Delhi’s is among the smallest of many elections held in the world’s largest democracy – but on Saturday, the national capital sent out some massive national political messages.First, BJP’s post-Lok Sabha elections loss of lustre is now a firmly closed chapter. Modi is back again as a political super-force and the most saleable political brand….
NEW DELHI: With all states in National Capital Region now having BJP govts, a slew of projects will be taken up for improving mobility and infrastructure across the region, PM Narendra Modi said on Saturday.The PM’s announcement is likely to give the long-awaited push to the two Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridors – connecting…
NEW DELHI: Delhi government officials rubbished rumours that the secretariat in the national capital was being sealed after an order went out on Saturday from the general administration department (GAD) that barred the removal of any important document and computer hardware from the premises.GAD cited safety concerns, and said that documents, files and hardware like…
NEW DELHI: BJP has won the highest number of reserved seats since 1993, bagging 4 out of the 12 Scheduled Caste (SC) constituencies.The party, for the first time, has also won Mangolpuri, which is an SC seat.The SC seats are Gokalpur, Seemapuri, Mangolpuri, Sultanpur Majra, Bawana, Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Deoli, Ambedkar Nagar, Madipur, Kondli…
NEW DELHI: BJP, which won the majority of seats in the Delhi assembly elections, saw four out of its nine women candidates emerging victorious. However, the total number of women elected dropped from eight in 2020 to five this year. This time, the five women who emerged victorious include four from BJP and one from…
NEW DELHI: The 2025 assembly election was a closely fought one with BJP and AAP putting up a great fight in almost all assembly constituencies, but the final results were decisive. Despite a small difference of just 2.6% in the vote share, BJP won 48 of 70 seats while AAP was reduced to only 22.There…
CHANDIGARH: Celebrations of BJP’s victory in Delhi assembly elections on Saturday extended beyond the national capital, delivering a morale booster to the saffron party’s Haryana leadership too.For nearly a month, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, his cabinet, former ministers, and BJP MLAs, were deeply involved in the party’s Delhi campaign. Leading the charge was…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi‘s assertion on tabling of all pending CAG reports – some 14 of them, dating back to 2017-18, including those on ‘Sheesh Mahal‘ and the liquor policy – and not sparing any corrupt in Delhi is being seen as a pointer to a fresh round of criminal action against top AAP…
NEW DELHI: Promises are free, keeping them is costly.Once election euphoria has settled, knuckling down on the math to keep the ‘revdis’ flowing is an onerous job. Governments in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have found this out. The new Delhi government is about to as well.On its way to wresting Delhi from AAP, BJP…
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Saturday said that BJP’s chief minister will not occupy the “Sheesh Mahal”, a govt official bungalow where Arvind Kejriwal used to live when he was the chief minister.The 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow in Civil Lines was mired in controversy over the past year for the allegedly costly…
