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‘No tickets to criminal candidates’

Ahead of the Assembly polls in Delhi, some Congress MLAs and many MLA aspirants are in trouble as the party’s state unit chief on Monday declared that he will follow Rahul Gandhi’s instruction of zero tolerance against applicants with criminal cases. “We will avoid candidates with criminal background and also we will try not to give ticket to any parachute candidate,” DPCC chief Mr J.P. Aggrwal said.

08 Oct 2013 12:34 AM

Sehwag kin, Daler seek party tickets

Around 1,600 candidature forms for the upcoming Assembly elections have been submitted at the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee office till late Sunday evening. Though the last date for submission of forms was announced for October 6, but it is expected that more forms can be submitted by Monday. During the last Assembly polls, around 2,000 people had sought party tickets.

07 Oct 2013 12:07 AM

EC plans 2 mascots to replace ‘Pappu’ used in last elections

In a bid to ensure a good turnout in the upcoming Assembly elections, the Delhi Election Commission plans to come up with two mascots. Unlike the earlier version of “Pappu”, the mascots will be inspirational ones for male and female voters.

04 Oct 2013 11:54 PM

A child pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 144th birth anniversary at Rajghat in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Poll dates may be announced Oct. 5

The Election Commission is likely to announce dates for the Delhi Assembly elections, including four other states, on October 5.

03 Oct 2013 10:15 AM

Parvez Hashmi plans to join fray for Okhla ticket

Factionalism resurfaced once again in the city Congress as Rajya Sabha MP Parvez Hashmi expressed his earnest desire to contest from the Okhla Assembly constituency in the coming elections.

01 Oct 2013 11:34 AM

Sheila passes buck up or down: Modi

Giving a major boost to Delhi BJP’s Assembly poll campaign at a massive rally in the Japanese Park, Rohini, on Sunday, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate and star campaigner Narendra Modi launched a st

30 Sep 2013 10:54 AM

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit arrives to present the annual budget in the Assembly in New Delhi on Wednesday. — ASIAN AGE

Poll year brings tax-free budget, sops

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit presented an election-friendly `37,450-crore Budget in the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday with no new taxes imposed on Delhiites.

21 Mar 2013 9:39 AM

Dikshit: Police must ensure citizens’ safety

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday said the Delhi police must ensure that the people in the city feel safer. When asked about her remarks over the action taken on senior police officials for their alleged irresponsible behaviour in the gangrape case of paramedic student, she, however, maintained that she is nobody to comment on that.

29 Dec 2012 12:20 AM