Maharashtra Local Elections

In a surprise announcement, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) National President and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said that the party will contest the local and civic body elections in Maharashtra independently.

Belagavi district with the second highest number of assembly seats after Bengaluru Urban -- is expected to face a tough contest between the BJP and Congress as Lingayat politics surmounts the local issues, but the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) co

In a setback to the BJP, the Congress dominated the results of elections to the posts of Panchayat Samiti chairpersons and deputy chairpersons in Maharashtra's Nagpur.

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) was keen on forging an alliance with the Congress and the Shiv Sena for the upcoming local bodies elections in Maharashtra, but both parties have not responded to the offer, party chief Prakash Ambedkar said on Friday

Elections to local governing bodies can be held now with other Backward Castes (OBCs) quota in Maharashtra with the Supreme Court giving its nod, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here.

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Thursday kept up his attack on the ally Nationalist Congress Party, accusing it of betrayal in local elections in Bhandara and Gondia districts.

With results from the Gadchiroli district announced on Thursday, the BJP maintained its top position in Maharashtra nagar panchayat elections by winning a total of 419 out of 1,791 seats.

Election results for 106 urban local bodies - nagar panchayats, or government bodies for areas with a small population - in Maharashtra are being declared on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra government has approached the Supreme Court seeking a recall of the court's December 15 order that stayed 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes, or OBC, in local body elections.

In Nagpur, around 500 resident doctors at two government hospitals will "withdraw" from Out Patient Departments, non-emergency ward work, departmental work and elective services from Friday, said local units of MARD

In a setback for the Maharashtra government, the 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in state's local body elections has been put on hold by the Supreme Court.

Candidates on four seats in the biennial elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the local authorities constituencies have been elected unopposed, state Congress chief Nana Patole said on Friday.

The Congress on Monday announced the names of 20 candidates for biennial elections to the legislative council in Karnataka from local authorities' constituencies.

Biennial elections to the legislative councils in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh from 42 local authorities' constituencies will be held on December 10, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday.

An all-party meeting convened by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday unanimously decided that local body polls be postponed till the state backward class commission compiles empirical data giving a clear picture on political backwar

In a surprise announcement, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) National President and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said that the party will contest the local and civic body elections in Maharashtra independently.

Belagavi district with the second highest number of assembly seats after Bengaluru Urban -- is expected to face a tough contest between the BJP and Congress as Lingayat politics surmounts the local issues, but the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) co

In a setback to the BJP, the Congress dominated the results of elections to the posts of Panchayat Samiti chairpersons and deputy chairpersons in Maharashtra's Nagpur.

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) was keen on forging an alliance with the Congress and the Shiv Sena for the upcoming local bodies elections in Maharashtra, but both parties have not responded to the offer, party chief Prakash Ambedkar said on Friday

Elections to local governing bodies can be held now with other Backward Castes (OBCs) quota in Maharashtra with the Supreme Court giving its nod, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here.

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Thursday kept up his attack on the ally Nationalist Congress Party, accusing it of betrayal in local elections in Bhandara and Gondia districts.

With results from the Gadchiroli district announced on Thursday, the BJP maintained its top position in Maharashtra nagar panchayat elections by winning a total of 419 out of 1,791 seats.

Election results for 106 urban local bodies - nagar panchayats, or government bodies for areas with a small population - in Maharashtra are being declared on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra government has approached the Supreme Court seeking a recall of the court's December 15 order that stayed 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes, or OBC, in local body elections.

In Nagpur, around 500 resident doctors at two government hospitals will "withdraw" from Out Patient Departments, non-emergency ward work, departmental work and elective services from Friday, said local units of MARD

In a setback for the Maharashtra government, the 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in state's local body elections has been put on hold by the Supreme Court.

Candidates on four seats in the biennial elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the local authorities constituencies have been elected unopposed, state Congress chief Nana Patole said on Friday.

The Congress on Monday announced the names of 20 candidates for biennial elections to the legislative council in Karnataka from local authorities' constituencies.

Biennial elections to the legislative councils in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh from 42 local authorities' constituencies will be held on December 10, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday.

An all-party meeting convened by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday unanimously decided that local body polls be postponed till the state backward class commission compiles empirical data giving a clear picture on political backwar