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TopicDelhi elections 2025

Topic: Delhi elections 2025

Delhi govt portfolios: CM Rekha Gupta keeps finance, vigilance, Kapil Mishra gets law, Parvesh Verma PWD

A senior BJP leader said the party accommodated two Purvanchali ministers in Delhi cabinet keeping in mind the Bihar elections later this year.

No level-playing field between BJP and Opposition. Democracies don’t function like this

India's Opposition is being asked to perform the herculean task of not only taking on a resourceful and ruthless BJP but also fending off a battery of institutions that serve only one side.

The centrepiece to BJP’s Delhi win: a slogan that vanished after Lok Sabha polls

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Fact check: Delhi Metro fare has not been increased after polls. 2017 report is viral

DMRC posted a clarification on X that the fares have not been revised. Claims made on social media are false.

Delhi gets its freedom—from mismanagement, false promises, drama, and a corrupt leader

Delhi elections 2025: On 5 February, I wished for a Viksit Delhi. I am pleased to see that Delhi will no longer be left behind.

Don’t misdiagnose AAP defeat in Delhi election results. It will be fatal to democracy

Without the BJP’s power grab, none of AAP’s shortcomings would have cost it its majority in Delhi.

Delhi’s Muslim voters didn’t abandon AAP. Party fell short of perfect score due to vote-cutter AIMIM

BJP won Mustafabad, but it was courtesy AIMIM which emerged as a vote cutter. While AAP had Muslim candidates in five seats, Congress had six such candidates.

Delhi election results show voters won’t live without ideas, ideology for long

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

A lotus brooms in Delhi & DOGE-ing free speech

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Delhi poll result isn’t just Brand Kejriwal losing sheen. BJP stepping out of Modi shadow too

The BJP's victory in the Delhi Assembly election 2025 is another sign that the party is readying up well for the post-Modi era.

On Camera

There’s a simple reason why Friends still works—absurdity of adulthood is timeless

In recent years, saying goodbye to the show has become an unfortunate ritual. Now, with the death of James Burrows, another important figure behind the show's legacy is gone.

India’s Russian oil imports set to hit all-time high this month, ahead of Iran crude comeback

Kpler data shows India's Russian oil imports are on track to reach 2.25 mbpd in June 2026, as prospects of Iranian crude returning to India grow after US-Iran agreement.

SMPP partners with Europe’s KNDS to build loitering munitions in India amid growing military demand

Under the agreement, the loitering munitions will be offered to the Indian Army as part of efforts to address what the companies described as an ‘urgent requirement’.

Why many parties break up when out of power and some don’t

Ideology keeps parties together, or the glue of power. Without either, you face the ongoing defections at an industrial scale.