The counting of votes for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election will be held on Wednesday to decide the winner of the high-stakes civic polls where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) face each other.
Days after the West Bengal government banned hookah bars in the capital city of Kolkata citing the effects on public health, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Chairman Sabyasachi Dutta on Monday wrote to Bidhannagar Police Commissionarate seeking a ban on hookah parlours in the area citing "
The exit polls, which came a day after the polling for MCD elections, predicted that AAP, led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will now also rule the municipal corporation of the national capital for the first time.
Three polling stations in Nangal Thakran ward in Narela block wore a deserted look as people choose to boycott Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls over lack of development.
Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda chaired a meeting of BJP general secretaries on Sunday to discuss elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assemblies.
The overall voter turnout at the end of polling for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday stood at 50 per cent (approx) at 5.30 pm, the State Election Commission informed.
The names of 450 voters in Subash Mohalla ward in the national capital have been deleted from the voters' list because they support BJP, said BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday and appealed for cancellation of this polls and to conduct re-election.