NEW DELHI: With BJP racing ahead in Haryana, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the “biggest lesson” of the poll results is that one should never be “overconfident” in the elections. Speaking to AAP municipal councillors in Delhi, Kejriwal said, “Let us see what the results are in Haryana. The biggest lesson of this…
NEW DELHI: A local leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was shot in Punjab‘s Fazilka district on Saturday. The ruling party and MLA Jagdeep Kamboj accused Shiromani Akali Dal leader Vardev Singh Noni Mann of firing the shot.The incident happened after an argument between AAP leader Mandeep Singh Brar and some Akali workers outside…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday reprimanded Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena for ordering the elections of the MCD standing committee members. The top court questioned the LG’s decision to appoint a presiding officer for the polls and raised aspersions over his interference in the democratic process.While hearing Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi’s plea…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal vacated the 6 Flagstaff Road residence and relocated to his new address, Bungalow No. 5 on Feroz Shah Road, near Mandi House in Delhi’s Lutyens’ Zone on Friday.The AAP supremo’s family headed towards the official residence of party member Ashok Mittal…
CHANDIGARH: Dalit politician Ashok Tanwar’s return to Congress on Thursday is being seen by political analysts as unlikely to benefit the party. However, the timing of his switch, on the same day BJP ran advertisements accusing Congress of being anti-Dalit, has become a talking point.Just hours before his re-entry into Congress, Tanwar had campaigned for…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh-based climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk and over 170 people, who were on way to the national capital as part of their Delhi Chalo Padyatra demanding sixth schedule status for the UT, were detained by Delhi Police at the Singhu border on Monday night for allegedly “violating prohibitory orders”. Wangchuk and…
Winning BJP candidate Sunder Singh Tanwar with other party councillors NEW DELHI: The drama over election of one member of the 18-member standing committee of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, which stretched over two days, culminated in BJP councillor Sunder Singh Tanwar winning on Friday afternoon. The victory of Tanwar, from Bhati ward, was a foregone…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured the final vacant position on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s 18-member Standing Committee without opposition on Friday, as councillors from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress abstained from the election process. Sunder Singh, the BJP’s nominee, received all 115 votes from the party’s councillors, while…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP on Thursday, accusing them of “killing democracy” in the Delhi Municipal Corporation. Sisodia’s remarks came in response to an order from Delhi LG VK Saxena, directing the immediate completion of the election…
NEW DELHI: AAP leaders have increasingly turned to the epic Ramayana for analogies to describe their roles in Delhi’s politics, invoking legendary figures to highlight their loyalty and purpose. After a day filled with symbolic gestures and declarations by new Delhi chief minister Atishi, Kailash Gahlot, newly appointed minister in the Atishi-led Delhi government, proclaimed…
