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BJD sweeps three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 2 (ANI): The ruling Biju Janta Dal (BJD) swept the three-tier panchayat elections by winning 766 out of 852 seats announced by the State Election Commission on Tuesday.
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K'taka Assembly adjourned amid protest over Eshwarappa's 'saffron flag' re
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 22 (ANI): Karnataka Assembly Session has been adjourned till March 4 amid Congress MLAs' protest over Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K S Eshwarappa's 'saffron flag at the Red Fort' remark.
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DMK takes massive lead in TN urban local body polls
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 22 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is leading with 281 wards in town panchayats while the party is ahead on 98 wards in municipalities.
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3 died, 44 hospitalised after drinking spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh's
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 22 (ANI): As many as three people have died and around 44 are hospitalised after they consumed spurious liquor bought from the shop in Mahul Nagar panchayat under the Ahraula police station area in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh, said Amrit Tripathi, Azam
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Odisha: Security forces recover IEDs, Maoist literature, weapons
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Malkangiri (Odisha) [India], February 21 (ANI): A joint team of Special Operating Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Force (DVF) recovered a major Maoist's dump of incriminating articles near the jungle area of Nadmenjeri village under Jantri gram panchayat under Jodambo police limits in the
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Journalists attacked, 20 people detained in Jajpur during 3rd phase of Odi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], February 21 (ANI): Poll violence intensified during the third phase of polling in the panchayat elections in Odisha's Jajpur with some journalists being attacked and as many as 20 people detained, informed the District Magistrate.
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Third phase of Odisha Panchayati Raj polls to be held tomorrow
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 19 (ANI): The third phase of Panchayati Raj Institutions (3-tier PRI) elections in Odisha will be held on Sunday.
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Odisha: BJP accuses BJD of poll violence, submits memorandum to DGP
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 19 (ANI): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation meets Odisha DGP and submitted a memorandum against the state ruling party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday.
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Local body polls: Chennai votes after a hiatus of 11 years
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 19 (ANI): The Urban Local Body election in Tamil Nadu is underway on Saturday for 12,607 posts in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities, and 490 town panchayats but voting in Chennai is being held after a gap of 11 years.
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Odisha records approximately 71 pc polling in second phase of panchayat el
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 19 (ANI): Odisha recorded approximately 71 per cent polling in the second phase of the panchayat election.
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Over 70 pc voter turnout recorded in first phase of Odisha Panchayat polls
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 16 (ANI): Over 70 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first phase of the five-phase Odisha Panchayat poll that concluded on Wednesday, informed the State Election Commission.
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Sedition case be filed against Eshwarappa: Siddaramaiah
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 16 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah has said that a sedition case should be filed against the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K S Eshwarappa for his purported claim of hoisting a saffron flag a
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