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Woman With 4 Children Allowed To Contest Nagpur Civic Polls. Law Says She Can't
Pushpa Waghmare, a mother of four, is contesting the Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections despite a law stating that candidates with more than two children cannot contest civic elections in Maharashtra.
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Telangana Legislative Assembly Scraps 2-Child Policy For Local Polls
The Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, has been unanimously passed by the state legislative assembly, officially abolishing the three-decade-old "two-child norm" for candidates contesting local body elections.
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In Pune, Shiv Sena 'Candidate' Tears, Swallows Party Colleague's Nomination Form
The municipal elections in Maharashtra, already a hot topic across the state, has got juicier, with allegations that a contest in Pune got duplicate candidates from Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena.
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2 BRS Local-Body Poll Candidates Die By Suicide In Telangana
In two separate incidents reported from Telangana, the two BRS Party candidates contesting in the upcoming local-body elections were found dead by hanging in Nirmal and Nalgonda districts, police said on Thursday.
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Video: Men Kneel, Plead With Woman To Contest Sarpanch Poll In Telangana
A video from Telangana's Mahabubabad district has gone viral after capturing an unusual scene: several men requesting a woman to contest the local body elections as sarpanch, with one of them even dropping to his knees and clutching her feet
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'Zero Seats, 99% Candidates Flopped': BJP Mocks Prashant Kishor's Poll Debut
Prashant Kishor's electoral debut flopped last week after his Jan Suraaj was routed in the Bihar election; Kshor's party contested 238 of the state's 243 Assembly seats but failed to win any of them, though it began the day with leads in four.
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Bihar Results LIVE: "Son Of Mallah" Mukesh Sahani's Party Trailing In All 12 Seats
Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani, who bargained hard with the opposition Grand Alliance to get 12 seats for his party and the Deputy Chief Ministerial post for himself, is sharing the reverses suffered by the Mahagathbandhan.
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Bihar Results LIVE: Singer Maithili Thakur Of BJP Leads In Bihar's Alinagar, Show Early Leads
Folk singer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Maithili Thakur, who is contesting her first election, is leading in Alinagar, show early leads. The poll debutant joined the BJP a month before the assembly elections to "serve Bihar".
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One Less Friendly Contest In Bihar As VIP Steps Aside For RJD In Darbhanga
There was drama in Bihar as campaigning for the first phase of assembly elections in the state came to a close.
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JNUSU Elections: Voting Concludes; Counting Begins At 9 PM, Result On November 6
JNUSU Elections 2025: A total of 20 candidates are contesting for the four central panel posts - president, vice-president, general secretary, and joint secretary.
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Parties Start Declaring Candidates For Elections In Bangladesh, BNP Takes Lead
Bangladesh has taken a step closer to elections with one of the main parties in the fray, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), announcing candidates for the elections that are scheduled in February next year.
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'Will Win By Huge Margin': JDU Leader's Shoutout To 'Bahubali' Anant Singh
Anant Singh, who has 28 criminal cases against him, has won the Mokama Assembly seat five times.
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"Nitish Kumar Is Chief Minister, We Are Fighting Under Him": Amit Shah To NDTV
BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah today reiterated that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is fighting the Bihar assembly election under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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Jawaharlal Nehru University Prepares For Student Union Elections Amid Left And Right Wing Contest
Jawaharlal Nehru University will hold student union elections on November 4, 2025, with left-wing and right-wing parties contesting key posts.
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Lowest Number Of Women Candidates In Bihar Elections In 15 Years
In all, 258 women are contesting the Bihar Assembly election as against 2,357 male candidates.
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Woman With 4 Children Allowed To Contest Nagpur Civic Polls. Law Says She Can't
Pushpa Waghmare, a mother of four, is contesting the Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections despite a law stating that candidates with more than two children cannot contest civic elections in Maharashtra.
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Telangana Legislative Assembly Scraps 2-Child Policy For Local Polls
The Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, has been unanimously passed by the state legislative assembly, officially abolishing the three-decade-old "two-child norm" for candidates contesting local body elections.
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In Pune, Shiv Sena 'Candidate' Tears, Swallows Party Colleague's Nomination Form
The municipal elections in Maharashtra, already a hot topic across the state, has got juicier, with allegations that a contest in Pune got duplicate candidates from Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena.
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2 BRS Local-Body Poll Candidates Die By Suicide In Telangana
In two separate incidents reported from Telangana, the two BRS Party candidates contesting in the upcoming local-body elections were found dead by hanging in Nirmal and Nalgonda districts, police said on Thursday.
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Video: Men Kneel, Plead With Woman To Contest Sarpanch Poll In Telangana
A video from Telangana's Mahabubabad district has gone viral after capturing an unusual scene: several men requesting a woman to contest the local body elections as sarpanch, with one of them even dropping to his knees and clutching her feet
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'Zero Seats, 99% Candidates Flopped': BJP Mocks Prashant Kishor's Poll Debut
Prashant Kishor's electoral debut flopped last week after his Jan Suraaj was routed in the Bihar election; Kshor's party contested 238 of the state's 243 Assembly seats but failed to win any of them, though it began the day with leads in four.
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Bihar Results LIVE: "Son Of Mallah" Mukesh Sahani's Party Trailing In All 12 Seats
Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani, who bargained hard with the opposition Grand Alliance to get 12 seats for his party and the Deputy Chief Ministerial post for himself, is sharing the reverses suffered by the Mahagathbandhan.
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Bihar Results LIVE: Singer Maithili Thakur Of BJP Leads In Bihar's Alinagar, Show Early Leads
Folk singer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Maithili Thakur, who is contesting her first election, is leading in Alinagar, show early leads. The poll debutant joined the BJP a month before the assembly elections to "serve Bihar".
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One Less Friendly Contest In Bihar As VIP Steps Aside For RJD In Darbhanga
There was drama in Bihar as campaigning for the first phase of assembly elections in the state came to a close.
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JNUSU Elections: Voting Concludes; Counting Begins At 9 PM, Result On November 6
JNUSU Elections 2025: A total of 20 candidates are contesting for the four central panel posts - president, vice-president, general secretary, and joint secretary.
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Parties Start Declaring Candidates For Elections In Bangladesh, BNP Takes Lead
Bangladesh has taken a step closer to elections with one of the main parties in the fray, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), announcing candidates for the elections that are scheduled in February next year.
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'Will Win By Huge Margin': JDU Leader's Shoutout To 'Bahubali' Anant Singh
Anant Singh, who has 28 criminal cases against him, has won the Mokama Assembly seat five times.
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"Nitish Kumar Is Chief Minister, We Are Fighting Under Him": Amit Shah To NDTV
BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah today reiterated that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is fighting the Bihar assembly election under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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Jawaharlal Nehru University Prepares For Student Union Elections Amid Left And Right Wing Contest
Jawaharlal Nehru University will hold student union elections on November 4, 2025, with left-wing and right-wing parties contesting key posts.
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Lowest Number Of Women Candidates In Bihar Elections In 15 Years
In all, 258 women are contesting the Bihar Assembly election as against 2,357 male candidates.
