municipal elections

Municipal elections in Telangana concluded peacefully, with only a few minor incidents, and electoral officials reported a total voter turnout of 73.01 percent across the state. Voters turned out in large numbers to cast their votes. Among the municipalities, Choutuppal in the Yadadri...

Mumbai, February 11 – Ritu Tawde, a corporator from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was elected as the 78th Mayor of Mumbai on Wednesday, marking the end of the Shiv Sena's 25-year-long dominance in the post and signifying a significant shift in power within the administration of Mumbai...

Hyderabad, February 11 Polling for the elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana concluded peacefully on Wednesday, DGP B Shivadhar Reddy said. Reddy, who monitored the polling process from here, said elaborate security arrangements were made to ensure that...

Hyderabad, February 11 Stepping up the attack on the Telangana government, Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday alleged that the "first installment of RR tax" collected from builders and others here has reached Kerala, which is heading towards elections. Speaking to reporters along...

Mumbai, February 11 The longest-ever administrator rule in the history of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), lasting nearly four years, came to an end following the election of a Mayor on Wednesday and the formation of a new 227-member House after last month's polls. The Maharashtra...

Hyderabad, February 11 Approximately 49% of voters cast their votes by 1 PM on Wednesday in the municipal elections in Telangana, which officials say is an impressive turnout.Voting was taking place in 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations, which is seen as a test of popularity...

Ranchi, January 11 In Jharkhand, a total of 41 ward councillors have been elected unopposed in preparation for the upcoming civic elections, while three wards remain vacant due to the failure to file nominations, an election official said on Wednesday.Civic elections for 48 urban local bodies...

Hyderabad, February 11 Polling was underway on Wednesday in elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana, a three-way contest between the ruling Congress, and opposition parties, BJP and BRS.Polling began at 7 am and would continue until 5 pm.A total of...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, February 10 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Kavita Mule was elected as the new Mayor of Nanded city in central Maharashtra on Tuesday after defeating her nearest rival by 35 votes in a three-way contest, an official said. Deepaksingh Rawat, another BJP...

New Delhi, February 10 The BJP on Tuesday demanded a judicial inquiry into the alleged suicide of a party candidate contesting the municipal elections in Telangana.Addressing a press conference here, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy also alleged that the ruling Congress in Telangana has been...

Hyderabad, February 10 Over 52 lakh voters will decide the fate of about 13,000 candidates in the elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana on Wednesday, which is being seen as a test of popularity for the ruling Congress, as well as the opposition BJP and...

Hyderabad, February 10 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will cast his vote in Kodangal, Vikarabad district, during the municipal elections on February 11.Reddy, the MLA for Kodangal, is scheduled to vote at 11:30 am at the Zilla Parishad High School in the town and will return to...

Hyderabad, February 10 Over 52 lakh voters will decide the fate of about 13,000 candidates in the elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana on Wednesday, which is being seen as a test of popularity for the ruling Congress, as well as the opposition BJP and...

Hyderabad, February 10 A BJP candidate contesting the municipal elections was allegedly found dead by suicide in Narayanpet District on Tuesday, police said.Mahadevappa, (45), who was contesting for the councillor position, hanged himself from a ceiling fan at his house in Makthal around 4:30...

Hyderabad, February 10 Several BJP workers and leaders were taken into custody by police on Tuesday when they staged a protest at the Telangana DGP office here against the alleged suicide of a party candidate contesting the municipal elections in the Narayanpet district.The BJP workers who...

Mumbai, Feb 10 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Monday said that if RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat believes that protesting for one’s language is a “disease”, then a majority of the states in the country suffer from it.In a post on X, Thackeray also claimed that those who...

Hyderabad, February 9 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy accused the NDA government at the Centre on Monday of "injustice" towards southern states, alleging that the BJP treats them as "second-class citizens" in the allocation of central funds and development projects.Speaking to...

Hyderabad, Feb 9 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday accused the NDA government at the Centre of "injustice" towards southern states and alleged that the BJP treats them as "second grade citizens" in sanctioning Central funds and development projects.Speaking to reporters here...

Hyderabad, February 9 AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday criticized the BJP-led Centre and the RSS over the Sangh chief's remarks seeking the Bharat Ratna for Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, saying the saffron party would even award the country's highest civilian honor to Mahatma...

Jammu, February 9 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that the government is making necessary arrangements to hold elections to urban local bodies and panchayats in the Union territory at the earliest, but said that the post of state election commissioner is presently...