urban local bodies

Jaipur, March 23 The Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) will appoint chairpersons for all newly constituted Gram Panchayats, while the process of appointing ward presidents in all urban local bodies has already begun. Starting April 1, 2026, the RPCC will launch a statewide campaign...

The Andhra Pradesh government has approved approximately 60 crore rupees to establish five Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plants in urban local bodies, with the aim of improving waste management and generating clean energy. The decision was issued through a government order by the Municipal...

Amaravati, March 21 The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday approved a ₹60 crore fund for setting up five compressed biogas plants in select urban local bodies to operationalize bio-energy infrastructure based on municipal solid waste.The proposed projects will be implemented in...

Bhopal, March 20 – The Madhya Pradesh government has established the 6th State Finance Commission. This commission will strengthen the financial framework of local bodies, including urban and gram-panchayats across the state.Former minister Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya has been appointed as the...

Jammu, March 18 A delegation from the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) met State Election Commissioner (SEC) Shantmanu on Wednesday and requested early elections for village councils and urban local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir.The delegation, led by PCC working president Raman Bhalla, also...

Ranchi, March 16 As of March 2022, utilisation certificates worth ₹7,592 crore under various heads remained pending with several Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Jharkhand, according to a CAG report presented in the assembly on Monday.The annual technical inspection report on local bodies also...

Jammu, March 9 – The Jammu and Kashmir government announced changes to the Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL) 2021 on Tuesday, under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act, 1970, and the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000.According to an official statement, "This move aims to...

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has notified amendments to the Unified Building Bye-Laws 2021 under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act, 1970 and the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000.The reforms aim to promote ease of doing business, rationalize development...

In Jammu and Kashmir, the State Election Commissioner (SEC), Shantmanu, instructed officials on Monday to prepare for the revision of village council electoral rolls. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that Shantmanu chaired a high-level meeting on Monday to review preparations for the...

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 6 Approximately 10,000 women will participate in a state-level event to celebrate International Women's Day in the Nahan area of Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district on March 8, an official said on Friday.The event, organized under the auspices of the Directorate of Women and...

Shimla, March 5 The Himachal Pradesh government has withdrawn its order postponing elections to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) until proper road connectivity is restored, paving the way for elections in over 3,500 gram panchayats across the state, officials said on Thursday.Initially...

Ranchi, March 1 BJP rebel Sanjeev Singh won the mayoral post for the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation in Jharkhand, while the saffron party-backed candidate finished fourth in the civic polls, an official said on Sunday.The counting of votes for all 48 urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state...

Ranchi, February 28 Roshni Khalkho, backed by the BJP, won the mayoral post of the Ranchi Municipal Corporation on Friday, while Sudha Gupta, supported by the Congress, was elected mayor of the Mango Municipal Corporation in Jamshedpur.Khalkho defeated her nearest Congress-backed rival, Rama...

Ranchi, February 27 Arvind Rana, a journalist for a Hindi newspaper, won the mayoral position in the civic elections for the Hazaribag Municipal Corporation by defeating his nearest Congress-backed rival, Sarfarz, the results of which were announced on Friday.An official stated that in Ranchi...

New Delhi, February 27 – The highly anticipated vote counting for Jharkhand's urban civic elections was underway on Friday, amid tight security arrangements across the state.The elections for 48 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), including nine Municipal Corporations, 20 Municipal Councils, and 19...

Ranchi, February 27 Counting of votes for the elections to 48 urban local bodies in Jharkhand is underway on Friday, amid tight security arrangements, officials said.Counting of ballots began around 8 am, they said."Ballot papers are being segregated in the initial stage of the counting. The...

Ranchi, February 26 Counting of votes for the civic polls to 48 urban local bodies (ULBs) in Jharkhand will take place on Friday amidst tight security, officials said.Counting of ballots will begin at 8 am, and results are expected to begin flowing after around two hours.The elections were...

Jaipur, February 26 – The Rajasthan government has approached the Supreme Court seeking a postponement of elections to 113 municipal bodies, citing the need to redo the ward delimitation process after it was struck down by the High Court.A Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the state...

Jaipur, February 25 – In a significant policy shift, the Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday approved the removal of the decades-old two-child norm for contesting elections to the Panchayati Raj and urban local bodies, ending a restriction that had been in place for nearly 30 years.With this...