Municipal Election
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‘If you riot, you will win’: North East Delhi is headed for municipal polls with 2020 wounds fresh
Muslims allege that a person involved in the violence has been promoted by the BJP by giving his wife a ticket.
Zafar Aafaq
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Union home ministry introduces Bill in Lok Sabha to merge three municipal corporations in Delhi
The MCD Bill, which was cleared by the Cabinet on Tuesday, proposed that the number of seats in the unified corporation will not be more than 250.
Scroll Staff
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Is BJP the third-largest party in Tamil Nadu? Decoding the urban local body election results
The BJP’s compulsion to overstate its strength seems to be a tactic to increase its bargaining capacity for the 2024 parliamentary elections.
Arun Kumar G
Trending
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BBC is independent, says UK on documentary about Narendra Modi
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How did the Hyderabad Police race against time to recover stolen artefacts from the Nizam’s Museum?
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India is now the world’s most populous nation – but there’s no reason to be worried
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‘I turned my impatience into something useful’: Ruth Ozeki, winner of 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction
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Watch: Indian women’s cricket team take on the ‘Tum Tum’ dance challenge in the dressing room
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AAP will quit politics if BJP conducts Delhi civic polls on time and wins, says Arvind Kejriwal
Continuously postponing elections is ‘an insult to martyrs’ who sacrificed their lives for democracy, the Delhi chief minister said.
Scroll Staff
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Union Cabinet approves Bill to merge three civic bodies of Delhi
The Aam Aadmi Party has alleged that the decision has been taken in order to delay the civic body polls in the city.
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‘Delhi civic polls must be held in fair manner’: AAP moves Supreme Court
The Election Commission had deferred the polling indefinitely, citing a communication from Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.
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Video
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Watch: Indian women’s cricket team take on the ‘Tum Tum’ dance challenge in the dressing room
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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Siddique Kappan after being released on bail after more than two years
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Caught on CCTV: Man steals gorilla statue kept outside a shop
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Watch: Tiger walks freely in tea garden, unbothered when car comes up close
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Watch: Students climb gate to enter exam centre because they were late
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Maharashtra district polls: BJP loses five zilla parishads, including RSS bastion Nagpur
The saffron party also lost the seat in Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s native village Dhapewada.
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Karnataka municipal polls: ‘Results show alliance can work together to decimate BJP,’ says Congress
The Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) run the state government in coalition, but contested the local body elections separately.
Scroll Staff
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Karnataka municipal polls: Congress wins with 982 seats, BJP comes close second
The saffron party won all three city corporations of Mysuru, Shivamogga and Tumakuru.
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The Reel
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Bowing out in style: Soumitra Chatterjee’s late-career gems ‘Bela Seshe’ and ‘Mayurakshi’
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‘Lost’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a journalist investigating a disappearance
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‘The Romantics’ trailer: Docuseries pays tribute to the Yash Raj Films legacy
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Film ‘Follower’ crawls inside the mind of a social media troll in Belgaum
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Shah Rukh Khan on ‘Pathaan’ success: ‘Have forgotten those four years in the last four days’
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BJP sweeps Jharkhand municipal elections, wins 21 mayoral seats
Chief Minister Raghubar Das attributed the success to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah.
Scroll Staff
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Two brothers contesting Agra mayoral election have combined assets of over Rs 1,000 crore: Report
The State Election Commission had to update its software to be able to enter the details of their assets, as the system accepted numbers up to Rs 10 crore only.
Scroll Staff
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As BJP sweeps Delhi civic polls, it must now clean up the mess over wage dues of sanitation workers
Or does its victory signal a continuation of the stalemate that has led to crippling strikes and piling garbage?
Abhishek Dey
The Field
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Football: Attempted rape charges against Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood dropped
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Football: French World Cup winner Raphael Varane announces international retirement
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Davis Cup: Against Holger Rune’s Denmark, India opt not to play it by the book
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Tri-series final, IND vs SA blog: Chloe Tryon’s 57 takes South Africa to a win in low-scorer
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Thailand Masters: Sai Praneeth sole India in QFs; Kiran George, Ashmita Chaliha lose thrillers