municipal elections

Hyderabad, February 16 The ruling Congress in Telangana won mayoral posts in five of the seven municipal corporations for which elections were held recently, while BJP and CPI secured one corporation each.The Congress dominated municipalities, winning the chairperson's post in 81...

Hyderabad, February 16 BJP corporators – Kolagani Srinivas and Y Sunil Rao – were elected as Mayor and deputy mayor, respectively, in the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation on Monday.Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has successfully formed the Mayor...

Hyderabad, February 16 Corporators from the BJP – Kolagani Srinivas and Y Sunil Rao – were elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively, in the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, on Monday.Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party has successfully formed...

Hyderabad, February 16 – Telangana's opposition BJP won control of the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, while the ruling Congress party secured the mayoral seat in the Nizamabad Municipal Corporation with the support of AIMIM on Monday.Kolagani Srinivas was elected as the first BJP Mayor of...

Hyderabad, February 16 Tension gripped the town of Thorrur in the Mahabubabad district on Monday as workers from the BRS and the ruling Congress were engaged in scuffles during the election of the municipal chairman.Neither party secured a clear majority in Thorrur in the February 11 municipal...

Hyderabad, February 15 – In a dramatic turn of events ahead of the election for the Mayor of the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, five corporators joined the ruling Congress party on Sunday.The five independent corporators, including two from the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), formally joined...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), February 15 A candidate backed by the BJP, who is contesting for the chairperson post in the Chaibasa Nagar Parishad, has been booked for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct, after he was found "distributing biscuits" among voters, police said on Sunday.The case...

Hyderabad, February 15 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Sunday that the Congress secured 85 to 90 per cent of the municipalities and municipal corporations in the recently held urban local body elections, attributing the outcome to his government's two-year administration...

Hyderabad, February 15 – Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao accused the ruling Congress in Telangana of resorting to anarchy in order to gain power in the 34 municipalities that had hung results in the recent civic elections.He alleged that the ruling Congress is...

Hyderabad, February 15 – Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Sunday that his remark, "Nene Raju, Nene Mantri" (I am the king, I am the minister), had been misinterpreted.He clarified that he had only stated that as the Chief Minister and the Minister of Municipal Administration...

Hyderabad, February 15 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy expressed confidence on Sunday that the Congress would secure 85 to 90 per cent of municipalities and municipal corporations in the recently held urban local body polls, attributing the outcome to his government's two-year...

Hyderabad, February 14 The BJP is set to secure the Mayor's post in Karimnagar with the support of independent candidates, as it emerged as the single largest party in the municipal corporation elections. The party has also decided to sit in the opposition in Nizamabad, party sources said on...

Hyderabad, February 14 (PT) The ruling Congress secured 39.8 per cent of the votes in the elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations, the Telangana SEC said on Saturday.The vote share of the main opposition BRS was 28.7 per cent, while the BJP obtained 15.6 per cent of...

Hyderabad, February 14 The BJP is set to secure the mayoral post in Karimnagar with the support of independents, as it emerged as the single largest party in the municipal corporation elections. The party has also decided to sit in opposition in Nizamabad, party sources said on Saturday...

Hyderabad, February 14 Telangana Jagruthi president K Kavitha on Saturday alleged that the BRS had "utterly failed" to expose the shortcomings of the Congress government, which she said resulted in the ruling party securing better results in the recent municipal elections.She claimed that...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, February 14 A firearm was found in a bag in the office of BJP MLC Sanjay Kenekar in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, following which police have launched an investigation, an official said on Saturday.Kenekar told reporters that someone had left a black backpack in his...

New Delhi, February 14 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that the party's victory in the local body elections in Telangana was an endorsement of the government's people-centric policies that focus on social justice, dignity, and inclusive growth.Gandhi said the Congress is...

Hyderabad, February 14 BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar accused the ruling Congress, the opposition BRS, and AIMIM in Telangana of "coming together" to prevent the BJP from securing the Mayor's post in Karimnagar, despite the saffron party emerging as the single largest party in the municipal...

New Delhi, February 14 – Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday described the party’s performance in the Telangana local body elections as an endorsement of its governance model centered on welfare, dignity, and inclusive growth...

New Delhi, February 14 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has hailed the party's victory in the municipal elections in Telangana, saying the mandate reflects the people's trust.In a boost to the A Revanth Reddy-led government, the Congress in Telangana secured a resounding victory in the...