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Mukhtar Ahmad/Rediff.com reports:The Peoples Democratic Party patron, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today congratulated Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party on the complete sweep in Delhi polls with an advice to 'the BJP not to ignore the message of voters in Delhi'. The Delhi elections have asserted...
23:42
The White House said on Tuesday that the American hostage Kayla Jean Mueller, who was being held by Jihadi militants in Syria, had been killed.The family of Mueller, who is believed to be the last American being held by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as Isis, said they had...
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The Aam Aadmi Party today said it will invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony as Delhi chief minister on February 14 at the Ramlila Grounds. We will invite the Prime Minister to the oath-taking ceremony of Arvind Kejriwal, AAP spokesperson Ashish...
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After conquering Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party has set its eyes on Punjab, a state from where it has four MPs. Our next target is Punjab. We have already defeated the Akalis in Delhi. Rajouri Garden is the only seat from where the SAD candidate was contesting on the party ticket. The entire Punjab...
21:59
The Twitter account of Newsweek magazine was hacked today. An image of an Islamic militant's kerchief-covered head and the words Je suis IS, a dual reference to Islamic State and the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, was posted, Reuters reports. The hacked Twitter feed also posted a threat to US...
21:48
As defeats go, this has to be the most comprehensive and the most humiliating for the BJP. Akshaya Mishra analyses how the BJP lost the way it did. Read the report here
21:44
BJP's chief ministerial nominee Kiran Bedi who was provided Y-plus security ahead of the Delhi assembly polls, today returned her security cover after facing a shocking defeat at the hands of the AAP. Bedi who had earlier in the day offered her apologies for not being able to live up to the...
21:41
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting top ministers Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh to discuss election results in Delhi. The stock-taking began after a Union cabinet meeting this evening, sources told NDTV.The BJP witnessed its first crushing defeat in Delhi...
21:36
Senior Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday evening with lawmakers of his party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress, Communist Party of India and an Independent, intending to parade them before President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in a show...
20:58
Just in: 26-year-old American aid worker Kayla Mueller, held hostage by Islamic State, has been killed, President Obama confirms. We are heartbroken to share that weve received confirmation that Kayla Jean Mueller, has lost her life, her parents and brother said on Tuesday.Supporters...
20:50
BJP leader Shazia Ilmi today met party's chief ministerial nominee Kiran Bedi who faced a shocking defeat in the Delhi assembly polls in Krishna Nagar constituency. It is indeed a big loss. I came to meet Bedi. She is very accepting of the fact that we've lost. She is upbeat...
20:42
President Pranab Mukherjee will take a call tomorrow on meeting JD-U leader Nitish Kumar who is planning to parade 130 supporting MLAs before him. Sources in the Rashtrapati Bhavan said the president will decide tomorrow on the plea of Kumar who wants to present supporting MLAs before him to...
20:35
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and ministers were in Ahmedabad to attend the wedding of party president Amit Shah's son Jay, even as the Delhi poll results trickled in. Those present at the wedding organised at the YMCA Club included ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Ananth Kumar, J P...
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Aam Aadmi Party's stupendous win in Delhi is a victory of anti-BJPism, RSS ideologue M G Vaidya said today. All anti-BJP parties and groups and groups joined hands in support of AAP and this was the reason for the unexpected results, he said on being asked about the Delhi poll...
19:42
JD-U leader Nitish Kumar has left for Delhi with 130 supporting MLAs of his party, the RJD, the Congress, one CPI and an independent to parade them before President Pranab Mukherjee.This move is intended to be a show of strength before the President and to direct the governor of Bihar to invite...
19:31
AAP leader Somnath Bharti today said the Prime Minister making personal attacks on someone (Arvind Kejriwal) during campaign rallies did not go down well with voters in Delhi.The Prime Minister belongs to all citizens and not to a single political party. The PM making personal attacks on someone...
19:29
Arvind Kejriwal's victory certificate. The election commission hands out the certificates to all winners after the polls, both Lok Sabha and assembly polls.Click on the picture for a larger, but not necessarily clearer image.
19:25
Chai pe charcha? No takers at the BJP HQ after the party's three-seat win.
19:15
50% reduction in power tariffNo FDI in retailLowest VAT in IndiaPro-farmer land reformFree Wi-Fi across DelhiInstalling 10-15 lakh CCTV cameras, home guards for safety of womenMaking water a legal right, 20,000 litres free water to poor household per monthTwo lakh toilets, 500 new government...
19:11
Kejriwal has shown that not only can Modi-Shah be stopped, they can, in fact, be routed. Today, as the Delhi votes are counted, it shows not only the AAP's victory or BJP's defeat. But also the Congress's final irrelevance, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com
19:07
Arvind Kejriwal reaches Lt Governor Najeeb Jung's house to stake claim.
19:03
Man of the moment, the soft-spoken, but very erudite Yogendra Yadav is in demand. He tweets his media itinerary in the evening: Live now on Total TV NewsX: 7-8 PM NDTV24*7: 8-9 PM NDTV India: 9-10 PM Aaj Tak: 10-11 PM
18:59
Kejriwal has recored his radio message to Delhi to attend his swearing in ceremony at Ram Lila grounds.
18:45
With BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi suffering a shocking defeat in the Delhi polls, her husband Brij Bedi feels that one of the reasons for her loss was BJP cadre's failure to support her in the elections.Brij (71) also said the youth of Delhi played an important role in Aam Aadmi...
18:38
AAP's legislative party meet is underway. Arvind Kejriwal has been elected leader of the AAP legislature party. Lt governor Najeeb Jung will then invite him to form the government in Delhi.
18:27
Heads up, Congress, AAP MLA Jarnail Singh says the party will reopen investigations into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. He is the former journalist who threw a shoe at then home minister P Chidambaram in protest against his remarks on the clean chit to Congress leaders in the 1984 anti-Sikh...
18:20
Loved this one. Arvind Kejriwal 4 CM retweeted Joy @Joydas Kiran Bedi: My 6 P for you - people, parents, police, prosecution, press, politicians Voters: Our 6 P for you: :p :p :p :p :p :p
18:19
Arvind Kejriwal reaches constitution club accompanied by all winning MLA's of the party.
18:13
Kiran Bedi's clarifies @thekiranbedi Who is saying I am not taking responsibility for the BJP defeat? I AM.. I also said BJP leadership will take stock of what went wrong..!The former IPS officer and the BJP's CM candidate, who lost from the Krishna Nagar seat, had said at a presser this...
18:08
Union minister Giriraj Singh, who is seen as a Hindutva voice, today blamed polarisation of pseudo-secular forces for the BJP's rout in Delhi elections. Singh suggested that Muslims were rallied against BJP and claimed the saffron party was defeated in a similar way as Abhimanyu was killed in a...
17:59
BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad on the AAP win and support from the union government: The Govt works without any political bias and will support Delhi Govt in its endeavors. We will look into why we lost deeply, we lost and we accept it with humility. But BJP is resilient. Waiting and watching.
17:56
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said AAP's victory in Delhi Assembly polls will not impact Punjab politics. Despite the fact that AAP managed to form a government in Delhi in 2013, everyone knew well what happened later. AAP's victory was confined only to national capital and...
17:51
The Indian National Congress congratulates Shri Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party for their historic victory in the elections to the Delhi Assembly. The Congress Party accepts the will of the people with humility and will sincerely introspect the reasons behind its loss. This loss has...
17:48
Ponder over this: 67 of 70 Congress candidates lost their deposits. 60 per cent wins more than 10,000 votes.
17:38
With Aam Aadmi Party bagging 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, Union Minister Piyush Goyal today said the BJP will analyse the defeat but insisted that Modi-wave has not faded.I congratulate AAP on their victory. Now I believe that they will serve Delhi better. We will do an analysis on...
17:35
Chetan Bhagat tweets: Shiv Sena praising AAP. Wonder if they realize AAP will come to Mumbai and do the same to them one day.
17:34
Arvind Kejriwal has asked the PM, the Home Minister and the President for a meeting. So far, Rajnath Singh as scheduled an appointment with him at 3 pm tomorrow.
17:32
Right now, Arvind Kejriwal is at Gole Market to collect his victory certificate.Final tally: Aam Aadmi Party wins 67 seats in 70-member Delhi Assembly; BJP gets 3.
17:30
Arvind Kejriwal to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh at 3:30 pm tomorrow at North Block.
17:14
AAP legislature meet begins shortly.
17:14
And the other man who thanked and hugged his wife after a historic win in 2012. This picture of Barack Obama hugging his wife Michelle became the most re-tweeted post ever.
17:05
Why Amit Shah is celebrating despite the BJP's appalling performance in the Delhi polls. It's his son's wedding, stupid. Most party colleagues will be busy keeping an eye on the results of the Delhi assembly elections, BJP's national president will be busy in Ahmedabad's YMCA Club with his son...
16:48
BJP needs a swachh party abhiyaan to cleanse itself from hate mongers like Sakshi Maharaj, say poll pandits. Here's a picture from outside the party office today.
16:44
''That suit will haunt Modi till he exits politics. Of all the factors that favoured Kejriwal, the biggest was the arrogance and over-confidence of the Modi-Shah led BJP. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com on the historic Delhi election result. Read
16:42
The Aam Aadmi Party recorded a stunning victory in the Delhi polls, leading in 67 out of 70 seats. This is the biggest victory margin for any political party in Delhi since the first assembly elections took place in 1993. It is not every year that such a one-sided win is seen in Indian...
16:41
So, here's what AAP will be doing for the rest of the day. At 5 pm, chief convener, and the next Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting of all the winners, all 67 of them. At night, Kumar Vishwas, is hosting a celebratory dinner at his home. Very little sleep for Mr Kejriwal, but we...
16:29
It now seems to boil down to a choice between Rahul Gandhi's elevation and Congress revival -- and no two guesses on what Congress President Sonia Gandhi will choose. Never mind that the Congress has got a duck in the Delhi assembly election after drawing a blank in as many as 19 states and...
16:24
Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken tweets this: @INCIndia supporters: Leheron se darr kar nauka paar nahin hotiKuch kiye bina hi jai jaikar nahin hotiKoshish karne walon ki haar nahin hoti Maken, who was the face of the Congress in the polls. Just two days ago, senior party leader Kiran Walia,...
16:10
BJP's Shazia Ilmi on being asked I know what AAP was like to me, so no, I don't regret leaving them, says Shazia Ilmi, when asked if she regretted joining the BJP. Ilmi, who had unsuccessfully contested the Delhi Assembly poll last year said she wasn't interested in contesting the...
16:01
WhatsApp joke: The whole of the opposition in Delhi Assembly can now travel in a Nano.For those of you who have just joined us, the BJP has won three seats as against 67 by AAP in a 70-member assembly.
15:59
The Amul ad: On time, every time and bang on. Click on the picture for a larger image.
15:58
And so the protect Rahul movement begins: Congress leader Anil Shastri says: Rahul Gandhi-ji cannot be blamed for this (loss in Delhi) at all.Rahul wasn't blamed for the UP assembly loss or the Lok Sabha debacle either. The Congress vice-president is blameless.
15:53
The vote share so far according to Headlines Today: AAP secured 54.3% vote in counting so far, followed by BJP's 32.2%, Cong 9.7% and BSP 1.3%
15:48
Are you invited? AAP senior leader Kumar Vishwas is hosting a celebratory dinner at his home today.
15:42
Ajay Maken, Haroon Yusuf, Mahabal Mishra, Kiran Walia and Sharmishtha Mukherjee lost their deposits.
15:39
Every time the Congress looks at TV screens today, that's the figure that will stare at them in the face. Not even the biggest naysayer could have predicted this kind of a rout for the party.
15:31
So, why is Valentine's Day is more than simply mush for Arvind Kejriwal? The AAP chief will take oath as Delhi's next chief minister on February 14, the same day, that he quit as CM in 2014. And just like 2013, he will also take oath at the Ramlila grounds in Delhi. The three-year-old party...
15:26
Derek O'Brien '@quizderek tweets: To paraphrase a tasteless slogan BJP uses in #Bengal, let me say: The people of Delhi said today, 'Bhaag Modi Bhaag'.
15:25
Arvind Kejriwal to meet all winning candidates at 5 pm.
15:24
Uddhav Thackeray delivers a mound of salt to BJP's wounds. BJP ally Shiv Sena who split with the party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections chose its words while congratulating the AAP for its spectacular performance. Top leaders across party lines were effusive in their praise for...
15:08
Anand Sharma, Congress, on the Delhi polls: They have been able to connect with the people. Delhi voters have given a strong mandate. It's historic for AAP, congrats to AAP. The expectations will be very high, when we look at people's aspirations it becomes a challenge for a party. We hope...
15:00
AAP leader Gul Panag tweets: What makes this victory sweeter is that it was won against all odds. I bow to the effort and energy of every AAP volunteer.
14:59
Congratulated Arvind-ji over the phone, told him not to think of quitting now: Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena.
14:57
Arvind Kejriwal (votes:57213; margin of victory 31583)Malviya Nagar: Somnath Bharti (51196 votes; margin: 15897)Greater Kailash: Saurabh Bhardwaj (57598 votes; margin: 14583)Jangpura: Praveen Kumar (43927 votes; margin: 20450)Kasturba Nagar: Madanlal (50766 votes; margin: 15896)
14:47
So, much for poll predictions.Click on the picture for a larger image.
14:47
Annihilated in Delhi polls, a shocked Congress today promised to reinvent itself and revisit its idealogical construct. Party chief Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi congratulated Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi party for their landslide victory saying they respect the verdict. The...
14:44
Malviya Nagar Somnath Bharti wins by 15897 votes.BJP MP Kirti Azad on the party's decimation in the polls says heads must roll and campaign managers must be held accountable. The three-time MP had recently praised the Mamata Banerjee, reeling from the Saradha scam, saying he did not think...
14:20
Senior journalist Tavleen Singh tells NDTV: Kiran Bedi is a victim. She's not a politician. Every speech she made, she looked sillier. The BJP is paying for not having an agenda. They are paying for not introducing change. They are paying for their arrogance.Congress senior leader Digvijaya Singh...
14:15
Delhi Hurricane: 3 Reasons Why BJP Lost & AAP Won. Read
14:13
BJP's Dr. Harsh Vardhan tweets: Kiranji deserves gratitude for putting up a brave fight in Krishna Nagar. Despite defeat she conquered souls. We shall continue to serve there.
14:09
Why TMC's Derek O'Brien has stopped writing for the Telegraph and the ABP group. Read
14:07
Ex-faujis and one ex-defence reporter win their seats. Col. Devinder Sherawat -- ex-NSG Commando Surinder Singh and journalist/shoe-thrower Jarnail Singh win from AAP. Pic: Rajmohan Gandhi comes to congratulate Arvind Kejriwal at the party office
14:03
'The boy has remained so simple. Still wearing that sweater and light pants. He doesn't even have a decent pair of shoes! So much like one of us! How can we not give him another chance?' 'And what is Modi Sir doing? He changes clothes three times a day and wears designer clothes. He isn't the...
13:56
Sonia Faleiro tweets: Bedi: I apologize to the last worker. Last worker: please stop talking.
13:54
Congress leader Manish Tiwari on why his party lost (and what a loss it is, Mr Tiwari!), saying, People wanted to teach BJP and its arrogance a lesson, they decided AAP is instrument of their choice rather Congress.No lessons learnt. Congress, if you've just joined us, has not won a single...
13:52
AAP leader Manish Sisodia wins from Patparganj constituency defeating BJP's Vinod Kumar Binny by over 24,000 votes.
13:51
Arvind Kejriwal calls his mentor Anna Hazare and invites him to the swearing-in ceremony which will be held at the Ramlila Maidan on Saturday, Feb 14. Last week, when asked about the Delhi elections, Anna, had tarred Modi, Kejriwal and Bedi with the same brush saying, Corruption these days has...
13:40
Sweet. Arvind Kejriwal hugs his wife as the results come in pointing to an unprecedented win for AAP. Addressing party workers moments later, Kejriwal said the victory would not have been possible without her constant support and understanding. She never comes in the picture but she is always...
13:37
Via @DanHusain and it says everything.
13:32
BJP's Jagdish Pradhan wins from MustafabadAnd from Rohini it's Vijender Gupta.The BJP has won 3 seats, the AAP 67.
13:29
So, if you're thinking Bedi will switch sides and join her old comrade, Arvind Kejriwal's party, here's what she says: I remain a member of the BJP, I'm happy to be a member of a strong national party.
13:19
And did we hear that right? After saying she was a defeated candidate, Kiran Bedi at the presser says, I haven't lost, the BJP has lost so let them introspect. I think I haven't lost, I did my best, I would lose if I hadn't done my best, BJP will assess. It's a national party, let them also...
13:14
Kiran Bedi: I have not been able to fulfill your expectations. You reposed faith in me. I'm sorry I couldn't win. Narendra Modi ji wasn't the CM candidate, I've taken responsibility.
13:11
The man who defeated BJP's CM candidate Kiran Bedi
13:08
Arvind Kejriwal will take oath on February 14 at the Ramlila Grounds.
13:07
In defeat, Kiran Bedi addresses her constituency, with folded hands and says she has never felt the way she has right now. I am a defeated candidate today. Thank you for all your support. Party didn't ask for any money from me, accepted me way I am and I'm thankful for all the respect and love...
12:59
Kiran Bedi loses to AAP's S K Bagga by 2508 votes.As soon as the first trends started coming in, Bedi said, Agar haar hui to meri, jeet hui to leadership ki (If we lose, it will be my responsibility; if we win then the leadership will take credit), the BJP's chief ministerial candidate, who is...
12:56
Surrounded by joyous supporters, AAP chief Arvind Kejirwal today made sure he thanked his wife Sunita with a warm hug for always being there. Kejriwal had met Sunita at the National Academy of Administration at Mussoorie during their training period after both of them qualified for the Indian...
12:52
Just in: Kiran Bedi loses from Krishna Nagar constituency.
12:33
Just in: BJP's Vijender Kumar wins from Rohini with 59866 votes Maken loses Sadar Bazar seat by a margin of 51,176 votes.Pic: Arvind Kejriwal with his father at the party office.
12:29
AAP workers celebrate outside Kiran Bedi's residence.
12:29
A thrilling Tuesday for AAP & everyone of us who supported them, tight slap on BJP's divisive politics: Derek O'Brien, TMC. TMC chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had 'voted' for AAP on Feb 5, tweeting, Delhi elections on 7. My request to all of you in Delhi to please vote for AAP. For...
12:22
BJP's Piyush Goyal: I extend my wishes to AAP on their win, hope they will fulfill their promises.
12:20
Over the past few months, Delhi got to see Arvind Kejriwal 2.0. Gone was the activist-turned-politician who took any criticism as a personal affront, replaced by a consummate politician. Read
12:17
AAP's Akhilesh Pati Tripathi wins from Model Town with 54628 votes. AAP's Alka Lamba declared winner from Chandni Chowk. Margin of victory is more than 18000.And earlier, AAP's Narayan Dutt Sharma wins from Badarpur. Sharma wins by 47,583 margin.Hemant Morparia's fantastic take on the BJP and the...
12:12
Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay says, I take moral responsibility of defeat, we'll definitely introspect over shortcomings. Not a peep out of BJP president Amit Shah who made the decision to field Kiran Bedi as the CM candidate.
12:11
Aaditya Thackeray @AUThackeray I congratulate #Delhi! They observed and chose, and chose decisively, after being left government-less n chaotic for a year.Pic: Kejriwal with his son at the party office.
12:09
Anti-corruption crusader and Gandhian activist Anna Hazare today congratulated AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for the party's spectacular performance in Delhi Assembly polls.He said that the election result was in favour of AAP because the achhe din only came for industrialists after the Narendra...
12:06
Arvind Kejriwal with his son, father and his wife (extreme right) at the party HQ.
12:02
First results: AAP's Narayan Dutt Sharma wins from Badarpur. Sharma wins by 47,583 margin.
12:00
Rahul Gandhi: My congratulations to Mr Arvind Kejriwal & AAP on their victory, ppl of Delhi have chosen AAP & we respect that.If you've just joined us, the Congress has not won a single seat, while the BJP has been decimated with leads in just five seats. The INLD has one seat and...
11:56
Kejriwal introduces his father at the victory meet saying without the support of his family he would not have reached here. Tear-eyed moment from many supporters. If the BJP is wondering what hit it, Kerjiwal's got the answer, when he says the BJP and the Congress lost because of their arrogance.
11:53
Don't be arrogant; Kejriwal tells party workers and says people of Delhi will also punish the party after 5 years if it becomes arrogant.
11:52
At the AAP HQ, Arvind Kejriwal addresses his supporters as rose petals rain on him. Thanking his supporters, he says, I thank the people of Delhi. We took the virtuous parth. The support we got is scary and it's a big responsibility on us. Ending his short thanksgiving speech, with a Bharat mata...
11:43
Arvind Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi Chief Minister on February 14th.
11:39
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken, who was the party's face in the Delhi polls, today resigned from the post, taking moral responsibility for the humiliating defeat at the hustings.He congratulated AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for his party's landslide victory and hoped he will fulfill all the...
11:36
In Nagpur, AAP workers celebrate, distribute sweets.AAP: 65, BJP: 4, CONG: 0, Others: 1
11:31
AAP's Kumar Vishwas tweets: Even if BJP gets less than 7 seats we will give LOP to BJP.
11:28
Yogendra Yadav, AAP's most erudite and loved senior leader at the party office.
11:26
Omar Abdullah @abdullah_omar tweets: Finally dear @BJP4India & @jkpdp can we PLEASE get a Govt in J&K now? You said wait for Delhi & we waited. Now we don't want to wait longer.
11:25
Omar Abdullah @abdullah_omar tweets: Wow, well done Delhi & well done @AamAadmiParty. Good luck to @ArvindKejriwal for the next 5 years. If there is lesson for the Congress in this it is that Modi & BJP aren't unbeatable if you take the fight to them, don't wait for mistakes.
11:21
Video: Kejriwal reveals his funny side by starring in YouTube comedy show. Watch
11:20
Kiran Bedi now leads by 900 votes margin.
11:19
A huge setback for BJP, we did not think of such huge defeat. The entire Congress vote shifted to AAP, this is the prime statistical reason, we'll analyze, Shudhanshu Trivedi, BJP.PM Modi tweets: Sure Delhi will develop under Kejriwal.
11:15
Abhinandan Sekhri tweets: And @AapYogendra arrives. Volunteers hugging him not letting him move.Shashi Tharoor tweets: Today is @AamAadmiParty 's day in Delhi. Congratulations @ArvindKejriwal . All the best in making India's capital a gr8place for all Indians
11:13
Cong's Shashi Tharoor tweets: INCIndia rejects @ajaymaken 's resignation. Rahul Gandhi must lead a youth revolution in Congress & Maken must be a vital part of it.
11:11
The AAP was leading in a staggering 66 seats in the 70-member assembly with its its nearest rival BJP far behind at a paltry 3 seats.Congress, which ruled the national capital for 15 years till December 2013, may not even open its account while the INLD was ahead in one seat. In an election that...
11:06
AAP's Bhagwant Mann says: PM congratulated Arvindji over phone, he accepted his wishes and is likely to see PM in next 2-3 days.
11:05
BJP senior leader Venkaiah Naidu on the AAP win: This is a Delhi election, not a referendum on the Central Government. Centre will extend full support to New Delhi govt. We hope they will be able to live up to expectations of people.
11:02
Ajay Maken resigns as Congress General Secretary, taking responsibility for the party's debacle in Delhi polls.
10:58
Ajay Maken who is trailing from the Sadar Bazar seat is likely to quit as Congress general secretary. I would like to congratulate Arvind Kejriwal and AAP-Ajay Maken. For the strengthening of democracy I hope he (Kejriwal) will fulfill the promises he has made to the people, Maken says. Pic:...
10:53
Outside the Congress party HQ. The Congress has not been able to manage a single seat. It's a huge and loud zero for the party.
10:50
So, will Arvind Kejriwal and PM Modi have charcha over chai? Looks like it. Arvind Kejriwal tweets PM: I wish to meet you as soon as possible.PM Modi to Arvind Kejriwal: Yes, we will meet for tea.AAP presently leading in 65 seats, BJP in 4 seats and INLD in 1 seat out of the 70 Delhi...
10:45
Kiran Bedi congratulates Kejriwal: Full marks to Arvind. Congratulations. Now take Delhi to the heights it belongs to. Make it a world class city.
10:39
Clearly, everybody loves a winner. Chetan Bhagat @chetan_bhagat tweets: In past, I didn't like some of AAP's actions,I made some unsavory comments in jest. Sorry.Clean slate now. Will be happiest if they perform.Click on the picture for a larger image. That's the BJP HQ at 10: 15 am today.
10:35
So, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is on course to script history as the party is headed towards a landslide victory with a clear lead in a staggering 62 seats in the 70-member assembly while its nearest rival BJP was ahead in only 07 seats. The Congress has so far notched a big zero....
10:31
Rumours of Ajay Maken resigning floating at Akbar Road, the Congress HQ.
10:31
Spoke to Arvind Kejriwal & congratulated him on the win. Assured him Centre's complete support in the development of Delhi: PM tweets
10:30
Gracious in defeat, Cong's Milind Deora tweets: Congrats & best wishes to AAP. Takeaway: if you introspect fearlessly & communicate consistently, a wave becomes a mere media narrative.
10:21
This what PM Narendra Modi told AAP chief and Delhi's next CM Arvind Kejriwal: Congratulations on the victory, we will work together
10:19
Anna Hazare, the man, who in effect created Arvind Kejriwal, says Delhi's CM in waiting should not forget the anti-corruption movement. Pic: A mooh-mitha moment for Kejriwal.
10:17
PM Modi calls Arvind Kejriwal to congratulate him on his win. Must have been a difficult call to make. Pic: AAP's Kumar Vishwas holds forth at the party HQ. It's a historical comeback for the party which everyone had written off after Kejriwal quit as CM in just 49 days.
10:14
We did not expect this at all: Manoj Tiwari (BJP).Journalist Rahul Pandita tells us why in this tweet: This is a vote against self pinstripe. This is a vote against juvenile ads. This is a vote against arrogance.
10:12
Arvind Kejriwal is still gracious in victory and refuses to criticise his opponent Kiran Bedi (who is losing her Krishna Nagar seat) who had no qualms about doing so throughout the campaign trail. She has called him extremely negative and opportunistic.
10:08
On Twitter: The joke in the BJP HQ is that at least Modi's Congress Mukt Bharat dream has come true.
10:06
Arvind Kejriwal tells NDTV: This is a people's victory. I am the people's CM. Ending bribery is my priority. I will end VIP culture. I was not nervous.
10:03
It's double celebrations for AAP's Kumar Vishwas, who was the party's Lok Sabha candidate from Amethi. As heads to form government in Delhi, Vishwas brings in his birthday but the icing on the cake is telling: Not happy birthday, but 5 Saal Kejriwal. Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia flank Kumar...
10:03
Winning is only half the game, sustaining victory and delivering the promises is really the end game: Shazia Ilmi.Cries of Paanch Saal Kejriwal as AAP set to form govt in Delhi. Magical atmosphere AAP: 69, BJP: 9, Cong: 0, Others: 1
09:59
AAP's Somnath Bharti leading from Malviya Nagar, BJP's Dr Nandanin Sharma trailing.
09:53
'Well done to you. All my best wishes. We are very happy', says Mamata Banerjee in her congratulatory tweet.
09:51
And as expected a losing Congress party calls out to Priyanka Gandhi with Priyanka lao desh bacha' slogans in front of the empty party HQ. Click on the picture for a larger image
09:48
Kejriwal leads by 3493 votes over BJP's Nupur Sharma, Cong Kiran Walia far 3rd at 307 votes. In Greater Kailash President's daughter and Cong's candidate Sharmishtha Mukherjee trails at third place with 911 votes. Leads so far: AAP: 57, BJP 11 CONG 1 OTHERS 1
09:43
AAP's Sharad Chauhan was leading in Narela. AAP was also leading in Mehrauli, Kasturba Nagar and Jangpur. With early leads giving the party a considerable lead, hundreds of AAP supporters broke into celebrations and raised slogans '5 saal Kejriwal'. Every lead projected on the massive LCD screen...
09:40
AAP leader and former Minister Manish Sisodia was leading in Patparganj seat in East Delhi against ex-AAP MLA and BJP candidate Vinod Kumar Binny. BJP's Jagdish Mukhi was ahead in Janakpuri. Former AAP minister Sourav Bhardwaj was leading from Greater Kailash where Congress' had fielded President...
09:40
Even as the Aam Aadmi Party was tearing away to a spectacular victory in Delhi, Bharatiya Janata Party's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi said the defeat was hers and that the results were not a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Agar haar hui to meri, jeet hui to leadership ki...
09:36
Chetan Bhagat tweets: Modi for PM. Arvind for CM. Finally twitter gets what it always wanted in the first place anyway.
09:35
Madhu Kishwar tweets: More important than Delhi humiliating defeat is widespread sentiment amg BJP leaders& cadres dt BJPhigh command deserves this electoral snub.
09:32
Ramachandra Guha: When @AapYogendra said AAP would get 50 seats people thought it was the partisan in him speaking. In fact, it may have been the psephologist
09:31
Congress says it's clearly a victory for AAP. AAP's SK Bagga leading from Krishna Nagar, Kiran Bedi trailing, margin above 1000 votesSubramanian Swamy tweets: Time for introspection, reality check and course correction for the sake of the nation. Tripod mention in tweets has to be re...
09:26
AAP: 50 BJP:10 CONG:1 OTHERS:0AAP's Alka lamba leading from Chandni Chowk, Congress's Parlad Singh Sawhney trailing by 2755AAP's Kapil Mishra leading from Karawal Nagar,BJP's Mohan Singh Bisht trailing by 1852 votes.AAP chief and Delhi's next CM, Arvind Kejriwal, watches the results coming in...
09:20
Aam Aadmi Party's Rakhi Birla starts with a huge lead from Mongolpuri, AAP's Jarnail Singh leading from Tilak Nagar. AAP's Fateh Singh leading from Gokalpur.Rakhi Birla was the youngest and only woman minister in the Kejriwal government. And Jarnail Singh? He is the journalist who threw a...
09:14
BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain is in denial: We will definitely form our govt under Kiran-ji's leadership.
09:13
BJP's Jagdish Mukhi leading from Janak Puri AAP's Ajay Dutt leading in Ambedkar NagarMS Dhir, speaker in AAP govt, now BJP candidate frm Jangpura trails Congress's Ajay Maken trailing by 3436 votes in DelhiAAP's Ajay Dutt leading from Ambedkar Nagar AAP's Naresh Yadav leading in Mehrauli
09:07
Barkha Dutt tweets from outside the AAP office: Balloons and festivities at the @AamAadmiParty & me trying hard be heard above the Paanch Saal Kejriwal singing!
09:06
Kiran Bedi when asked, is your loss a referendum on Modi, replies, Delhi is standalone. It's a tennis match, an election match. One team has to win.
09:03
As trends begin to coming pointing to an AAP win, Kiran Bedi says that if she loses she will take responsibility. That's precisely what Kejriwal has been saying, that the BJP will use her as a fall guy. Kejriwal has always remained civil while commenting on his opponent and former colleague in...
08:57
AAP's Manish Sisodia says the party is confident of forming government in Delhi.
08:56
AAP leading in initial count at Seelampur, babarpur, ghonda, Karawal Nagar.AAP: 25 BJP: 12 CONG: 3 OTHERS: 1Pic: That's AAP's Kumar Vishwas and showman Raghu Ram
08:51
Latest comments from all the three parties.AAP: Yogendra Yadav says David likely to defeat GoliathBJP: Latest trends worrying. Cong: Ajay Maken says Congress doing better than what the exit polls said. But Maken is trailing from the Sadar Bazar street constituency. BJP's Vinod Kumar Binny trails....
08:41
The BJP says it did its best and hopes for a positive outcome. The assembly election, held for the second time in little over one year, has been largely a direct contest between BJP and a resurgent AAP which has put up a tough fight under Arvind Kejriwal's leadership.The BJP strongly...
08:38
Vijender Gupta of the BJP says, People want a stable Govt in Delhi, confident that BJP will form Govt.
08:38
And that's another picture of the Congress HQ in Delhi. Will the Congress be as much of an also-ran as the Ambassador car parked there?
08:34
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal this morning, urged the people of the national capital to pray for a decisive verdict in the Delhi Assembly polls.All the very best Delhiites. Do pray. Prayers are v powerful, he tweeted.Five out of seven exit polls have predicted that the AAP may...
08:31
A record 67.14 per cent turnout was recorded in the polls on Saturday in which a total of 673 candidates. Polling had taken place at 12,177 polling stations, of which 714 have been identified as critical. Of these, 191 are highly critical. The BJP, which is out of power in Delhi for the last 16...
08:28
Unless figures change, first trends show that the fight is between BJP and AAP. Congress is rapidly becoming a footnote of Delhi's electoral story. Much of what the exit polls said. That's what the exit polls say. Click on the picture for a larger image.
08:25
The Delhi Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for counting of the ballots which will take place in 14 centres across the city under tight security.All the exit polls have given AAP a decisive edge over BJP with one of them giving it as high as 53 seats in the 70-member House.The...
08:23
Early leads: BJP 3, AAP 8, Cong 2.
08:22
First bytes from Sanjay Kaul of the BJP: Kumar Vishwas par patani kisko vishwas hai, humein to nahi hai.
08:21
The Delhi Assembly elections could yield three results. Some opinion polls give the Aam Aadmi Party a majority in the 70-seat Assembly, while other polls favour the Bharatiya Janata Party. Some pollsters have also looked at the illegal betting market. Last time I checked (Friday...
08:13
From his residence in Kaushambi, Arvind Kejriwal leaves for the Patel Nagar office.
08:11
Good morning and welcome to the live commentary on the Delhi polls. Counting begins today for the closely-watched assembly elections. Counting of votes for the high-profile Delhi Assembly polls in which Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party are locked in a direct fight are likely to be...
04:05
European Union foreign ministers threatened sanctions on Monday against spoilers who obstruct efforts by the United Nations to halt fighting inLibya.Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed revolt ousted Muammar Gaddafi nearly four years ago, with rival governments allied...
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Claims that banking giant HSBC helped rich clients dodge tax started a political firefight in Britain as the main parties sought to blame each other for not acting. Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives appointed former HSBC chief executive Stephen Green to the House of Lords in 2010,...
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Suspected members of Boko Haram kidnapped 20 people from a bus in northern Cameroon, then executed 12 of them. The kidnapping occurred on Sunday and all of the survivors have since been released, yesterday a resident said, on condition of anonymity, whose wife was among those abducted. An...
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Amid conflicting signals from federal courts and the chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court, some Alabama counties began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday in a legal showdown with echoes of the battles over desegregation in the 1960s.In major county seats like...
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US President Barack Obama today said he has sharp differences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the nuclear peace negotiations with Iran, asserting he wants to give diplomacy a chance before thinking about other options which are not attractive for either America or Israel. I...
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Four days after a CBI court granted bail to suspended IPS officer P P Pandey in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, Gujarat government today revoked his suspension and reinstated him in service. The state government has revoked the suspension order of P P Pandey and appointed him on the vacant...
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Criminal cases have been registered against VHP leader Praveen Togadia and organisers of 'Hindu Virat Samavesha' for allegedly violating prohibitory orders issued by Bengaluru Police Commissioner M N Reddi. We have booked one criminal case against Togadia and cases against the...
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The US is examining the possibility of arming Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons President Barack Obama said today but insisted that no decision in this regard had been made yet. It is true that if, in fact, diplomacy fails, what I've asked my team to do is to look at all options. What...
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