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- India
‘Mumbai for Mumbaikar’ vs ‘modern and dynamic capital’ as BMC fight intensifies
Mumbai: As Mumbai gears up for the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on January 15, the battle for Asia’s richest civic body has intensified. The Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, have…
- India
Mira Bhayander will turn ‘saffron’ after civic polls: Shinde
Thane: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that after Mumbai and Thane, the state’s Mira Bhayander city is all set to be painted “saffron” in the upcoming municipal elections. The…
- World
Trump says US not at war with Venezuela, rules out early polls
Washington: US President Donald Trump said the United States is not at war with Venezuela and will not push for elections there in the near term, arguing that the country must first…
- India
Six BJP candidates elected unopposed to Bhiwandi-Nizampur civic body
Thane: Six BJP candidates have been elected unopposed after the scrutiny of nomination papers for the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) polls in Maharashtra’s Thane district, the party claimed on Friday. The BJP’s…
- India
Piyush Goyal meets Palaniswami, NDA plans 2026 Tamil Nadu strategy
Chennai: NDA constituents in Tamil Nadu–the AIADMK and the BJP on Tuesday initiated preliminary talks ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls in the state, with saffron party leader Piyush Goyal holding talks…
- India
Kerala local body polls: BJP’s Muslim candidate registers surprise win
Thrissur: In a significant political development, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Muslim candidate, Mumtaz, has won the Kannankulangara ward in the Thrissur Corporation elections, wresting the seat from the Congress. The victory is…
- Mumbai
67.63 pc voter turnout recorded in Maharashtra local bodies polls
Mumbai: A voter turnout of 67.63 per cent was recorded in the first phase of elections to 263 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Maharashtra, while the president and councillors of a…
- Telangana
Telangana Cabinet to take decision on local body polls on Monday
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cabinet meeting on Monday is likely to take a decision on conducting local body elections as the High Court last week directed the state government to announce the poll…
- India
NOTA’s share up from 2020 but much lower than 2015 Bihar assembly polls
New Delhi: The share of none of the above (NOTA) option went up marginally this time in the Bihar assembly polls as compared to the last elections but is still much lower…
- News
Bihar exit polls show strong NDA lead; INDIA bloc claims desire for change
Patna: As the counting day draws near in Bihar after a fiercely contested campaign followed by a record voter turnout in the assembly polls, both the BJP-led NDA and the INDIA bloc…
- India
CEC arrives in Bihar with his team to review poll preparations
Patna: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar arrived in the Bihar capital late on Friday for reviewing, over the next couple of days, preparations for the high-octane assembly polls, which are expected to…
- Telangana
Govt speeds up local body poll process, officials suggest phases
Hyderabad: The process of finalizing Backward Class (BC) reservations for local body elections in Telangana is nearly complete. District Collectors have sent reports to the government after completing the allocation of reservations…
- India
Congress to hold CWC meeting in Patna on Sep 24
New Delhi: A Congress Working Committee meeting will be held on September 24 in Patna where the party’s top leadership is set to brainstorm on the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls and step…
- India
If betrayed over Maratha quota, we will make them bite the dust in polls: Jarange
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday warned that if Marathas face betrayal over quota, then the ruling parties in Maharashtra will be made to bite the dust in polls, and asserted…
- World
New York Mayor polls: Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani wins Democratic nomination
Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination for the New York Mayor polls set to be held in November 2025. In the race for the Democratic nomination, he defeated the state’s former…
