Forgotten cluster

There are pockets like Gautam Puri in South Delhi where voters have no hope that any political party will keep the promises made with such a rhetorical flourish In Gautam Puri, a JJ cluster in Badarpur, there’s no sign of any MP nursing his constituency. No haste to show ‘development’ by paving a road or […]

Shop talk

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Patriot visits Chandni Chowk to find out how the effects of GST and demonetisation will impact traders’ votes The Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the major constituencies not only in Delhi, but the whole of India. And at the heart of this constituency lies the […]

Lutyens plus

Different areas with divergent issues and an unusual voting pattern makes the New Delhi constituency intriguing Posing a striking contrast to the posh enclave of Lutyens Zone, which first comes to mind when one thinks of the New Delhi constituency, Sujan Singh Park is an area with few redeeming features. The shabby quarters where around […]

Murders in cold blood

Three months into the new year, the Capital has seen more than a heinous murder a month. Are the Delhi Police claims of vast improvements in the security environment actually reflective of the situation in the Capital? The numbers suggest that as compared to last year, the cases of heinous crimes and crimes against women […]

To align or not to

The grapevine is ripe: Sheila Dikshit wants the East Delhi seat for the Congress and her favoured candidates are either her daughter Latika or Pawan Khera The Congress party is at the rock bottom of its political fortunes in the Capital — it has not had a single MP or MLA from Delhi in last […]

A court face-off

Advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan had filed a defamation case against then Times Now editor-in-chief for calling him a ‘goonda’ during a February 2016 primetime debate As difficult as it might be to believe, there have been a handful of times when Arnab Goswami, current managing director of Republic TV and former editor-in-chief of Times Now, […]

The common man strikes back – and scores

Entrepreneur Tarun Bhalla found a unique way to protest against a half-a-kilometer long puddle of filth in front of his office that had not been cleared for seven long months. And struck pay dirt! On March 2, on a small stretch of West Delhi’s Rama Road in Kirti Nagar, a huge ‘opening ceremony’ was organised. […]

No place to hide

Relocating from the city to smaller towns will not offer respite from air pollution. The real solution is clear policies on clean energy Recently, Delhi introduced for the first time a fleet of electric buses in the city — that too a whopping 1,000 buses. Such measures are required on priority basis in all the […]