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Parties begin number-crunching to predict outcome

Saturday 9 May '09

According to the data compiled by Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer Satbir Silas Bedi, East Delhi’s Jangpura has recorded the highest voter turnout at 75.61 per cent in the Lok Sabha elections.
Tracking the journey of EVMs

Friday 8 May '09

Charanjeet Kumar, an assistant engineer with the CPWD, left his Uttam Nagar residence at 2 am on Wednesday morning.
Last day: Rahul goes all out at BJP, guns blazing

Wednesday 6 May '09

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi summed up the party’s campaign in Delhi by launching a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday, two days before the Capital goes to polls.
In Walled City, Amar Singh draws crowds, fails to impress

Tuesday 5 May '09

After a campaign that failed to register its presence in the Capital, the Samajwadi Party finally went all out on Monday and took out a grand procession in the heart of Chandni Chowk’s Matia Mahal area, a Muslim-dominated area.
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...
The Capital on Election Day

Monday 4 May '09

Delhi goes to the polls on May 7 and the Chief Electoral Office has set up 11,348 booths across the Capital...
SP counts on ‘clean image’, tie-up with Lalu, Paswan

Saturday 2 May '09

With all the attention focussed on the Congress, the BJP and the BSP candidates in Delhi, another party is slowly trying to carve its niche in Delhi’s political landscape.
On son turf, Sheila praises Manmohan, Sonia, says BJP lacks clarity on choice of PM candidate

Saturday 2 May '09

Steering clear of directly appealing for votes for son Sandeep Dikshit, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday focussed on national issues as she campaigned for him in the East Delhi constituency.
2010 Village: DDA fixes rates of flats in bailout to Emaar

Wednesday 29 April '09

The DDA’s price fixation committee has submitted its recommendations about the cost of each flat in the Commonwealth Games Village.
Independent from Chandni Chowk looks to address Muslim concerns

Tuesday 28 April '09

Zaheer Ahmed, one of the 19 Independents contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Chandni Chowk, jumped into the fray after the Congress gave a ticket to Kapil Sibal from the area once again.
‘No single dominant issue in East’

Tuesday 28 April '09

For the 10 East Delhi Assembly constituencies, the problems vary. In areas like Patparganj, residents are worried about an increase in crime, while in Kondli, lack of basic facilities like water and drainage take centrestage.
Now, Gupta guns for Sibal, alleges poll code violation

Sunday 26 April '09

Now, Gupta guns for Sibal, alleges poll code violation Vijender Gupta, the BJP candidate from Chandni Chowk...
‘Sheilaji’s son’ a hit in Batla House: candidate promises justice, Metro

Saturday 25 April '09

In the largely Muslim-dominated Batla House, it appeared to be all about Congress supporters all the way.
From teacher to cricketer, all in poll melting pot

Tuesday 21 April '09

A former cricketer, a former Delhi University professor, a teacher, a former Union Minister and former student leaders are the core of the BJP candidates for Delhi.
Better halves offer to fill in as cover for poll candidates

Sunday 19 April '09

What do Promila Sibal, Radhika Maken, Urmila Mishra, Sarita Aggarwal, Shakira Begum and Rajwati have in common? Besides being spouses of politicians, these woman are also cover candidates for constituencies their husbands are representing.
Govt officials fish for excuses to opt out

Thursday 16 April '09

Even on the day Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer issued ads in major newspapers advising officials to refrain from seeking exemption in election duty...
Sandeep rises in the East: Congress will sweep all seven seats

Tuesday 14 April '09

The battle lines were neatly drawn out in the East Delhi constituency on Monday with both Congress candidate Sandeep Dikshit and BJP candidate Chetan Chauhan filing their nominations for the Lok Sabha elections.
DDA plans 12 public conveniences in city

Monday 13 April '09

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has invited tenders for building public toilets at a dozen sites in the Capital. At a time when the agency has found few takers for its schemes...
249 FIRs for violations since poll code came into act: police

Saturday 11 April '09

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, the Delhi Police have registered a whopping 249 FIRs for poll code violations since March 5, when the model code of conduct came into effect.
After Delhi, more states to adopt Pappu parody, other poll initiatives

Wednesday 8 April '09

After coaxing Delhi to vote in the Assembly elections last November, Pappu is now set to travel to other parts.
Oil-based to dry transformers no easy switch

Saturday 4 April '09

Even though the regulatory body permits discoms to charge consumers 50 per cent of the cost of changing transformers from oil-based to dry ones, consumers themselves are unhappy with the provision.
DDA wants guarantee for Rs 100-cr loan

Saturday 4 April '09

It was supposed to be a quick passage of loan from one project stakeholder to another, the aim being to hasten the construction of the Commonwealth Games Village.
DDA scam: probe still on, banks want registration money back

Tuesday 31 March '09

Even as the DDA waits for the police to complete investigations into the alleged housing scam, allottees say they are in a fix as banks that had loaned them the registration amount to apply for the draw of lots now want the money back.
DDA to develop 9 multi-level car parks

Friday 27 March '09

The Delhi Development Authority has invited tenders for nine plots to build multi-level parking lots in the Capital.
CISF wants to pull out its men, discoms say please don’t

Tuesday 24 March '09

The Central Industrial Security Forces has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs, requesting to withdraw its personnel deployed with discoms.
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