Election

New Delhi: Stating that COVID-19 cannot be a ground for postponing elections, the Supreme Court Friday dismissed a PIL seeking to defer the Bihar assembly polls till the state is free of the novel coronavirus. The Election Commission of India will consider everything, a bench...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday took on the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, saying it had deprived Bengal in every possible way. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief also launched her party's election campaign for the 2021 Assembly elections. "They are...

Patna: With the Assembly elections in Bihar slated to be held later this year, there appears to be no consensus on who will lead the grand alliance as the task to resolve the leadership issue is proving to be a hard nut to crack for...

New Delhi: A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly firing at the convoy of newly elected AAP legislator Naresh Yadav in southwest Delhi when he and his supporters were returning home after visiting a temple, killing a party volunteer, police said Wednesday. The Aam...

New Delhi: AAP’s prominent faces Atishi and Raghav Chadha, who registered victories in their Assembly election debuts, said the mandate has shown that kaam ki rajneeti (politics of work) has won and that “work is true nationalism”. Both Atishi and Chadha had unsuccessfully tested waters...

New Delhi: The Congress, which ruled Delhi for 15 years, Tuesday stared at the dubious distinction of scoring a duck for the second consecutive time in assembly elections and being reduced to a fringe player in the national capital's politics. Fears of the Congress not...

New Delhi: With the early trends suggesting a third term for the AAP in Delhi, senior party leader Sanjay Singh said by giving a ‘massive mandate’, people of the national capital have said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is not a terrorist but a staunch...

New Delhi: Soon after the Delhi Assembly poll trends showed that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is winning with a clear majority, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have accepted defeat. The party has put up posters at its Delhi party office saying that...

New Delhi: With blue and white balloons, buntings and giant cutouts of their leader Arvind Kejriwal, AAP workers went into early celebration mode at their party headquarters Tuesday as trends showed the party leading in 57 of 70 seats. The drumbeats of victory sounded loud...

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party is leading in 18 seats while the BJP is leading in 11 seats in Delhi, polls for which were held February 8, according to early trends by the Election Commission Tuesday. Polls trends are so far available for 29...