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Raipur, March 5 BJP's Laxmi Verma and Congress candidate Phulo Devi Netam filed their nomination papers on Thursday for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, where elections will be held on March 16.Verma was accompanied by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy CM Vijay Sharma, state BJP...

Raipur, March 5 The opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh has renominated senior tribal leader Phulo Devi Netam, an incumbent Rajya Sabha member, as its candidate for the March 16 biennial Rajya Sabha elections.The party announced Netam's candidature on Wednesday night.Of the five Rajya Sabha...

Raipur, March 3 The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh fielded its senior leader Laxmi Verma, a member of the State Women's Commission, for the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections.Verma's name, that of an OBC leader who has held multiple organizational posts, is among the nine BJP...

Ranchi, February 27 Arvind Rana, a journalist for a Hindi newspaper, won the mayoral position in the civic elections for the Hazaribag Municipal Corporation by defeating his nearest Congress-backed rival, Sarfarz, the results of which were announced on Friday.An official stated that in Ranchi...

New Delhi, February 27 – The highly anticipated vote counting for Jharkhand's urban civic elections was underway on Friday, amid tight security arrangements across the state.The elections for 48 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), including nine Municipal Corporations, 20 Municipal Councils, and 19...

Mumbai, February 27 Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT), has responded to the Supreme Court's recent observations on mandatory voting by questioning the very foundation of India's current electoral system. It acknowledged the court's intent to strengthen democracy and argued that...

Kathmandu, February 26 Nepal's Election Commission said on Thursday that preparations for the March 5 election of the House of Representatives have reached the final stage, with all election materials reaching 165 constituencies across the country.Around 41.15 million ballot papers, for both...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Wednesday the schedule for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament, to fill 37 seats that will become vacant from 10 states.According to the Commission, polling will take place on...

Bengaluru, February 17 – In view of the upcoming elections to the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and local bodies in Karnataka, a delegation of Congress leaders, led by Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar, met the State Election Commissioner G.S. Sangheshee on Tuesday and submitted a...

Kathmandu, February 17 Nepal's electoral body on Tuesday appealed to the media not to disclose the results of opinion polls before the general elections, as it may damage a "healthy competitive environment."Nepal is scheduled to hold the House of Representatives elections on March 5, the first...

Kathmandu, February 16 Political parties in Nepal officially began campaigning for the March 5 general elections on Monday.With restrictions imposed by the Election Commission (EC) on the launch of the election campaign ending on Sunday night, candidates started door-to-door visits, public...

Hyderabad, February 13 The ruling Congress party is ahead of the opposition BRS and BJP as counting for the Telangana Municipal elections progressed on Friday.Out of the 2,582 wards in 116 municipalities where elections were held on February 11, Congress was leading in 300, while BRS was...

Hyderabad, February 13 The ruling Congress party has gained an advantage over the opposition BRS and BJP as counting for the Telangana Municipal elections progressed on Friday.Out of the 2,582 wards in 116 municipalities where elections were held on February 11, Congress was leading in 300...