local body elections

Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 – Even as recent electoral trends in Kerala have favored the opposition, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) reiterated on Friday its confidence that the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) will retain power with a massive majority in the upcoming Assembly...

New Delhi/Ahmedabad, March 11 – Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi interacted with people at the airport while returning from Delhi, where they had travelled for meetings with the BJP's central leadership, officials said on Wednesday.According to...

Bengaluru, March 10 Four bills were tabled in the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday, including one proposing a return to paper ballots for local body elections amid concerns over the credibility and voter privacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs).The Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj...

Ahmedabad, March 10 The Gujarat Congress announced on Tuesday that it will begin a 10-day candidate selection process starting March 11 for the upcoming local body elections in the BJP-ruled state.Meetings will be held across all municipal corporations, cities, talukas, and districts of...

Thrissur, March 7 The Kerala government has nominated former Congress leader A V Gopinath to the Guruvayur Devaswom Board, which manages the famous Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple.Sources said Gopinath, a former MLA, is likely to be appointed as the new chairman of the board.According to a...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 Minister V Sivankutty said on Friday that the District Magistrate has been tasked with investigating whether there were any lapses in the post-festival cleaning operations following the Attukal Pongala in the state capital.However, BJP leader and Thiruvananthapuram...

Ahmedabad, March 5 The Congress has formed several committees in Gujarat on Thursday to prepare the party for the upcoming local body elections in the state, party leaders said.In a press release, the All India Congress Committee said that the committees have been approved by the party...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 The Congress in Kerala on Thursday criticized the state government's Public Relations Department (PRD) for publishing advertisements in leading English and Malayalam newspapers about the alleged shortcomings during the Oommen Chandy administration.Kerala Pradesh...

Chennai, March 5 BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday dismissed TVK chief Vijay's allegation of a "secret deal" between the ruling DMK and her party as "absurd".While agreeing with the actor-politician on his "anti-DMK" stance, the former Governor of Telangana told reporters that the...

Kollam (Kerala), March 2 Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Monday that it is time for a "new era" in Kerala, asserting that the state is ready for political change.He was addressing a gathering in Kollam as part of the Congress party's state-wide 'new era' rally, led by Leader of...

Chiplun (Maharashtra), March 1 Political alliances have impacted the Congress in the coastal Konkan region, and the party will now focus on strengthening its organization in the region, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Sunday.Sapkal and other leaders attended a three-day...

Jaipur, February 26 – Rajasthan Congress Chief Govind Singh Dotasra has questioned the state government over what he termed a “dual policy” regarding the two-child norm.He criticized the government for allowing individuals with more than two children to contest local body elections, while...

The Election Commission of India and State Election Commissioners (SECs) will collaborate to harmonize the laws related to elections for local bodies (Panchayats and Municipal Bodies) with those related to elections for the Parliament and State Legislatures. This was stated in the National...

Jaipur, February 25 In a significant decision ahead of the announcement of local body elections in Rajasthan, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved bills to revoke provisions that barred individuals with more than two children from contesting these elections.Speaking to reporters after the...

New Delhi, February 24 The Election Commission and various state election panels resolved on Tuesday to work together to harmonize laws related to local body elections with those related to elections to Parliament and state legislatures.A declaration adopted at a conference of the Election...

New Delhi, February 24 A day-long conference organized by the Election Commission with state election panels began here on Tuesday, with presentations on EVMs, ECINET, and the sharing of electoral rolls being the main agenda.Addressing the gathering, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar...

Thrissur (Kerala), February 23 The Congress in Kerala on Monday criticized Union Minister Suresh Gopi over the updated voter list published in the state according to the SIR, indicating that he had voted from two different locations.The Congress alleged that the sole BJP MP from the state has...

Mumbai, February 23 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) strongly criticised the Mahayuti government on Monday, comparing their political conduct to the arrogance of the antagonist Duryodhana from the Mahabharata.In an editorial titled "Duryodhana's Ego: No Need for a Leader of the...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 22 BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar reiterated his desire to contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Nemom constituency on Sunday.He was speaking to reporters after launching the BJP's election wall-writing campaign in Nemom.Responding to a...

Chennai, February 22 – The seat-sharing talks within the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) gained momentum on Sunday as the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) formally sought five Assembly constituencies ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.Speaking to reporters after a...