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Karnataka: Don't build organisations on caste lines, build it for all, say
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Shivakumar stressed that women must take on leadership roles, noting that Karnataka has already ensured 50% reservation for women in local body polls and that 33% reservation in the Assembly would be implemented soon.
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Telangana: Two BRS local-body poll candidates' die by suicide in Nirmal an
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In Nirmal, the husband of a BRS Party sarpanch candidate was found dead early this morning at his residence under the Khanapur police station limits.
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Akali Dal files urgent complaint alleging Police conspiracy to block oppos
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Shiromani Akali Dal has submitted an urgent complaint to the Punjab State Election Commission, alleging that Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Varun Sharma (IPS) and several district police officers conspired to derail the ongoing local body election process in favour of the rul
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After 8 years, BMC Polls to be held between 12-18 January, 2026: Shiv Sena
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The estimated budget of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for the year 2025-26 is Rs. 74,427 crore, and the expenditure stands at Rs. 43,162 crore, representing 58% of the total budget allocated to development projects. This gigantic budget is unmatched by any other state or municipa
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Supreme Court asks ECI to consider deferring SIR in Kerala as pleas flag i
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider whether it is required to defer the exercise of filling and submission of enumeration forms, as part of the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala.
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Voting for Maharashtra local body elections underway
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Voting for Maharashtra local body elections is underway, with the first phase of voting for hundreds of municipal councils and nagar panchayats beginning on Tuesday. These multi-phase elections are being conducted under a Supreme Court directive for local body elections to be completed by
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Maharashtra DyCM Eknath Shinde, CM Fadnavis call for local body polls to s
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amid the tussle between parties over local body elections in Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis emphasised that the polls should remain focused on local issues and party workers.
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Maharashtra: Sanjay Raut returns to political arena, slams Gulabrao Patil'
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday slammed the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena over Minister Gulabrao Patil's "Lakshmi Darshan" remarks ahead of the local body polls in the state, asking the Election Commission to take cognisance of it.
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Pune: Local body elections in Baramati, five other municipal councils post
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a press note issued by the Pune District Administration, the SEC had earlier directed that municipal council and nagar panchayat elections must not proceed where appeals related to membership disqualification or reservation disputes were still pending before district courts.<
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Shashi Tharoor misses major Congress party meeting for second time in a ro
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
However, Tharoor's office stated that he was in Kerala and was travelling back with his 90-year-old mother on a later flight. It is important to note that, due to campaigning for the local body elections, the General Secretary of the Congress, K.C. Venugopal, was also unable to reach Delh
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor skips crucial meeting of Party for second time
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tharoor's office stated that he was in Kerala and was travelling back with his 90-year-old mother by a later flight, it is important to note due to campaigning in the local body elections, General Secretary of the Congress, K.C. Venugopal, was also unable to reach Delhi for the meeting to
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"Cong not running away, taken firm stand": KC Venugopal on rape, coerced a
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
After Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil was booked under charges of alleged rape and coerced abortion, party MP KC Venugopal on Sunday clarified that the party has collectively taken a firm stand against him.
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