The Congress on Friday pitted former Delhi minister Kiran Walia against Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal from the prestigious New Delhi constituency in February 7 assembly polls.
Here's a look at where heavyweights stand.
Under the RPA Act, Kejriwal is an elector of Delhi and can contest polls.
At least 32 people were killed and over 60 others injured when a four-storey building collapsed in a busy east Delhi locality on Monday night.
An average nine unidentified bodies, largely of drug addicts and beggars, are recovered from the streets of the national capital every day.
As the tables turned on the Congress in the Delhi polls, several heavyweights including three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit, four-time member of Legislative Assembly A K Walia and senior Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta failed to save their seats.
The AAP chief illegally declared himself as a Delhi resident, claims Congress.
In the wake of a widespread outrage over the gang rape and brutal assault of a 23-year-old para-medical student in a bus, the Delhi government on Monday said it would install CCTV cameras inside the buses to ensure safety of women passengers.
She was admitted to Escorts hospital a few days ago.
Former Union minister Ajay Maken, considered close to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, will be the party's face in the coming Delhi assembly polls.
A day ahead of Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal's expected decision on the issue of formation of government in Delhi, Congress said on Saturday night that its support to AAP was "not unconditional".
Delhi picked up the pace and a 67 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 6 pm.
AAP wins 67 of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly.
AAP chief has violated of model code of conduct, claim BJP, Congress.
The coming election to the Delhi assembly has so far been labelled a two-way contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party, but the Congress is not throwing in the towel yet.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has batted for honesty and integrity in public life, has not vacated his official bungalow C-II/23 at Tilak Lane despite the completion of the 15-day grace period.
Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as Delhi's seventh chief minister on Saturday at historic Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, capping his party's stunning electoral debut in the December 4 assembly polls. The date for the swearing-in ceremony was finalised at a meeting Kejriwal held with Chief Secretary D M Spolia.
Kejriwal should get some stability and then go to people and ask for votes, says Sharma.
Ajay Maken and all other 69 candidates of the Congress were defeated in the election.
From 26-year-old Rakhi Birla to 41-year-old Manish Sisodia, the soon-to-be Delhi Cabinet is not just going to be the youngest ever but also probably the first in which all members, including the chief minister, are debutant members of Legislative Assembly.
As Delhi is heading for a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party in the December 4 polls, the parties are likely to have a tough time wooing around 51 lakh women voters who feel security for them is a major issue.
A Supreme Court advocate and an Indian Institute of Technology Delhi alumnus, Somnath Bharti is convinced that he is today in a position to transform the judicial system of the country. Somesh Jha reports
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