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.

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· Mar 25, 2022 · 12:29 pm

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

· Mar 25, 2022 · 06:30 am

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.

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· Mar 23, 2022 · 03:33 pm

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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· Mar 22, 2022 · 05:46 pm

‘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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· Mar 17, 2022 · 08:46 pm

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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· Jan 08, 2020 · 11:03 pm

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.

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· Sep 04, 2018 · 02:55 pm

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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· Sep 03, 2018 · 09:26 am

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.

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· Apr 20, 2018 · 08:58 pm

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.

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· Nov 08, 2017 · 06:01 pm

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

· Apr 27, 2017 · 06:30 am

This time, the Delhi civic elections are more intense and high-stakes than ever before

All three contenders – the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party – have something to prove at Sunday’s polls.

Anita Katyal

· Apr 23, 2017 · 07:30 am