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CBI launches massive crackdown on builders and banks over homebuyer fraud in NCR

CBI conducted searches at 47 locations across NCR, across Delhi Gurugram, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad. Various incriminating documents and some electronic evidences have been seized during the searches.

Govt approves transmission network for biggest hydropower plant on Indus river system

The approval was notified in a record 40 days. The government usually takes several months to issue such clearances for hydropower projects, a ministry official said.

Oyo to foray into F&B business through in-house kitchens, QSR across company-serviced hotels

OYO said it will offer guests at its hotels in-house kitchen services, to order meals via online platforms, including OTAs and the official app.

Power Watch | Officials say enough power to meet Delhi's summer demand, but overload and local failures a key risk

Delhi’s peak power demand is expected to cross last year's record this summer, and the state government is preparing for network overload and other local factors. A Tata Power-DDL spokesperson said dedicated round-the-clock teams have been set up to attend breakdown and for supply restoration.

Atishi appointed as Delhi's first woman Leader of Opposition

The BJP established the government on Wednesday, appointing Rekha Gupta, the Shalimar Bagh MLA, as Delhi's chief minister, making her the fourth woman to hold the role in the city. Meanwhile, Atishi was appointed as the Leader of Opposition at AAP's legislative meeting today.

Mission Clean Yamuna: Can Delhi CM Rekha Gupta fulfil her party's promise?

Hours after taking oath as Delhi’s chief minister and before her first cabinet meeting, Rekha Gupta headed to a Yamuna ghat to perform an 'aarti' with her cabinet colleagues, sending a clear signal that rejuvenating the toxic river will be a top priority for the BJP. The party has come to power in the national capital after 27 years.

Delhi cabinet gives nod to Ayushman Bharat scheme, to table CAG reports in Assembly

The BJP’s Ayushman Bharat program aims to provide comprehensive healthcare, encompassing preventive, curative, and palliative aspects.

USAID funding row: Trump's remark reaffirms PM Modi's foreign interference claim during LS polls, says BJP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has aligned himself with global networks seeking to undermine India's strategic and geopolitical interests while "acting as a tool for foreign agencies", alleged BJP's IT department head Amit Malviya, targeting the grand old party following the US president's remarks.

Caste calculus to Nari Shakti and more: Modi's Delhi choices tick many boxes for BJP

On Thursday, Rekha Gupta was sworn in as the ninth chief minister of Delhi.

Who is Rekha Gupta? Student politics to administration- tracing Delhi CM's political journey

Rekha Gupta is a seasoned BJP leader with a long political career rooted in student leadership. Currently serving as the General Secretary of Delhi BJP, the 50-year-old has previously been the National Vice President of BJP’s Mahila Morcha. She won the Shalimar Bagh (North-West) seat in the 2025 Delhi Assembly Election with 68,200 votes.

Delhi gets Rekha Gupta as fourth woman CM as BJP banks on 'mahila power'

Rekha Gupta, MLA from Shalimar Bagh, is appointed Delhi's Chief Minister by BJP after a decisive win in the 2025 elections, becoming the fourth woman to hold the post.

From Kejriwal to Rajnath Singh: Here's how leaders reacted to BJP's new Delhi CM pick Rekha Gupta

Currently serving as the General Secretary of Delhi BJP, the 50-year-old has previously been the National Vice President of BJP’s Mahila Morcha. She won the Shalimar Bagh (North-West) seat in the 2025 Delhi Assembly Election with 68,200 votes.

Who will be new Delhi CM? BJP legislative party meeting on February 19

The BJP is set to appoint observers for holding talks with the newly elected party MLAs as the process to finalise the new chief minister of Delhi.

Who will be the new Delhi CM? BJP legislative party to meet tomorrow

The BJP is set to appoint observers for holding talks with the newly elected party MLAs as the process to finalise the new chief minister of Delhi.

Delhi Elections 2025: Will AAP lose its status as National Party after electoral defeat?

BJP comes to power in Delhi after 27 years, winning 48 seats out of 70. What does AAP's heavy loss mean for its national party status?

'How many MLAs in Delhi’: Bhagwant Mann jabs Congress on 'Punjab MLAs exodus' claim

Mann's remarks came after a meeting with AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal today, which took place just days after AAP's crushing defeat in the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections.

AAP lost the plot in women, Purvanchali and Jat dominated areas

The party, which ruled Delhi for over 10 years, could maintain its hold in SC and Muslim dominated seats

BJP's Virendra Sachdeva on Delhi CM face: 'Party brass will decide at right time'

Our focus was on 52 assembly seats, which we won in the Lok Sabha. I thought if the same people were voting for us in the Lok Sabha election, then why were they not voting for us in the Vidhan Sabha, says the Delhi BJP chief.

Who will be BJP's Delhi CM pick? A look at the frontrunners and factors at play

Several BJP leaders are in contention for the chief ministerial post, including Parvesh Verma, the giant killer who defeated Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi and Manoj Tiwari, the former Delhi BJP president.

Delhi results: ‘You lost due to curse of Yamuna Maa’, LG VK Saxena tells Atishi

Saxena also reminded Atishi that he had previously warned former CM Arvind Kejriwal about the 'curse of Yamuna' after the Supreme Court stopped a project to clean the river.

Lotus blooms in capital after 27 years, but who will occupy AAP’s space in future?

The defeat in Delhi puts a question mark over the future, not only of AAP, but of the INDIA political bloc

How Yamuna controversy sank AAP in Delhi

AAP’s losses were not just limited to the Yamuna belt. The party suffered a significant decline in rural and semi-urban areas, particularly in outer Delhi, where BJP flipped 10 seats that AAP had won in 2020.

Arvind Kejriwal meets newly elected AAP MLAs, asks them to work for people

Arvind Kejriwal directed the newly elected MLAs to serve the people and solve their problems, she said

JP Nadda meets Amit Shah as BJP gets down to picking new Delhi CM

BJP's strong performance across all regions and communities in the polls has left the party with a wide pool of potential chief ministerial candidates

Swati Maliwal tears into Atishi’s victory dance amid AAP's poll debacle: 'What shamelessness!'

In the video, Atishi, who secured the Kalkaji seat by defeating BJP’s Bidhuri with a margin of 3,521 votes, was seen dancing with her supporters.

Four trends, one big impact: How Owaisi's AIMIM played its part in Delhi election

There are 11 assembly seats in Delhi where Muslim voters play a decisive role. In all these constituencies, voter turnout exceeded 55 per cent, with most seats witnessing over 60 per cent polling.

A historic win for BJP in Delhi; will be remembered more for AAP’s debacle

It was PM Modi’s cabinet initiative that a new pay commission was announced by the Cabinet and secondly, the rebates on IT returns announced in the Budget 2025 played its part in swaying the middle class towards the BJP.

Country doesn't need 'politics of deceit and foolishness': PM Modi slams AAP, Cong in victory speech

He said the people of Delhi have "short-circuited the politics of short-cuts" and asserted that the mandate has made it clear that there's no space for corruption and lies in politics.

'Under Rahul Gandhi's leadership, party achieved ...': BJP takes dig as Congress draws blank in Delhi elections

Training his guns on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said people have again given a big message to the party and it has secured a "double hat-trick" in the national capital.

BJP's Chandrabhanu Paswan defeats SP candidate by over 61,000 votes in Milkipur bypoll

While Paswan, 38, polled over 1.46 lakh votes, his nearest rival Samajwadi Party's Ajit Prasad, 42, garnered 84,687 votes, it said.

Delhi polls: Congress stole more votes than winning margin in 14 seats

AAP on Saturday was restricted to 22 seats, 14 short of forming a majority. While the party increased its vote share from 4.26 per cent in 2020 to over six per cent in 2025, it failed to win even a single seat for third consecutive term

Win-win for BJP; curtains for Kejriwal

A hard fought victory in Delhi and a resounding one in UP’s Milkipur bypoll have wholly overturned the political mood of June 2024. Three successive state assembly victories have increased BJP’s relative strength in Indian politics and diminished the bargaining capacity of its NDA allies

Delhi poll results not vindication of PM Modi's policies but referendum on Kejriwal: Congress

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the assembly election results reflected nothing more than a referendum on Kejriwal and AAP

Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi's ballpoint and muffler 'aam aadmi' who penned a political dream

That was 2013. Twelve years later, that dream of being a pan-India party and a national level leader is beginning to come undone for the bureaucrat-activist who chose to become a politician – not by joining an established party but starting his own from ground up.

Arvind Kejriwal to be Punjab CM? State Congress chief's forecast for AAP chief after Delhi rout

Aam Aadmi Party had trounced the Congress in 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections as it won 90 out of 117 seats in the Punjab State Assembly.

The big winners and losers of Delhi elections

While BJP was the ultimate winner of this year's first electoral battle, the Aam Aadmi Party, and the INDIA bloc by extension, emerged as the big loser.

Delhi: Left candidates poll fewer votes than NOTA

Among the Left parties, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had fielded candidates from Karawal Nagar and Badarpur, the Communist Party of India (CPI) was in the fray from Vikaspuri and Palam, and the CPI(ML) Liberation contested the Narela and Kondli seats.

Highest and lowest victory margins in Delhi: From 42,724 to 344 votes

AAP candidate Aaley Mohammed Iqbal won by a margin of 42,724 votes in Matia Mahal. He was pitted against BJP’s Deepti Indora and Congress leader Asim Ahmed Khan.

AAP's Delhi decimation: What next for Arvind Kejriwal?

Arvind Kejriwal now has to navigate personal legal challenges while preventing the party he founded from drifting away from his hands.

Could a 'united' INDIA bloc have performed better against BJP in Delhi? Here's what MC analysis shows

MC Analysis shows that in 14 seats won by the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party combined had higher votes, but two plus two rarely makes four in Indian politics

Academic, unlikely politician Atishi weathers the BJP storm

Atishi retained Kalkaji seat, defeating her BJP rival and former MP Ramesh Bidhuri by a margin of 3,521 seats. It was a tough fight with Bidhuri leading in the initial rounds of counting

Delhi results: Why a win in the national capital is critical for BJP and PM Modi

After a 27-year exile, the BJP is set to storm back to power in Delhi, ‘sweeping’ out the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after a decade-long reign and unseating top leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia.

Sheesh Mahal row, liquor policy case and more: 5 factors that led to AAP's downfall in capital

On September 17, 2024, Kejriwal had stepped down from the post of Delhi Chief Minister saying that he would return to power only if people of Delhi give him ‘certificate of honesty.’

Big takeaways from Delhi election results: How BJP broke through Kejri-wall

BJP has reclaimed the national capital after a long gap of 27 years, dealing a body blow to Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP which has failed to form the government in Delhi for the first time since its formation.

Winds of change in Delhi: Will air quality also improve after BJP's stunning comeback?

In its manifesto, the BJP promised substantial reduction in air pollution. In its final part of 'Viksit Delhi, Sankalp Patra 2025', the party vowed to reduce PM2.5 and PM10 levels by half in the next five years if voted to power.

Delhi predictions: Face-saver for pollsters as exit polls finally get it right

Delhi polls results are in line with predictions of the exit polls which indicated a clear victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 5 February

Delhi CM Selection News Live: BJP seeks time from LG for meeting newly elected MLAs ahead of govt formation

Delhi CM Selection News Live: The BJP is likely to stake its claim to form the government next week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from his foreign visit, as per party sources.

Delhi results: Three AAP ministers win amid string of losses for senior party leaders

Gopal Rai, Mukesh Ahlawat and Imran Hussain, who were ministers in the Delhi government, secured victories from Babarpur, Sultanpur Majra, and Ballimaran, respectively, amid what is likely to be a string of losses for senior leaders of the party

'People voted for change': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after Congress draws blank in Delhi election

My congratulations to all those who have won. For the rest of us, it just means we have to work harder, stay there, be on the ground, says the Congress leader.