In a huge blow to the Congress and the Sheila Dikshit government in the capital, the BJP won the Delhi civic polls, sweeping all the three municipal corporations of Delhi. Capitalising on issues of corruption and price rise, the BJP trumped the Congress to retain its hold in the Delhi municipal polls winning North and East Corporations and is set to capture South where it has emerged as the single-largest group.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are locked in a bitter fight to control the three civic bodies in the national capital. The BJP is leading in all the three civic bodies – South Delhi, North Delhi and East Delhi.
Polling began for the Delhi municipal elections on Sunday morning as large number of police personnel kept tight vigil over the city to ensure that the nine-and-a-half-hour long exercise go without any untoward incident.
The much talked about and widely anticipated Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill may not get cleared in the current Budget Session of Parliament, since the government is getting cold in the wake of the Union Government running into opposition from the states on a host of issues, including the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre and Lokpal Bill.
At a time when police-population ratio is abnormally low, 16,800 VIPs across the country had more than 50,000 security personnel to guard them, nearly double the actually allotted strength.
Two militants of HuJI including its dreaded commander made a dramatic escape from police custody near Patnitop while they were being driven from Kishtwar to Udhampur to attend a court case.
Investment from South Korea is a “priority” for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, adding that the government was taking “proactive” steps improve the business climate and move forward with the Posco mega steel plant project in Orissa.
With help from the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and ally Trinamool Congress, the government Tuesday defeated the opposition backed amendments on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Rajya Sabha despite lacking majority in the house.
Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy took oath as the new Railway Minister on Tuesday at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Roy replaced Dinesh Trivedi, who had to resign as the Railway Minister after pressure from the Trinamool Congress over hike in passenger fares in the Rail Budget presented by him.
Polling for by-elections to seven Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh started this morning amid tight security.
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