Women candidates not successful enough, says BJP

Friday 21 November '08

Even as conflict and dissent over allotment of tickets has hounded senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the run up to the Assembly elections, another group that is not very happy with the party is its women members.

SP: Sadhvi not guilty till court says so

Friday 21 November '08

While deciding to rake up the Batla House encounter as a major election issue for the upcoming polls, the Samajwadi Party has come out in support of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the accused in the Malegaon blasts case.

Flooded with demands for space from parties, DDA opens its parks for poll rallies

Friday 21 November '08

The Delhi Development Authority on Thursday revised its policy of barring political parties from holding rallies on its grounds and vacant plots.

A first: Maya has manifesto up her sleeve

Wednesday 19 November '08

This weekend, political campaigns in Delhi will see a first time ever move by the Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.

Richest candidate banks on pedal power, supporters trail him in luxury cars

Tuesday 18 November '08

With the Assembly elections in the Capital barely a few weeks away, contestants of the Bahujan Samaj Party have started devising new ways to reach out to voters.

‘BSP not a Dalit party’

Wednesday 12 November '08

After winning Uttar Pradesh with the backing of more upper caste candidates than ever in its history, the Bahujan Samaj Party is repeating the social engineering formula in Delhi.

Maya engineering in reverse gear: City youths form party for upper castes

Saturday 8 November '08

While the Bahujan Samaj Party struggles to work out a caste engineering formula for Delhi ahead of the Assembly elections here...

BSP meeting finalises 33 candidates for Delhi

Thursday 6 November '08

Senior BSP leaders from UP on Wednesday decided on candidates who will be contesting elections from Delhi.

Change in SP’s Jamia Nagar candidate sparks unrest in ranks

Tuesday 4 November '08

The Samajwadi Party on Monday announced its list of candidates for 33 seats for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections amid protests over its candidate from Okhla, which includes the ‘sensitive’ Jamia Nagar area.

Last-minute dash: Denied tickets, aspirants make a beeline for rival offices

Tuesday 4 November '08

With elections closing in and political parties making formal announcements of their lists of candidates...

Jamia Nagar learns the police story: all about encounter

Saturday 1 November '08

The police for the first time explained the September 19 encounter at Batla House in a formal public-police interaction at Jamia Nagar on Friday evening.

Caste engineering formula again on Behenji’s mind

Friday 31 October '08

All through November, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati will address several rallies in the Capital in the run-up to the elections.

Days to go for Chhath, parties all out to woo Bihari vote, cash in on MNS controversy

Friday 31 October '08

With the Assembly elections round the corner and the Chhath Puja to be celebrated on November 4, political parties have kicked off campaigns to woo the 25-30 lakh strong votebank of migrants in the Capital.

MLAs out on spending spree as polls near

Thursday 30 October '08

With the Assembly polls just a month away, and a possible re-election now more than a hope...

Security scare raises business for CCTV manufacturers in city

Saturday 25 October '08

With Diwali festivities round the corner and people venturing out to shopping malls, markets, and various melas for festive shopping in the Capital, Delhi Police want to take no chances with security arrangements this year.

Lawyers, activist barred from meeting Delhi blast accused

Thursday 2 October '08

Former Union law minister and advocate Shanti Bhushan and lawyers of Delhi blasts accused Zia-ur-Rehman were not allowed to meet the boy in the police’s Special Cell on Wednesday.

No breakthrough yet, police probe the role of Bangladesh nationals

Monday 29 September '08

A day after the blast in Mehrauli’s Sarai market, the Delhi Police are yet to find any specific clues about perpetrators. A child has died and twenty-two have been injured.

Fear of blasts keeps shoppers away

Monday 29 September '08

A day after the blast at Sarai market in Mehrauli, shopkeepers and shoppers at major markets in South Delhi said the fear of another blast has gripped the city.

Mehrauli struggles for normalcy

Monday 29 September '08

The Phool Walon Ki Sair area in Mehrauli, named after the famous annual festival celebrated there, also referred to as Sarai after the older but now non-existent sarai, struggled to get back to normalcy a day after the blast in the busy marketplace.

Repeat of trauma: Condition of several victims critical

Sunday 28 September '08

Yet another blast struck Delhi on Saturday leaving a child dead and at least 23 injured. Newsline went round the hospitals where the injured were taken.

Teen picks up box to return, is blown off

Sunday 28 September '08

Santosh Kumar, 13, was on an everyday errand on Saturday afternoon, on way to buy eggs, when he saw two men on a motorcycle drop a tiffin box in the crowded Sarai market near Mehrauli’s flower market.

Congress might gain from Goel’s ire: BJP leader

Saturday 27 September '08

While the Bharatiya Janata Party declared Vijay Kumar Malhotra as the Chief Ministerial candidate for Delhi, a prominent leader, active in the Capital since long, was absent from the party office.

Industrialists in Greater Noida: ‘accidents’ like Monday not new

Thursday 25 September '08

Two days after L K Choudhary was killed by employees at Italian firm Graziano International, the mood among industrialists in the city is one of apprehension.

Greater Noida industrialists: ‘accidents’ like Monday not new

Thursday 25 September '08

Two days after L K Choudhary was killed by employees at Italian firm Graziano International, the mood among industrialists in the city is one of apprehension.

Had they told us, we could have been of big help to cops: Jamia Nagar residents

Monday 22 September '08

Two days after the encounter at Batla House left Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and two suspected terrorists dead, the mood in Jamia Nagar is that of anger, suspicion and mistrust.