newsLarge Number of Voters choose NOTA in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Even as the AAP Tuesday got a thumping victory in the Delhi polls, a large number of people chose NOTA or 'none of the above' option.According to the figures on the
AAP's win Reflects in Odisha Assembly
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 (IANS) The thumping victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi assembly election was reflected in the Odisha assembly Tuesday as the ruling BJD targeted the Congress and the
Sharmistha Loses Greater Kailash, Gets just 6,000 Votes
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee, the Congress candidate from Greater Kailash constituency, managed just 6,102 votes, far behind the victorious
Kejriwal named leader of AAP legislature party
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Arvind Kejriwal was Tuesday appointed leader of the AAP legislature party at a party meeting attended by all newly elected 67 legislators."During the meeting, all the
AAP might take time to slash Power Tariff
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Cut in power rates - the one promise that AAP's common supporters expect it to deliver at the earliest - might not happen soon as the new government would first examine
AAP's biggest winners - and who just made it
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Mahinder Yadav of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won with the biggest margin in Delhi Tuesday. He trounced BJP's Sanjay Singh by a whopping 77,665 votes.Yadav won from Vikaspuri
Bedi apologises but asks BJP to introspect defeat
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi Tuesday apologised to her party for letting it down after she lost from a constituency seen as a 'safe seat' by the party, but
Need corporate-like appraisal of elected people: ADR
Panaji, Feb 10 (IANS) The performance of elected representatives needs to be assessed in the manner the corporate sector conducts annual appraisals of its employees, an electoral watchdog official
De Villiers fit to play warm-up fixture
Christchurch, Feb 10 (IANS) South Africa skipper AB de Villiers should be fit and ready to face New Zealand in the World Cup warm-up fixture here Wednesday.De Villiers missed the Proteas’
BJP accepts defeat with humility: Prasad
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The BJP accepts its "massive defeat" in Delhi assembly elections with humility and will play a role of "constructive opposition", party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said
Being crorepati not benchmark for candidate's financial worth: ADR
Panaji, Feb 10 (IANS) Being a crorepati was not a good benchmark to judge the financial worth of an electoral candidate in this day and age, because most candidates who own a flat in metropolitan
Will demand probe in Batla House case: AAP
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The AAP's Amanatullah Khan, who won the Delhi assembly election from Okhla constituency, Tuesday said his party would demand a probe in the 2008 Batla House shootout
Don't ignore message in AAP's landslide victory, Sayeed tells BJP
Jammu, Feb 10 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Tuesday congratulated AAP on its landslide victory while advising the BJP not to ignore the message of India's
ICC to punish misbehaving players at WC
Sydney, Feb 10 (IANS) The International Cricket Council's (ICC) chief executive officer David Richardson Tuesday warned players that their failure to follow the governing body's Code of Conduct
Clarke, McCullum have armoury for WC Success: Atherton
Wellington, Feb 10 (IANS) Former England cricket captain Mike Atherton Tuesday said New Zealand's Brendon McCullum and Australia's Michael Clarke are the best equipped skippers for the demands of
Kolkata school children to get glimpse of Japan
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The Japanese consulate here will display audio-visuals of the nation's traditions for the students of a school in West Bengal Thursday to generate awareness about the East
AAP sweeps to 67 Seats polls in Delhi Election
AAP, which was heavily criticised for stepping down from office after 49 days in power last year, on Tuesday made an impressive come back in the Assembly Elections, winning 67 of the total 70 seats in
Victory for Kejriwal, Rout for Bedi, Maken
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Arvind Kejriwal was the only one among the three people who led the AAP, the BJP and the Congress who won from his constituency. The BJP's Kiran Bedi and the Congress' Ajay
Calcutta HC takes cognisance of heckling of judge
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Tuesday took cognisance of the alleged heckling of a judge by lawyers owing allegiance to the Trinamool Congress during the hearing of a matter
Is Congress in a free fall?
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The results in Delhi were worse than the Congress could have imagined. The party failed to open its account in the national capital, where it ruled for 15 years till
