Assembly Elections 2013

• Ghaziabad: Five cops waited for 24 hours to guard Arvind Kejriwal, who again said 'No Thanks'

  For nearly 24 hours, five police officers have been parked near Arvind Kejriwal's home, wondering just how exactly they're meant to protect the man who has flatly refused any security cover.

• 74% people wanted us to form government, says AAP: Full statement

  Arvind Kejriwal will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi. He said this morning that his Aam Aadmi Party or AAP will form government in Delhi with external support from the Congress, after overwhelming approval from the public in a referendum conducted over the last few days.

• Delhi: Decision on government formation by tomorrow morning, says Arvind Kejriwal

  The Aam Aadmi Party said today that the final announcement on whether it will form a government in Delhi will be made tomorrow after the party gets the opinion of Delhiites.

• Delhi election: Fresh from debut, first political test for Arvind Kejriwal's AAP

  A loud and resounding 'yes' erupts from the crowd of 50 people who have gathered at the RK Puram sector park in Delhi as Shahzia Ilmi, the AAP candidate from the area, asks them if the party should take Congress support and form the government in the national capital.

• Vasundhara Raje distributes portfolios, retains 46 ministries

  Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today retained 46 ministries as she alloted portfolios of Rural Development and Panchayti Raj, Health and Mines among her Cabinet ministers.

• Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje inducts cabinet ministers

  Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today inducted a group of ministers into her cabinet. The Governor administered oath to the ministers at a ceremony at Raj Bhawan.

• Assembly polls results: BJP wins Churu seat; final tally at 163 of 200 in Rajasthan

  BJP today won the Churu seat, taking the party's tally to 163 out of 200 Assembly seats in Rajasthan.

• Delhi polls effect: 180 Punekars sign up as Aam Aadmis in 2 hours

  After a dynamic performance that has thrown the Delhi assembly into a deadlock and forebodes a President's Rule in the state, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is conquering the IT crowd in the city.

• Delhi Congress chief resigns

  Congress' Delhi unit chief J.P. Aggarwal has resigned from his post following the party's rout in the assembly elections, party sources said on Sunday.

• Shivraj Singh Chouhan to be sworn in as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister on Saturday

  Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who led BJP to its third straight victory in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, was today unanimously elected leader of BJP's legislature wing, paving the way for him to take over as the Chief Minister for a fresh term.

• Congress offers unconditional support to Aam Aadmi Party to form government in Delhi

  The Congress has offered unconditional support to Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party should they be ready to form the next government in Delhi.

• Rajasthan: Over 78 per cent polling in Churu

  An estimated 78.55 per cent voters exercised their franchise in Churu Assembly poll today which ended peacefully amid tight security arrangements.

• Op-Ed: What's Wrong With the Congress

  As the pathetic performance of the Congress brings out the claws in everybody who's anybody within the party, I thought back to the time last month when I was roaming around the towns of Chhattisgarh covering election rallies.

• After BJP's No, Delhi Lieutenant Governor invites Aam Aadmi Party for talks

  Delhi seemed a step closer to President's Rule and fresh elections on Friday evening, when the BJP's Harsh Vardhan informed Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung that his party does not have the numbers to form government in the national capital. Mr Jung has now invited the Aam Aadmi Party for talks on Saturday.

• Congress poll debacle is Rahul Gandhi's defeat: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh

  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday said the poor show by Congress in the recent Assembly Polls is the defeat of Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi because he was the face of the party's poll campaign.