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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday took oath as Delhi Chief Minister for the third time at the capital's Ramlila Maidan. At the event, he said he would be everyone's Chief Minister irrespective of who they voted for. The previous AAP government had several altercation with the centre. Will it be different this time?

Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot says poll animosity is a thing of the past and the Aam Aadmi Party hopes to work well together with all for the development of Delhi.

Shah Faesal, the 2010 Indian Administrative Service topper from Jammu and Kashmir, has been detained under the stringent Public Safety Act that allows detention without trial for up to three months and multiple extensions. Mr Faesal now joins a long list of leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, including three former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who have been booked under the PSA. Other political leaders who have been charged under the PSA are Ali Mohammed Sagar, Naeem Akhtar, Sartaj Madani and Hilal Lone. Is this a violation of democracy or essential for normalcy?

Delhi's law and order is under centre, Aam Admi Party's Raghav Chadha said today on Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. We have made our stand clear (on Shaheen Bagh). Law and order in Delhi is under the centre, the 31-year-old AAP leader told NDTV.

Winnability cannot justify choosing criminal candidates, the Supreme Court said in a strong worded statement which has told political parties that they must upload details of criminal cases against candidates on their websites. The Supreme Court flagged an alarming rise in the criminalisation of politics in the last four national elections. On Left Right and Centre, we look at the new Supreme Court order and discuss if it is feasible.

A day after Aam Aadmi Party returned to Delhi with a thumping majority and BJP's high-decibel and star-studded campaign yielded little results, Naresh Gujral, a parliamentarian from BJP ally Akali Dal has said, Delhi has sent a very strong message and if they ignore it, they do so at their own peril.

After Delhi elections, Bihar and West Bengal are likely to be the next big electoral tests for the BJP and the opposition parties. Has BJP's poor show in Delhi elections given more bargaining power to its allies like the JDU? And will Nitish Kumar accept in Bihar the kind of divisive campaign Delhi witnessed?

Omar Abdullah's sister Sara Abdullah Pilot has challenged his detention and charges under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) before the Supreme Court, asking for the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister to be produced in court and freed immediately.

After six months of being detained under Section 107 of the CRPC, now former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah have been detained under the stringent Public Safety Act. NDTV has now accessed the bizarre charges listed against Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti.

The turnout in the Delhi assembly election was 62.59%, the Election Commission announced more than 24 hours after voting amid much concern about tampering of EVMs from the Aam Aadmi Party. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had questioned the delay in a tweet this afternoon. Asked about the matter, the Election Commission said the final figures came out in "good time".