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City elections get global coverage as foreign scribes document poll frenzy

Monday 11 May '09

They pushed their way through the crowds on a Sunday at a Mayawati rally at Ramlila Ground, cameras in hand, clutching their notebooks tightly, sweating in their Fabindia kurtas, and smiling at everyone.
Eye on gain, leaders play chameleon

Thursday 7 May '09

Several leaders have hopped party lines in the run-up to the polls for varied reasons this season: from pressure to the love of secularism.
Haathi to haath: Haji says bid to stop saffron; BSP, Cong battle over turf gain

Wednesday 6 May '09

A day after defecting to the Congress, while Haji Dilshad Ali, the erstwhile BSP candidate from Northeast Delhi, hogged the limelight for a brief while by sharing the stage with Rahul Gandhi during a rally here on Tuesday...
3 women take long road to IAS top 3

Tuesday 5 May '09

From IIT to the US, UK and Singapore, Shubhra Saxena went all over the world but came back to a rented apartment in the city’s Rajendra Nagar....
Heart for poll fight: Players from small parties dream big

Tuesday 5 May '09

It’s A lonely battle, and perhaps a lost one as well, for many of the 44 candidates from numerous smaller parties contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi. But more than winning...
Rain hails a big relief

Tuesday 5 May '09

It might not have been good for roadside business or for the last-minute campaign, but no one was complaining on Monday evening.
Mayawati repeats: Reservation for Muslims

Monday 4 May '09

In A shift from the issues taken up by the Congress and the BJP in their respective rallies in the Capital on Sunday, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati reiterated her stand on reservation for Muslims.
Maya’s elephant house rises in the rubble of Delhi’s cultural hub

Friday 1 May '09

In a city dominated by Mughal architecture, which also celebrates the imposing simplicity of Lutyens’ blueprints, Dalit icon Mayawati is adding her own distinct style — bright and fancy.
In Chandni Chowk, BSP serious about eating into Cong, BJP

Thursday 30 April '09

In the narrow alleys of Chhatta Lal Mian, BSP Chandni Chowk candidate Haji Mustaqeem does not speak much. He just walks, taking quick steps, unmindful of the late sun beating down on his wearied face.
EC sends notices to BSP, Cong, BJP for violation of guidelines

Tuesday 28 April '09

Notices have been sent to the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party candidates for violating the Election Commission’s rules in the Chandni Chowk constituency.
In Chandni Chowk, Sibal & Gupta play claim, counter-claim campaign

Tuesday 28 April '09

Too many notices, too much name-calling, and too few issues being raised. That’s the story in the campaigning so far in Chandni Chowk by the Congress and BJP.
19 in fray, Independents crowd Chandni Chowk ‘to bring a change’

Monday 27 April '09

When Bashiruddin Dehlvi, an Independent candidate from Chandni Chowk constituency, dug into his savings — a mere Rs 5,000...
Traffic a big topic for choked Chowk

Sunday 26 April '09

Outside his studio in Fatehpuri Chowk, Mukesh Malhotra can see pedestrians brushing past vendors, spilling stuff in the process, and women shouting at men to keep a distance who in turn snap back, and cars honking incessantly.
Catching up with Bunty

Sunday 26 April '09

Through the cobwebs and through two dusty iron grilles in the dimly-lit prison cell, Bunty Chor smiled hesitantly, the corners of his mouth stretching slowly...
Mimic artiste Prince looks to be kingmaker this poll season

Friday 24 April '09

Bombay Prince is a nobody, just a face among the millions in the city. But he could be anybody he wants to be.
Immigrants to US share stories online, orally

Wednesday 22 April '09

At every family gathering, Amit Kumar would tell stories of how he made it big in United States.
For these women, election season means cash reward, treat

Tuesday 21 April '09

In a BSP rally at Urdu Bazaar near Jama Masjid, Kamla Devi sits clutching pamphlets with a hint of enthusiasm on her face.
‘Our dreams are dumped after elections’

Tuesday 21 April '09

I have heard candidates make promises for the past 14 years but nothing has happened in, or for, Chandni Chowk — we are still struggling...
Early birds try to catch voters over cuppa

Monday 20 April '09

With election campaigns in full swing, party candidates are flocking to coffee houses, malls and dhabas to catch voters of all shades to convince them of their party’s commitment to their cause.
LJP goes by popular choice: Khurram for Chandni Chowk

Friday 17 April '09

Lok Janshakti Party Vice-President Shoaib Iqbal’s nephew Khurram Iqbal will contest from the Chandni Chowk constituency after the Lok Janshakti Party’s Matia Mahal MLA shifted to Northeast constituency.
Cong gets Northeast headache as ‘spoiler’ Iqbal moves for the hunt

Thursday 16 April '09

It could be the end of heartache in Chandni Chowk and beginning of a headache in Northeast Delhi seat for the Congress.
BSP launches Chandni Chowk campaign

Wednesday 15 April '09

The BSP election campaign was kicked off in Chandni Chowk on Tuesday with party candidate Haji Mustaqeem celebrating the 118th birth anniversary of Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar at Jama Masjid.
Playing the Jat card: Sajjan exit from South raises BSP pitch in Northwest Delhi

Wednesday 15 April '09

Sajjan Kumar’s exit from the electoral fray in South Delhi will help the Bahujan Samaj Party in Northwest Delhi, claims the party candidate from the constituency Rakesh Hans.
Warrant out for BSP East Delhi candidate, Yunus sees ‘conspiracy’

Saturday 11 April '09

A Muzaffarnagar court has issued non-bailable warrants (NBW) against Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for Delhi East Haji Yunus and his brother Haji Alim...
Arrest warrant out for BSP East Delhi candidate, Yunus sees ‘conspiracy’

Saturday 11 April '09

A Muzaffarnagar court has issued non-bailable warrants (NBW) against Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for Delhi East Haji Yunus and his brother Haji Alim, a BSP MLA from Bulandshahar, in a case of rape and child labour at a circus that the brothers allegedly owned.
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