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Shaheen Bagh: Women protesters vote in batches to keep agitation alive

On a sit-in for over a month against the Citizenship Amendment Act, women protesters at Shaheen Bagh voted in batches on Saturday so that the agitation remains unaffected. While some of the women voted in the morning, others chose to get their fingers inked in the afternoon and the remaining in the evening. Mehzabeen Qureshi, who returned to the protest site after voting said, "I stayed at home to let other women in the house go out and vote. Now I have joined them here at Shaheen Bagh after voting. I voted today to secure democracy". Zaheeda Khan, another resident of Shaheen Bagh, said they decided to vote in batches. "The women here had decided a day before voting that some of them would go out for voting in the morning, while others will stay back for chores. The others will go in the afternoon and then come back to the protest site. "By the evening, we will be a full house again, all geared up to continue our protest," she said. Zahra Sheikh said they are determined to exerc

Time for the face-off

Televised debates between candidates is a good idea

Delhi votes in late overs, clocks over 55% turnout as it waits for results

Turnout was low through the day but picked up in the evening, compared to 67.12 per cent turnout in the city's elections in 2015. Votes will be counted on February 11, Tuesday

BJP mocking me ever since I recited 'Hanuman Chalisa': Arvind Kejriwal

Taking to Twitter after casting his vote for the Delhi assembly elections, Kejriwal sought to know what kind of politics the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is doing

Anti-CAA protesters shouting 'kagaz nahin dikhayenge' will lose: RSS leader

'My message to the voters is 'aaj apna kagaz jaroor lekar jayen. Kagaz jaroor dikhayen,' said Ram Lal

Delhi polls: Voting underway; CM Kejriwal, former VP Hamid Ansari cast vote

Over 1.47 crore people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls that will decide the fate of 672 candidates in 70 assembly constituencies

Delhi election: How to vote, exit polls, polling booth, and other FAQs

Delhi election 2020: Here's all you need to know about Delhi election exit polls, polling booth, how to vote and other details

Battle for Delhi: Voting begins amid tight security, to end at 6 pm

Over 14.7 million people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls that will decide the fate of 672 candidates

Best of BS Opinion: Delhi Assembly elections, economic slowdown, and more

Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk about issues related to policy and politics

Assembly Election 2020: Delhi set to vote today after searing campaign

The police have deployed around 40,000 security personnel, 19,000 home guards and 190 companies of Central Armed Police Forces to ensure smooth conduct of the polls

Delhi's debate: Development vs acrimony

More than any metropolitan agglomeration in the country, Delhi's populace has highly attuned political antennae

Kejriwal an outsider, will send him back to Ghaziabad: BJP's Sunil Yadav

He is an outsider to the constituency, whereas I have lived here for the past 12 years, he added

Delhi polls: 14.7 mn voters to decide fate of AAP govt; results on Feb 11

The BJP upped the ante on the issue of protestors occupying a small corner on the margins of the city, at Shaheen Bagh, as a sign of "anarchy" and "lawlessness"

The unattractive poll dance before Delhi's contentious assembly election

As the principal challenger, the BJP failed to corner the AAP on issues of welfare and development

Delhi election: Bangladesh-born woman oldest voter, eager to vote at 111

As many as 132 centenarian voters -- 68 men and 64 women -- are eligible to exercise their franchise in the February 8 election and they will be treated "as VIPs" on polling day.

EC issues notice to Kejriwal for video that can 'disturb communal harmony'

Kejriwal has been asked to respond to the notice before 5.00 pm on Saturday, the day of polling in Delhi

Getting around poll-day restrictions

The authorities in their wisdom picked the weekend for the elections, ruining a perfectly fine Friday evening

The paradox AAP needs to resolve

Can you really deliver democratic results through undemocratic party structures?

Delhi elections: Poll body tightens security; extra vigil in Shaheen Bagh

In view of the ongoing anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh, the Delhi CEO Office has put all five polling stations in the area under the "critical" category

Arvind Kejriwal pays obeisance at Delhi's Hanuman temple, day before polls

He along with his wife Sunita offered prayers at the temple located on the Kharak Singh Marg