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Tharoor calls for probe into RSS worker's demise by alleged suicide after
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
"I think an investigation must be conducted expeditiously by the Police and I might say to my friends in the BJP, they should also investigate what's going wrong inside their party. This is a very serious situation. I don't want to do politics over the body of a young man. My heart goes o
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Kerala: Local Body Polls Scheduled for December 9 and 11, Counting on Dece
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The local body elections in Kerala will be held on December 9, 2025, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Idukki, and Ernakulam districts. In Thissur, Wayanad, Kannur, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kozhikode, and Kasaragod districts, the elections will be held on De
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BJP MPs should resign to get BC reservation Bill passed: Telangana Jagruth
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Former MLC and Telangana Jagruthi President K Kavitha on Sunday asked the eight BJP MPs in the state to resign as a political move to get the Governor and President's assent for the 42 per cent Backward Class reservation in local body polls.
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BJP's Kirit Somaiya hits out at Raj Thackeray over voter list allegations
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Reacting to the allegations made by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray against the Election Commission, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya said that Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray have realised that the municipal corporation is slipping out of their hands, so they are raising
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"Fake voters' names" should be deleted before holding Maharashtra local bo
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Earlier, Raj Thackeray criticised the Election Commission ahead of the local body elections and claimed that 9.6 million fake voters had been added.
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"9.6 million fake voters added...": Raj Thackeray questions EC ahead of lo
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The MNS chief asked the Election Commission not to hold elections in Maharashtra until the issue of fake voters is cleaned up.
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SC dismisses Telangana govt. plea challenging HC's decision to stay enhanc
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging the Telangana High Court's interim order that stayed the State government's decision to increase Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in local body elections in the State to 42 per cent which took
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No discussion over MNS joining MVA: Congress leader Harsh Vardhan Sapkal
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"The India Alliance has been formed by joining several parties across the country in this struggle. If any party wishes to join the India Alliance, the decision will be made by the constituent parties of the India Alliance. Maha Vikas Aghadi has been formed in the state to oppose the BJP"
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"Using it as lab for politics": BRS leader Srinivas Goud slams Telangana g
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Following the Telangana High Court's stay on the local body polls amid a petition against the 42 per cent backward class reservation, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader V Srinivas Goud slammed the Congress government, saying they are using the State as a "laboratory" for politics.
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Telangana HC grants interim stay on local body polls after petitions chall
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Telangana High Court on Thursday granted an interim stay on the notification for local body elections in the state.
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"Congress had to give what BJP demanded": Telangana BJP President on 42 pe
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI following the announcement by the state election commission on Monday, Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao said, "The Congress government had to give what the BJP had demanded. We have to see now that the 42% reservation for Backward Classes is properly implemented. I am
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BRS fully prepared for local body polls, says BRS Working President K. T.
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is fully prepared for the upcoming local body elections and is confident of sweeping the polls from the 'galli' (street) level to Delhi, declared BRS Working President K. T. Rama Rao. Addressing party workers at Telangana Bhavan on Monday, K. T. Rama Rao asse
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