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Monday, October 27, 2025
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Topic: MCD elections

MCD House adjourned till tomorrow as AAP, BJP councillors clash

BJP protested against Mayor Shelly Oberoi’s decision to allow members to carry mobile phones during MCD polls, AAP accused it of resorting to ‘hooliganism’ because of its defeat.

With MCD deputy mayor candidate Aaley Iqbal, AAP’s Muslim voter outreach in Delhi

The selection of Iqbal, a councillor from Chandni Mahal ward, is being seen as a political message to the Muslim voters who shifted towards the Congress in the recent MCD elections.  

AAP’s ‘double-engine’ win in Delhi is no cause for celebration. TMC example shows why

To understand the link between TMC’s political domination and discharge of duty by KMC councillors, we surveyed 20 Kolkata wards from September 2021-March 2022.

Imagine if Delhi held assembly polls today. Going by MCD results, BJP’s seats could triple

Extrapolating MCD data shows AAP will lose Patparganj & Kalkaji to BJP if assembly election is held. Unfair to compare civic polls with assembly or Lok Sabha elections, says AAP. 

Broom sweeps capital, leaves lotus in the (literal) dust & why astrologers hate pollsters

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

Cleanliness, ‘non performance’ top issues for voters in high-stakes Delhi civic poll

This is the first municipal election in Delhi since the reunification of three municipal corporations earlier this year. The BJP has held on to power in the MCD for 15 years.

Where is India’s politics headed? Just wait for the result of 2022 Delhi civic body polls

AAP can win the 2022 MCD election even if the BJP manages to hold on to a large section of its 2017 vote share. Here's how.

As BJP, AAP bet on star power & big issues in MCD polls, Congress goes low-key with local focus

In absence of star campaigners, Congress candidates are relying on 'ward-specific manifestos' & Bharat Jodo Yatra to garner votes. Local election requires local leaders, they claim.

Expressways to underpasses, Gadkari’s MCD poll pitch for BJP focusses on his ministry’s work

At a rally held in Delhi Wednesday, Union minister for road transport & highways Nitin Gadkari focussed on his ministry’s schemes to woo voters in order to retain BJP's hold over MCD.

MCD polls: BJP targets AAP’s slum & middle-class vote bank, promises better homes, facilities

The polls to a unified Delhi civic body are slated for 4 December; votes will be counted on the 7th.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.