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Congress Breaches BJP's Founding Bastion In Ahmedabad's Khadia
Khadia had remained an undefeated stronghold for the Jan Sangh and subsequently the BJP since the early 1970s
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Voting Begins For Gujarat Local Body Polls, Amit Shah To Vote In Ahmedabad
Gandhinagar, April 26 (IANS) Voting for Gujarat’s local body elections began on Sunday, with polling underway across municipal corporations, municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats in what is one of the state’s largest grassroots el
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BJP, Congress Or AAP? This Gujarat Candidate Is Representing All 3 Parties
In an unprecedented turn of events that has left both voters and political analysts baffled, a single candidate has filed nomination papers representing three rival parties for the same seat. Bharat Singh Vakhala, a prominent local figure, filed his candidacy for the Pipero seat of the Dahod District Panchayat in Gujarat as an official nominee for ...
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Gujarat Local Body Polls On April 26, Votes To Be Counted On April 28
Over 4.18 crore voters will be eligible to elect their representatives in a total of 9,992 seats across Gujarat, officials said.
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Telangana Civic Body Polls: BJP Skips Nizamabad Race, Wins Big In Karimnagar
Telangana's urban local body elections have thrown up sharp political contrasts for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While the party secured a decisive mayoral victory in Karimnagar, it has chosen to sit in the opposition in Nizamabad.
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Supreme Court Asks Himachal Pradesh To Hold Local Body Polls By May 31
In a significant relief to the Himachal Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Friday extended from April 30 to May 31 the deadline fixed by the high court for holding polls for local bodies in the state.
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Educational Qualification Not Mandatory For Panchayat Polls: Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government has clarified in the Legislative Assembly that there is no proposal under consideration to make educational qualifications mandatory for candidates contesting urban local body elections.
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BJP Repeats 2017 Performance On RSS Turf Nagpur, Deja Vu For Congress
The Bharatiya Janata Party is set for another sweeping victory in Nagpur, the turf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - the BJP's ideological mentor.
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BJP Makes History In Kerala, Gets 1st Ever Mayor In Big Pre-Poll Boost
The BJP's VV Rajesh was sworn in as Mayor of Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram Friday afternoon, marking a watershed moment in the southern state's political landscape.
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Debate Settled Over Real Shiv Sena: Eknath Shinde After Local Body Poll Win
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena Chief leader Eknath Shinde said on Sunday that the party has maintained a formidable strike rate in the recent nagar parishad and nagar panchayat elections.
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BJP Inches Towards Thumping Win In Maharashtra Local Body Polls
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has taken a big lead in the elections to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats in Maharashtra
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Kerala Local Body Poll Results: Tales Of Irony, Comedy And Humanity
A candidate who bagged only a single vote to a family holding the balance of power in an entire municipality, the Kerala local body election results brought with them tales that were emotional, ironic, and mildly hilarious.
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Ruling Maharashtra Alliance To Fight Civic Polls Together: State Minister
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said that the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the state will fight the forthcoming Zilla Parishad and Municipal Corporation elections as a united front.
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Video: Sena MLA Enters Poll Booth, Shows Party Symbol To Woman Casting Vote
An offence was filed against Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar in Maharashtra's Hingoli district allegedly for sloganeering and breaching confidentiality by showing party election symbol to a woman casting vote during local body polls
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After RSS Activist, BJP Worker Attempts Suicide Over Ticket Denial
A Mahila Morcha (Women's wing of BJP) activist attempted to commit suicide, allegedly fearing that she would not be given a ticket in the local body election at Nedumangad on Sunday, police said.
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Congress Breaches BJP's Founding Bastion In Ahmedabad's Khadia
Khadia had remained an undefeated stronghold for the Jan Sangh and subsequently the BJP since the early 1970s
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Voting Begins For Gujarat Local Body Polls, Amit Shah To Vote In Ahmedabad
Gandhinagar, April 26 (IANS) Voting for Gujarat’s local body elections began on Sunday, with polling underway across municipal corporations, municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats in what is one of the state’s largest grassroots el
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BJP, Congress Or AAP? This Gujarat Candidate Is Representing All 3 Parties
In an unprecedented turn of events that has left both voters and political analysts baffled, a single candidate has filed nomination papers representing three rival parties for the same seat. Bharat Singh Vakhala, a prominent local figure, filed his candidacy for the Pipero seat of the Dahod District Panchayat in Gujarat as an official nominee for ...
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Gujarat Local Body Polls On April 26, Votes To Be Counted On April 28
Over 4.18 crore voters will be eligible to elect their representatives in a total of 9,992 seats across Gujarat, officials said.
-
Telangana Civic Body Polls: BJP Skips Nizamabad Race, Wins Big In Karimnagar
Telangana's urban local body elections have thrown up sharp political contrasts for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While the party secured a decisive mayoral victory in Karimnagar, it has chosen to sit in the opposition in Nizamabad.
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Supreme Court Asks Himachal Pradesh To Hold Local Body Polls By May 31
In a significant relief to the Himachal Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Friday extended from April 30 to May 31 the deadline fixed by the high court for holding polls for local bodies in the state.
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Educational Qualification Not Mandatory For Panchayat Polls: Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government has clarified in the Legislative Assembly that there is no proposal under consideration to make educational qualifications mandatory for candidates contesting urban local body elections.
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BJP Repeats 2017 Performance On RSS Turf Nagpur, Deja Vu For Congress
The Bharatiya Janata Party is set for another sweeping victory in Nagpur, the turf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - the BJP's ideological mentor.
-
BJP Makes History In Kerala, Gets 1st Ever Mayor In Big Pre-Poll Boost
The BJP's VV Rajesh was sworn in as Mayor of Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram Friday afternoon, marking a watershed moment in the southern state's political landscape.
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Debate Settled Over Real Shiv Sena: Eknath Shinde After Local Body Poll Win
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena Chief leader Eknath Shinde said on Sunday that the party has maintained a formidable strike rate in the recent nagar parishad and nagar panchayat elections.
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BJP Inches Towards Thumping Win In Maharashtra Local Body Polls
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has taken a big lead in the elections to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats in Maharashtra
-
Kerala Local Body Poll Results: Tales Of Irony, Comedy And Humanity
A candidate who bagged only a single vote to a family holding the balance of power in an entire municipality, the Kerala local body election results brought with them tales that were emotional, ironic, and mildly hilarious.
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Ruling Maharashtra Alliance To Fight Civic Polls Together: State Minister
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said that the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the state will fight the forthcoming Zilla Parishad and Municipal Corporation elections as a united front.
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Video: Sena MLA Enters Poll Booth, Shows Party Symbol To Woman Casting Vote
An offence was filed against Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar in Maharashtra's Hingoli district allegedly for sloganeering and breaching confidentiality by showing party election symbol to a woman casting vote during local body polls
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After RSS Activist, BJP Worker Attempts Suicide Over Ticket Denial
A Mahila Morcha (Women's wing of BJP) activist attempted to commit suicide, allegedly fearing that she would not be given a ticket in the local body election at Nedumangad on Sunday, police said.
