Alok K N Mishra is a journalist with the Hindustan Times, New Delhi. He writes on governance, policy and politics. He is an ardent follower of politics and is fascinated about making politics work better for the middle-class and the poor. He loves to discuss and predict the national political behaviour. Before shifting to Delhi, he covered political instability, governance, and misgovernance besides Maoists insurgency in Jharkhand for almost half a decade. He started out in 2010 as a city reporter with Times of India, Patna.
Articles by Alok K N Mishra
AAP woos RWAs with security funds
The “guarantee” for safety, a basic right of citizens, comes on the back of the AAP’s consistent attack on the BJP for the “rising” crime rate in the Capital.
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 04:45 AM IST
Atishi: Bidhuri may be BJP’s CM choice
The AAP kicked off the ‘Kejriwal vs whom in the BJP’ campaign, challenging the BJP to reveal its candidate for CM.
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 05:42 AM IST
Kejriwal writes to Modi, seeks inclusion of Jats in central OBC list
Political parties estimate that Delhi has a Jat population of over 800,000, who hold the sway in at least eight key constituencies
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 03:00 AM IST
‘Kejriwal vs Who?’: AAP targets BJP over lack of CM face for Delhi polls
Kejriwal resigned as Delhi CM in September 2024, saying he will sit on the CM’s chair only after the people re-elect him
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 04:50 AM IST
AAP wants Delhi election officials dismissed, BJP’s Parvesh Verma disqualified in New Delhi
Verma has been named as BJP’s candidate for the New Delhi assembly segment, which Kejriwal is representing
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 05:28 AM IST
Delhi assembly polls: Polling on Feb 5; results on Feb 8, announces ECI
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is hoping to return to power for a fourth time, has announced all 70 candidates, the Congress 48 and BJP 29
Published on Jan 07, 2025 11:56 AM IST
CM Atishi breaks down after rival Bidhuri’s latest shocker
A fight over BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri's derogatory remarks about Delhi CM Atishi escalates, prompting emotional responses and calls for respectful discourse.
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 05:48 AM IST
Number of voters in Delhi rose to 15.5 million, says poll panel
The Delhi CEO’s office said it has received an unprecedented number of 5.1 lakhs form-6 for new enrolment in the last 20 days
Published on Jan 06, 2025 04:49 PM IST
Congress promises ₹2500 monthly allowances to women if party wins Delhi polls
The Congress said that its government in Karnataka has already started providing ₹2,000 monthly allowance to women and it will provide similar allowance in Delhi when it forms government in Delhi
Updated on Jan 06, 2025 01:34 PM IST
BJP fields ex-AAP ministers, ex-Cong chief in 1st candidate list for Delhi polls
The BJP has pitted former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma’s son Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi seat, and ex-MP Ramesh Bidhuri against CM Atishi in Kalkaji
Updated on Jan 04, 2025 03:49 PM IST
Kejriwal promises to waive inflated water bills if AAP wins Delhi elections
Kejriwal alleged that after he went to jail people started receiving huge water bills running into thousands and lakhs of rupees
Updated on Jan 06, 2025 06:45 PM IST
Shivraj Chouhan and Delhi CM Atishi trade charges over farmer welfare
The Union minister criticised the AAP government of for not implementing the Centre’s welfare schemes for farmers
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 05:36 AM IST
Delhi polls: Over 485k new applications in 1 month for voting
The office of Delhi CEO said it also received 82,450 application for deletion of voters in the one-month period between November 29 and December 30.
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 04:25 AM IST
1.15mn people have signed up for new schemes, claims AAP
Under the Sanjeevani Yojana, at least 150,000 eligible senior citizens have signed up for free health care, the official said.
Updated on Dec 25, 2024 04:10 AM IST
AIMIM likely to contest 10 assembly seats in Delhi
Around eight of these 10 seats have a majority of Muslim voters, and all of these are currently under the AAP
Published on Dec 22, 2024 06:50 PM IST
Scheme to fund Dalit students’ foreign education announced
At an event at AAP headquarters on Saturday, Kejriwal said the scheme was to honour Babasaheb Ambedkar and a “powerful response to BJP’s disrespect toward Babasaheb Ambedkar.”
Updated on Dec 22, 2024 05:50 AM IST
Delhi: AAP changes Mehrauli seat candidate
Mehrauli MLA Naresh Yadav said he will not contest the 2025 Delhi election unless he is acquitted in a 2016 desecration case in Punjab
Updated on Dec 21, 2024 05:16 AM IST
AAP releases final list for Delhi polls; Kejriwal to contest from New Delhi seat
The AAP has now declared all 70 candidates for the 70 assembly seats of Delhi. It has so far dropped 20 sitting MLAs in a bid to counter anti-incumbency
Published on Dec 15, 2024 02:39 PM IST
ECI meets Delhi CEO, officials to review poll preparedness
Officials have also been directed that political party representatives should be involved in the electoral roll revision
Published on Dec 12, 2024 10:58 PM IST
Demand no more voter deletions: AAP chief writes to CEC
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva asserted the party is only raising objections to votes cast by infiltrators, deceased individuals, or those registered under fake addresses
Updated on Dec 12, 2024 05:58 AM IST
Delhi assembly Speaker retires from electoral politics before polls
Ram Niwas Goel will continue to hold the Speaker’s position until the end of the current House term—February 23, 2025
Updated on Dec 05, 2024 10:54 PM IST
Gangsters running Delhi, says Kejriwal; BJP hits back at AAP
The three-day assembly session, likely the last before the February 2025 elections, saw fiery exchanges between the AAP and the BJP over law and order in Delhi.
Updated on Nov 30, 2024 04:57 AM IST
Kailash Gahlot made member of Delhi BJP’s election committee
Former Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot joins BJP's election coordination committee ahead of 2025 assembly elections after leaving AAP.
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 06:36 AM IST
Kejriwal launches ‘Revdi Par Charcha’ campaign ahead of Delhi polls
AAP's Arvind Kejriwal announces "Revdi Par Charcha" campaign to promote free schemes; BJP vows to expand welfare if elected in Delhi's 2025 assembly polls.
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 05:14 AM IST
Pre-Diwali liquor sales go up 44% in Delhi this year
Jump in sales due to better availability of brands, uptick in gifting of liquor, and clearing of backlog of orders generated in September
Updated on Nov 03, 2024 03:00 AM IST
Delhi govt to intensify checks on food adulteration amid festive season
During Durga Puja too, food safety officers lifted around 500 samples of various food items, including buckwheat flour, oil, milk products from different parts of the city and sent them for testing
Updated on Oct 14, 2024 05:50 AM IST
Kejriwal moves to 5, Firoz Shah Road
Arvind Kejriwal vacated his Delhi bungalow, moving to a central government property as a guest amid BJP criticism over his residency choices.
Updated on Oct 05, 2024 05:02 AM IST
Delhi CM, ministers begin road inspections; set Diwali deadline for repair works
Atishi inspected roads around 6am in Okhla, Modi Mill Flyover, Chirag Delhi, Tughlakabad Extension, Mathura Road, Ashram Chowk.
Updated on Sep 30, 2024 10:03 AM IST
AAP to move Supreme Court on MCD panel poll: Atishi; BJP hits back
The Delhi BJP hit back at Atishi, saying that the AAP has destroyed MCD in the last 22 months, and the AAP leader was making misleading statements
Updated on Sep 29, 2024 05:40 AM IST
Delhi assembly seating chart revised as Atishi replaces Kejriwal in seat no. 1
Another notable seating change was an exchange between ministers Kailash Gahlot and Saurabh Bharadwaj. The former previously held seat number 2, but was moved to seat number 8 on Thursday and vice versa
Published on Sep 26, 2024 10:57 PM IST