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The local body elections are expected to play a crucial role in shaping Maharashtra's political landscape ahead of the next assembly polls A day after top opposition leaders, including Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) representatives and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, met the State Election Commissioner to raise several issues related to the upcoming local body elections, Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare issued a detailed clarification addressing their concerns. During the meeting, R ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare on Thursday stressed the need for adequate manpower for local self-government elections and said it should be made available on priority as per Supreme Court directions. Chairing a high-level meeting at the SEC office, Waghmare reviewed election preparedness with senior officials, including Chief Secretary Rajesh Kumar. Waghmare said the availability of election officers, assistant election officers, and other staff i ...Read More >
"We occasionally have meals," said Siddaramaiah. (File) Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah while responding to rumours surrounding the dinner meet hosted by him for his Cabinet Ministers in Bengaluru, asked on Monday that "having a meal with Cabinet Ministers is supposed to be a major crime". He spoke to reporters after inaugurating the Kittur festival torch before travelling to Hubballi. When journalists asked about the dinner arranged on Monday for his Cabinet Ministers, the ...Read More >
Tirur: Determined to ensure that paddy cultivation does not become a thing of the past, a group of students has taken to one of the last remaining paddy fields in the town. After planting the saplings, they have now assumed responsibility for nurturing them until harvest. The initiative was launched by students of MDPS UP School, Ezhoor, as part of an effort to revive the tradition of paddy farming, which has been fading fast in the region. Acting on this idea, the school's National Green Army ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Friday, October 10 criticised the Telangana government for the 42 percent reservation for backward classes in the local body elections. Addressing a gathering in Warangal, the former Telangana minister questioned the Congress as to why it did not push for the Backward Classes (BC) quota in elections during its 55 year rule in India. He further claimed that the Telangana High Court put a stay on the 42 percent BC quota since ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday highlighted the state government's efforts to streamline the upcoming local body elections and ensure a smooth nomination process. The announcement came following a virtual meeting held by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Mahesh Goud with key party leaders on Thursday. Chief Minister Reddy actively participated in the session and addressed party functionaries regarding poll preparations. The first phase of nominations ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Returning officers have invited nominations for the first phase of Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs), Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs) elections starting October 9. According to the gazette notification, nominations can be filed between 10:30 am and 5:00 pm till Saturday, October 11. It will be scrutinised and the list of candidates will be released on Sunday, October 12, after 5:00 pm. The last date to appeal the rejection of nominations is October ...Read More >
TSEC gears up as HC refuses to stay the poll process set in motion The Telangana State Election Commission is all set to issue the first notification for elections overdue to the rural local bodies on Thursday as scheduled. There was dilemma over the issuance of the notification following the cases filed against the 42 per cent reservation to backward class communities in local bodies. The petitioners alleged that the government's decision was against the Constitutional principles as well as t ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Mahesh Kumar Goud has exuded confidence that the process for elections to rural local bodies in Telangana will begin on Thursday as scheduled. The State Election Commission is set to issue a notification on Thursday for the first phase of polls to Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs), Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs). The first phase of elections is scheduled to be held on Oct ...Read More >
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], October 6 (ANI): Villagers in Karnataka's Shivamogga district have refused to participate in the state's ongoing caste survey, demanding the installation of a network tower in the area first. Karnataka's caste survey, officially known as the Social and Educational Survey, started on September 22 and is scheduled to conclude on October 7 (Tuesday). Shashikumar, a resident of the Barur Gram panchayat area, stressed that while he is not against the survey, getting ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 30 (ANI): Following the Telangana State Election Commission announcement of the schedule for the second ordinary elections to rural local bodies, Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao said that the Congress government was compelled to accept what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had been demanding, 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes. Speaking to ANI following the announcement by the state election commission on Monday, Telangana BJP presiden ...Read More >
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath underscored the importance of self-reliant panchayats in translating the state's long-term development goals into reality. Addressing district and block panchayat representatives, he called for adopting innovative approaches in annual plans, with a focus on both income generation and public welfare. The interaction formed part of the ongoing Viksit UP@2047 dialogue series, which seeks to gather ideas from local representatives and citizens on how to ...Read More >
The notification issued by the Telangana State Election Commission has exempted 14 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies, 27 gram panchayats, and 246 wards due to stay orders issued by the high court. The Telangana State Election Commission (SEC) Monday formally released the Election Notification and schedule for the Second Ordinary Elections to Rural Local Bodies. The polls will be held in three phases - on October 31, November 4, and November 8. While polling will be held between 7 am t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Beginning from Monday, September 29, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into force with immediate effect in Telangana, following the announcement of five-phased local body elections, the State Election Commission said in a statement. The MCC will be in force till the completion of the elections. The elections, including Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs), Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs) and Gram Panchayats will go to polls in October-November. O ...Read More >
Telangana State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rani Kumudini on Monday officially announced the schedule for the second ordinary elections to rural local bodies. The elections will cover Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs), Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs), and Gram Panchayats (GPs) across the state. The elections will be conducted in multiple phases. MPTC and ZPTC elections are scheduled for October 23 and October 27, 2025, while Gram Panchayat elections will take ...Read More >
Mysuru: The ongoing social and educational survey conducted by the Backward Classes Commission has run into multiple hurdles in the twin districts of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar, causing significant delay in data collection. Launched on Sept 22, the survey -- intended to cover 12.6 lakh families across the twin districts within 15 days -- has made only limited progress. The survey is expected to be completed by Oct 7. Despite being the home turf of chief minister Siddaramaiah, enumerators are faci ...Read More >
The BJP government has also reduced the budget of the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department, Mishra claimed. Another BJD leader and former minister Arun Sahoo accused the state government of hijacking the power of elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). "The BJP government is making efforts to paralyse panchayats, panchayat samities and zilla parishads of the state during the last 15 months of its rule," Sahoo alleged. He pointed to a recent decision by the state ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Workers and leaders of the Opposition party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday held a massive protest against curtailment of Panchayati Raj powers in Odisha. They engaged in a scuffle with the police at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar while marching ahead to gherao the state Assembly in protest against the Odisha government's alleged attempt to limit the powers of elected representatives under the Panchayati Raj Institutions. Hundreds of BJD workers, party supported ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Pulling up the Maharashtra State Election Commission for non-compliance of its order, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the state local body polls, stalled since 2022, to be completed by January 31, 2026 without further extension. The bench was irked over the failure of the state election commission (SEC) to comply with its order mandating a timely conclusion of the stalled local body elections. "Elections of all local bodies, including Zila Parishads, Panchayat Sam ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 21: KP Group, a leading name in India's renewable energy sector, is stepping up its expansion with a clear goal of reaching 10 GW capacity by 2030. With projects already underway in Gujarat, the Group is working on projects in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, supported by a strong order book and government partnerships. KP Group has signed memoranda of understanding with Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh for over 2.6 ...Read More >
Jaisalmer: A rare fossil believed to date back to the Jurassic period has been discovered in Megha village of Fatehgarh Panchayat Samiti in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district. The find, an extremely well-preserved vertebrate skeleton, was examined by Professor Virendra Singh Parihar, Head of the Geology Department at Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, along with geologist Dr Narayan Das Inkhaia. According to Parihar, the fossil belongs to a species called 'Phytosaur', a reptilian creature that l ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Nearly one-third of school students take private coaching and the trend is more common in urban areas, the Centre's Comprehensive Modular Survey (CMS) on education has found. The survey noted that government schools play a pivotal role in providing education across India, accounting for 55.9 per cent of total enrolments. "It is higher in rural areas, where two-thirds (66.0 per cent) of students are enrolled, in comparison to urban areas (30.1 per cent). The private unai ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been allocated Rs 240.8149 crore under the 15th Finance Commission (XV FC) Untied Grants for rural local bodies during the financial year 2025-26. The funds will cover 6,085 eligible Gram Panchayats and 63 Block Panchayats across the state, the Centre announced on Tuesday. Alongside Odisha, Mizoram and Tripura have also received allocations. Mizoram has been granted Rs 14.27 crore for 827 eligible village councils as part of the 2023-24 grants, while Tripura has received ...Read More >
YSRCP boss and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy (File). Hyderabad: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has called for fresh elections for the Pulivendula and Vontimitta zilla parishad by-polls - this time under the supervision of central forces to ensure a "fair" process - because those held Tuesday were "a mockery of democracy". Echoing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'vote chori' battle-cry - an attack on the Election Commission and the Bharatiya Jant ...Read More >
The State government has issued orders confirming the number of Mandal Parishad Presidents (MPPs), Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs), and Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs). As per official figures, there will be a total of 566 MPP and ZPTC seats, and 5,773 MPTC seats in the upcoming polls. The number of Gram Panchayats has been confirmed as 12,778, while the total number of wards stands at approximately 1.12 lakh. Local body elections were previously held only ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Following heavy rainfall in Hyderabad and other parts of the state, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has instructed the officials to remain vigilant and take proactive measures. The Chief Minister has asked the GHMC, HMDA, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Energy and Police wings to work in coordination during rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit areas. In his directive, Revanth Reddy also ordered the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disast ...Read More >
Srinagar: Searches are being carried out by Jammu and Kashmir Police's counter-intelligence wing at multiple locations in the Valley in connection with a terror case, officials said. The searches by Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) are underway at 10 locations across four districts of the Kashmir Valley, the officials said. Searches are being conducted to locate terrorist sleeper cells and recruitment modules. The CIK searches are being conducted in six locations in Ganderbal, two in Budgam ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The villages across the state are buzzing with excitement as hopeful candidates prepare for the upcoming local elections. Various party leaders are actively seeking votes, while leaders from the Backward Classes (BC) are focusing on forming alliances in several villages to strengthen their chances. In addition, key party leaders and influential figures are being approached for election tickets, with reports indicating that some have requested tickets for their wives this time.Party le ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana state cabinet, led by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, has approved an ordinance to raise the reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections from 29% to 42%, pushing the total quota beyond the 50% ceiling laid down by the Supreme Court. As reported by The Wire, the government's decision comes in the backdrop of a 17-month delay in conducting elections to local bodies and the Union government's prolonged inaction on two Bills passed by the Telangana legislat ...Read More >
Pune: State Election Commission (SEC) will use the July 1, 2025, updated legislative assembly voters' list for the upcoming local body elections with chairperson Dinesh Waghmare directing district collectors and municipal commissioners to begin preparations based on the updated voter rolls during video conferences on Thursday and Friday.Elections are due for 29 municipal corporations, 290 nagar panchayats and parishads, 32 zilla parishads, and 336 panchayat samitis, as their terms have expired. ...Read More >
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