After an initial lead on many seats and continued suspense at poll centres, only 8 BJP candidates were able to emerge victorious from their respective constituencies as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept almost two-third seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly.Among eight candidates, two BJP sitting MLAs- Vijender Gupta and OP Sharma were comfortably able to retain their seats.Gupta defeated AAP's Rajesh Nama Bansiwala by a margin of 12,648 votes while OP Sharma won against Deepak Singla from by 16,457 votes.Jagdish Pradhan, who was among three BJP MLAs who won 2015 polls along with Gupta and Sharma, l

The counting of votes for 70 seats of the Delhi Assembly will begin amid tight security today at 8 am. According to Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ranbir Singh, the counting of votes will take place at 21 centres. There will be a dedicated hall for every assembly constituency. A tight security net has been put in place to ensure the counting of votes takes place in a peaceful manner. Over 670 candidates are in the fray for 70 seats at stake in the country's capital. As much as 62.59 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Delhi on February 8, when the elections were held in a single-pha

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday questioned as to why the Election Commission (EC) has still not released the final voter turnout for the Delhi Assembly elections. "Absolutely shocking. What is EC doing? Why are they not releasing poll turnout figures, several hours after polling?" the Chief Minister said in a tweet. The polling for 70-seat of Delhi Assembly took place on Saturday. The counting for votes will be done on February 11. Delhi recorded a voter turnout of over 61 per cent in the hard-fought Assembly election with the polling having picked up pace in the evening on Satu

A 110-year-old woman is Delhi's oldest voter. She is ready to cast her vote in Delhi's Assembly elections. As per the newly introduced system, the lady will be able to vote from the comfort of her home by using the postal ballot system by including her name in absentee voter list. She is an inspiring figure for the youth to exercise the right to vote. Delhi will vote on February 08, while the result will be declared on February 11.

A Haryana court on Friday awarded death sentence to a personal security officer (PSO) for murdering Additional Sessions Judge Krishna Kant Sharma's son and wife in the year 2018. Additional Sessions Judge Sudheer Parmar awarded death sentence to PSO Mahipal. A case was registered against him under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including murder, giving false information, etc and several relevant sections of the Arms Act. The statements of as many as 64 witnesses were recorded in connection with the case which went on for over two years and five months. The PSO of Additional

Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal said Home Minister should not do politics with the security of the country after pictures of Shaheen Bagh shooter Kapil Gujjar came out with AAP leaders. "I don't know about his political connection but he deserves tough punishment. And, if by chance he is anyhow connected to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), double his punishment. There should not be any compromise with the security of the country. I would also like to tell same to our Home Minister that he should not do politics with the security of the country. He brought his police in front of media exactly b

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann on Monday said that voters in Delhi will vote for 'Vikas' (development) and not for 'Vinash' (destruction) in the ensuing assembly elections. "The statement of Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister) on 'Kanwariyas' is a part of hatred politics of the BJP," Mann told ANI, adding that politics of polarisation is not good for Delhi. "People in Delhi have decided that they will vote for 'Vikas' and not 'Vinash'. AAP has requested the Election Commission to put a ban on Adityanath from campaigning," he added. On being asked whether there will any impac

The Anti-Evasion wing of Central Tax has busted a major racket by arresting one person, who was allegedly issuing fake invoices without actual supply of goods and thereafter availing of the input tax credit. In a statement on Monday, the Central Tax department said the arrested person has been identified as Daya Shankar Khushwah, who was having two different PAN cards, with which he had created 14 firms. He has been accused of creating fake invoicing of Rs 1,200 crore involving fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs 124 crore, using a network of 49 shell companies. In all, the accused had cr

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her second Union Budget earlier today. The union budget 2020-21 was presented today in Parliament eyeing to energies the economy of India through a combination of short-term, medium-term, and long term measures. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the citizens of Delhi had high expectations from the Union Budget but instead they received stepmotherly treatment. "The people of Delhi had huge expectations from the Budget but instead received stepmotherly treatment. Delhi is not in BJP's priority list, then why should the citizens of