news-in-politicsNew AAP MLAs Fight Identity Crisis (Poll Sidelights)
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The AAP fought the Delhi assembly elections with utmost fervour and bagged 67 of the 70 seats. However, the newly-electedMLAs fought another battle, that of "identity".With
Kejriwal meets Lt. Governor
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday met Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to convey that he had been elected leader of the legislature party, an official statement said.Kejriwal
Quit Government before criticising Modi, BJP tells Thackeray
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) The BJP's Maharashtra unit Tuesday advised ally Shiv Sena's chief Uddhav Thackeray to first quit the government before criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Mumbai
Tamil Nadu political parties welcome AAP's victory
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Leaders of different political parties in Tamil Nadu Tuesday welcomed the sweeping victory of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi assembly polls.Just eight months after
Work we did for poor saved us: BJP winners
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Working "relentlessly" for the poor and homeless in their constituencies helped them hold fast in the AAP tsunami which decimated their BJP and reduced the Congress to a
Delhi polls: Prominent winners and losers
The following were the prominent winners and losers in the Delhi assembly polls:Winners:1. Arvind Kejriwal - AAP2. Manish Sisodia - AAP3. Somnath Bharti - AAP4. Som Dutt - AAP5. Rakhi Birla - AAP6.
AAP members celebrate Delhi victory in Kolkata
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members and supporters Tuesday distributed sweets and took out procession in the city to celebrate the party's historic win in the Delhi assembly
Police detain seven in Japanese tourist rape case
Jaipur, Feb 10 (IANS) Police in Rajasthan have detained seven persons in connection with the rape of a 20-year-old Japanese tourist, officials Tuesday said."We have detained seven persons in
SC dismisses review plea by death row convict
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by a death row convict Sonu Sardar seeking recall of its Febr 23, 2012 verdict upholding his death sentence for "ruthlessly
Only six women make it to Delhi assembly
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The 70-member strong Delhi assembly will have just six women legislators -- all from the Aam Aadmi Party, which has won 67 of the seats.The AAP woman power includes Rakhi
AAP victory won't impact Punjab politics: Badal
Ludhiana, Feb 10 (IANS) The AAP's victory in the Delhi assembly polls will not impact politics in Punjab in any way, but "people's mandate is supreme and must be respected in a democratic set-up",
Large 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
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
