panchayat elections

Sultanpur (UP), March 29 An MP-MLA court in Sultanpur has postponed the hearing in a case related to alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct by AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh due to the Ram Navami holiday, officials said.The court has fixed April 6 as the next date of hearing in the...

Jammu, March 29 The State Election Commission is making the necessary arrangements to hold panchayat and urban local body (ULB) elections as soon as possible, the Jammu and Kashmir government has said.The terms of municipalities ended in October-November 2023, while panchayats and block...

Amethi (UP), March 29 Local Congress MP Kishori Lal Sharma alleged on Sunday that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has collapsed, claiming that FIRs are not being registered, women are unsafe, and the land mafia has become dominant.Citing a recent incident in Barabanki, Sharma...

Bareilly (UP), March 28 Senior Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) leader Pallavi Patel said on Saturday that the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh are being "deliberately" postponed with an eye on the upcoming assembly elections.Speaking at a party event held in Bareilly, Patel, who is currently a...

Jammu, March 25 The Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commission (SEC) announced on Thursday the annual revision of the panchayat electoral roll, with April 1 this year as the qualifying date.According to the rules, the electoral roll will be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the...

In Jammu and Kashmir, the State Election Commission has announced the annual revision of the Panchayat Electoral Roll, with April 1, 2026, as the qualifying date. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that, according to Sub-Rule 4 of Rule 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996...

Shimla, March 23 The Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Monday decided to bar individuals involved in the smuggling of Chitta (adulterated heroin) from contesting the upcoming panchayat elections.This decision was made during a Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sukhvinder...

Patna, March 21 – Deepak Prakash, the Minister of Panchayati Raj in the Nitish Kumar government, made it clear on Saturday that the Panchayat elections in Bihar will be held on schedule, with no changes to the delimitation process.The minister emphasized that elections for the posts of Pramukh...

New Delhi, March 19 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee once again questioned the neutrality of the Election Commission in a social media post on Thursday, accusing it of “summarily and arbitrarily” removing “more than 50 senior officials” ahead of the April Assembly polls.She wrote...

Jaipur, March 18 – The issue of panchayat and civic body elections in Rajasthan has once again come before the Rajasthan High Court, with former MLA Sanyam Lodha filing a contempt petition against the state government and the State Election Commission (SEC).In his petition, Lodha alleges that...

Prayagraj (UP), March 18 The Allahabad High Court has directed the State Election Commission (SEC) in Uttar Pradesh to file an affidavit stating whether it is in a position to conclude the panchayat elections in accordance with the mandate of Article 243E of the Constitution.The court pointed...

Jammu, March 17: The Jammu & Kashmir unit of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) strongly opposed the proposed panchayat elections in the region on Tuesday, urging the administration to first conduct a fresh census and carry out transparent delimitation before proceeding with the polls.At a...

Kolkata, March 15 West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Sunday that his party wants the Systematic Voters Verification (SIR) exercise to be completed before the upcoming assembly elections to ensure that no eligible voter is left out and ineligible names are removed.Bhattacharya...

Kolkata, March 15 West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday alleged that the ruling TMC has deprived people of their basic rights, asserting that a "new dawn" awaits the state if his party comes to power in the upcoming assembly elections.Bhattacharya claimed that the TMC...

Sultanpur (UP), March 12 A case involving alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct, involving AAP MP Sanjay Singh, was adjourned by an MP/MLA court here on Thursday due to the absence of some witnesses.The court has fixed March 19 as the next date for hearing in the matter.Defence...

Kolkata, March 11 – A public interest litigation was filed before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, seeking free, fair, and violence-free elections in West Bengal in the upcoming state assembly elections, scheduled later this year.The division bench, comprising Chief...

Jaipur, March 9 The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on Monday removed the disqualification for contesting panchayat elections based on having more than two children by amending the state's Panchayati Raj Act.The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was passed by voice vote after a...

Jaipur, March 9 – The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which removes the two-child norm for contesting Panchayat elections, was passed after a debate in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on Monday.The amendment modifies Section 19 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994...

Shimla, March 7 – The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, decided on Saturday to invite public objections and suggestions on the proposed amendments to Rules 28, 87, 88, and 89 of the Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj (Elections) Rules of 1994.The proposed...

Kolkata, March 1 – The name of Richa Ghosh, a member of the Indian women's cricket team that won the World Cup, has been listed as 'under review' in the final voter rolls of West Bengal.This came to light after the state's final voter list was published following the Special Intensive Revision...