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MP Parvesh Verma’s hate speeches backfire, BJP set to lose all 10 seats in his constituency

BJP had fielded prominent candidates Tajinder Bagga, Rajiv Babbar and Ashish Sood from seats in MP Parvesh Verma's West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.

Mulayam Singh asks about Farooq Abdullah’s release in Lok Sabha, Speaker doesn’t raise issue

Farooq Abdullah was charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in September 2019 and has been under house arrest since 5 August.

Saurabh Bharadwaj to retain Greater Kailash for AAP, takes decisive lead over BJP rival

After initial trends started coming in, Saurabh Bharadwaj tweeted that BJP insulted Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and 'hard work of schoolchildren'.

Why Arvind Kejriwal shouldn’t start fantasising again about becoming PM

People outside Delhi have stopped taking Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP seriously. Party secured less than 1% vote in each of the last six assembly elections, lesser than NOTA.

Celebrations begin as AAP’s Raghav Chadha takes strong lead in Rajinder Nagar

Raghav Chadha, one of AAP's youngest candidates, had lost the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from South Delhi constituency.

Five reasons why Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP is set to sweep Delhi again

Latest trends show Delhi voters have preferred AAP’s governance model over BJP’s polarising narrative. ThePrint lists 5 reasons that helped AAP return to power.

AAP secures Trinagar, Shalimar Bagh constituencies with comfortable majority

AAP's Preeti Tomar won the Tri Nagar seat by 12,000 votes, while Bandana Kumari won the Shalimar Bagh seat by a margin of 800 votes.

Congress gamble doesn’t pay off, Alka Lamba set to lose Chandni Chowk

Congress pitted former AAP MLA Alka Lamba against AAP’s Parlad Singh Sawhney and Suman Kumar Gupta of BJP.

Image makeover, freebies work for AAP as Arvind Kejriwal heads for third term as Delhi CM

CM Arvind Kejriwal is set to secure another win for AAP from New Delhi seat, where he heralded his entry into politics defeating predecessor Sheila Dikshit in 2013.

Rahul Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi… 5 reasons Congress sank in Delhi

Congress’ third consecutive abysmal performance in Delhi assembly elections has its roots in a directionless, uninspiring top leadership.

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Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.

Indian airlines are on path to capture 50% of market for international travel to & from the country

Adding new routes and more aircraft, Indian airlines are now looking to cash in on the post-pandemic surge in international travellers.

Retired Indian Army Colonel working with UN killed in Rafah, Israel orders probe

Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’. 

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.