 2015, 07:51 AM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, BJP has promised fifty percent reduction in electricity bill to every household if voted to power. The party has put up hoardings, carrying photographs of Prime Minister
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Lawyers burn effigy of Kiran Bedi, oppose her candidature
National | Jan 22, 2015, 09:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: A group of lawyers today burnt the effigy of former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, opposing BJP's decision to nominate her as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.The advocates raised
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Delhi polls: Shanti Bhushan praises BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi
National | Jan 22, 2015, 01:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an embarrassment to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), one of its founder members and former Union Law Minister Shanti Bhushan has praised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s chief ministerial candidate, Kiran Bedi, saying he
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Congress takes swipe at BJP over rift following Kiran Bedi's anointment
National | Jan 21, 2015, 11:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today sought to rub salt in the wounds of BJP leaders reportedly sulking over Kiran Bedi's anointment as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the February 7 Assembly polls in Delhi and
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Anna Hazare remains silent on Kiran Bedi, says don't want to get into political dirt
National | Jan 21, 2015, 11:36 PM ISTMumbai: Refusing to comment on why he did not answer his former associate Kiran Bedi's phone call, who recently joined BJP, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Wednesday said he wanted to stay away from “political
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Kiran Bedi, husband has assets worth Rs 11.65 crore
National | Jan 21, 2015, 05:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi today declared movable and immovable assets worth over Rs 11.65 crore belonging to her and her husband.In her affidavit filed along with nomination papers for the Delhi
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Delhi polls: Joined BJP to defeat Arvind Kejriwal's confrontational politics, says Kiran Bedi
National | Jan 21, 2015, 05:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Wednesday said, "I joined BJP to defeat Arvind Kejriwal's confrontational politics." Bedi filed her nomination papers from East Delhi's Krishna Nagar today and said that her
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RSS "very nationalistic"; has kept India united: Kiran Bedi
National | Jan 21, 2015, 06:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: A rare BJP leader with no RSS link, Kiran Bedi, the party's Chief Ministerial nominee for Delhi, today described the Sangh as “very nationalistic” that has kept India united.The 65-year-old Bedi, who has
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Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal used Anna Hazare to enter politics: Ajay Maken
National | Jan 21, 2015, 06:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Virtually positioning himself as the third challenger for the CM's post, Congress leader Ajay Maken, who filed his nomination from Sadar Bazar seat, today attacked Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi, accusing them of
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Delhi Polls: When CM candidates confronted each other through face-to-face 'public debates'
National | Jan 21, 2015, 02:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi may have declined Arvind Kejriwal's proposal for a face-to-face ‘public debate' but at least on two occasions in the past, CM candidates had participated in open debates
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Delhi Polls: Bedi puts BJP scarf around Lala Lajpat Rai's statue
National | Jan 21, 2015, 02:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi today stoked a controversy by putting her party's scarf around the statue of freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai in Krishna Nagar before filing her nomination, which drew
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Delhi polls: Ready for debate with Bedi & Kejriwal, says Ajay Maken
National | Jan 21, 2015, 02:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Ajay Maken on Wednesday agreed to have a public debate with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi ahead of Delhi's assembly election."Let's debate and face questions
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No crisis in BJP, will fight Delhi polls unitedly: Rajnath Singh
National | Jan 21, 2015, 02:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid simmering dissidence in the party after Kiran Bedi was projected chief ministerial candidate, BJP today said there is "no crisis" and its cadres stand united to face the coming Delhi Assembly polls."There
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Delhi Polls: Kiran Bedi promises better administration, policing if voted to power
National | Jan 21, 2015, 02:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi today said coming out with a “white paper” for every government department and initiating a “security index” to ensure better policing will be her priorities if the
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Former Uttar Pradesh DGP Brijlal joins BJP
National | Jan 21, 2015, 01:27 PM ISTLucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Brijlal today joined BJP in presence of party state in-charge Om Mathur and senior party officials. This comes close on the heels of former IPS officer Kiran
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Delhi polls: Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal file nominations
National | Jan 21, 2015, 02:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s chief ministerial candidate for Delhi elections, Kiran Bedi, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, Arvind Kejriwal, today filed their nomination papers from Krishna Nagar and New Delhi Assembly constituencies,
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Delhi Polls: Ajay Maken slams Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal as opportunists
National | Jan 21, 2015, 11:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Ajay Maken today dubbed AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi as “opportunists” who “used” Anna Hazare to meet their own political ambitions.“Both these leaders represent the