Politics

With Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) coming to grips with the political drubbing it suffered in the corporation polls, it also has a pending verdict in an office of profit case to worry about.

To defend the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Wednesday took to Twitter and said AAP is the fastest growing party in India.

Polling for 270 out of 272 wards across three corporations was held on April 23 which saw a voter turnout of 53.58%. ​

The polling was held in 270 out of 272 wards for election to the three municipal corporations in the national capital on Sunday. The counting for the same begins at 8 am today.

In a freewheeling conversation with News18’s Suhas Munshi, Baig says PDP has suffered in alliance with the BJP, and if Mehbooba Mufti believes that the government is not functioning, she should go back to the people and try to get a mandate.

Alleging that the NDA government is not sincere in reining in cow vigilantes, the AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said it is high time that a stern action is taken against them.

In an exclusive interview with News18, Baig said the PDP has been “the loser in the coalition” as it has “lost more political capital than the BJP”.

Many Delhiites who braved a scorching sun to reach polling stations to cast their vote for the municipal elections on Sunday had to return home disappointed as their names were missing from the electoral rolls.

Both Sheila Dikshit and Ajay Maken had left the Congress in 1993. Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, who had called me an opportunist, was blamed for voting against the Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls.

Tej Bahadur was sacked on the basis of a report of a staff court of inquiry (SCoI). The inquiry found the constable-rank jawan guilty of making false charges and gross indiscipline.

According to the 2011 census, Delhi has a population of over 1.67 crore, out of which about 21 lakh are Muslims.

Chennai was abuzz with speculation of another midnight revolt in the ruling AIADMK party with nine ministers of the Edapadi Palanisamy cabinet going into a huddle and early reports indicating there would be a press conference anytime now.

The Congress has finally kicked off the process of its organisational polls long overdue that will culminate with the election of the Congress President by October 15.

The BJP also made it clear it would utilise this issue to politically "rise" in the state and project the ruling TRS in "bad light".

He is facing a Foreign Exchange Regulations Act (FERA) violation case with Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing unexplained deposits of big chunks of money into his accounts between during 1991 to 1995.

Delhi has 70 Assembly seats and before the delimitation, every constituency had four wards, but, now it ranges from 3- 7.