municipal elections

Mumbai, February 19 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Thursday that a "secular front" comprising corporators from his party, those of the NCP (SP), and a group of rebel BJP corporators will ensure the alliance gets the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the...

New Delhi, February 19. Days after the Congress won the Telangana local body elections, the party's top brass held a review meeting with state leaders, with AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge asserting that their resolve for social welfare, economic empowerment, and justice for all remains firm.The...

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), February 18 A tribal organization has called for a three-day shutdown starting February 21 in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand to protest the upcoming civic elections in areas governed by the Fifth Schedule, alleging that it violates constitutional provisions.The Kolhan...

Panaji, February 18 – Utpal Parrikar, son of the late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, has stated that his initiative, “Ami Panjekar” (We Panjimkars), is an independent citizens’ forum aimed at addressing civic issues in the upcoming elections for the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP)...

Hyderabad, February 18 The resounding victory of the Congress party in the recent municipal elections in Telangana is a significant boost for the ruling party and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, and the election results send a cautionary message to the main opposition BRS, analysts said on...

Hyderabad, February 18 – Telangana police on Wednesday arrested former MLA and BRS leader Balka Suman on charges of involvement in the incident involving Minister of Labour Vivek Venkatswamy's convoy.Tension prevailed in the Kythanpally municipality of the Mancherial district as members of the...

Hyderabad, February 18 – Backward Classes have won more than 61 per cent of the seats in the recently held municipal elections in Telangana.Although 28.22 per cent of the wards in municipalities and 35.25 per cent divisions in municipal corporations were reserved for Backward Classes (BCs)...

The government stated that there is no proposal to de-notify the Seer-Hamdan Municipal Committee.Responding on behalf of the Chief Minister, Education Minister Sakeena Itoo informed the House that the process of notifying Seer-Hamdan as a Municipal Committee (MC) began in 1996 following...

Hyderabad, February 16 The ruling Congress won chairperson positions in seven out of the eight Telangana municipalities where elections were held on Tuesday.The opposition BRS secured the chairperson position in one municipality.The Congress won the chairperson positions in the Thorrur and...

MNF releases names of candidates for AMC pollsFrom: Isaac ZoramsangaCopy Editor (RNU), Akashvani News, AizawlDate: 17.02.2026Phone: 8131823773The main opposition party, the Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram, has released the list of its candidates for the upcoming elections to the...

Hyderabad, February 16 – The BJP has significantly increased its presence in urban local bodies (ULBs) in Telangana and emerged as the largest party in more than 15 municipalities, state BJP president N. Ramchander Rao said on Monday.He claimed that the party opened its account in several...

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...