local elections

Delhi University to witness voting for student body polls after 4 years

Around 500 security personnel, including police and paramilitary forces, will be deployed in the North Campus to provide security; 24 candidates in fray for four posts; ballots will be counted on Saturday

Jaideep Deo Bhanj

Legal trouble, political gain: On the arrest of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu

Explained | What is the battle over the ‘plough’ symbol in Ladakh?

After Supreme Court verdict, Ladakh hill council polls now on October 4

EVMs can neither be hacked nor tampered with, ECI tells SC

The Hindu Bureau

‘Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his Deputy D.K. Shivakumar, who is also State party chief, have seemingly reconciled differences over sharing of power’

Past the first 100 days hurdle

The case for elections in Jammu and Kashmir

A ‘distraction’ balloon in the winds of federalism

File photo of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

BJP took a stand against rioters, says Yogi Adityanath

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Altering status quo: On Jammu and Kashmir and Statehood

Former President Ram Nath Kovind.

Centre forms panel under former President Ram Nath Kovind for simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and State Assemblies

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YSRCP wins 22 out of 34 sarpanch posts in Andhra Pradesh

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NHRC acted like a ‘super Election Commission of India’ during Bengal elections: Supreme Court

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BBMP head office at Hudson Circle in Bengaluru. The term of the previous BBMP council ended in September 2020. A new council is yet to be elected.

Bengaluru likely to miss its date with governance reforms yet again

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A view of the High Court of Karnataka.

Non-disclosure of assets by candidate amounts to corrupt practice attracting disqualification under Panchayat Raj Act: Karnataka High Court

The Hindu Bureau

Rajya Sabha MPs cast their votes for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 during the Monsoon Session of Parliament on August 7, 2023. The Bill was passed with 131 members voting in favour of the Bill and 102 voting against it.

Morning Digest | Rajya Sabha passes Delhi Services Bill; Home Ministry seeks eighth extension to frame CAA rules, and more

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West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. File

Bengal Panchayat Election | Adhir writes to Mamata seeking intervention over ’abduction’ of elected Opposition candidates

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West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. File

Calcutta HC allows West Bengal police to file FIR against Suvendu Adhikari

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The West Bengal BJP unit on Wednesday taking out a procession in Kolkata in protest of the alleged violence during the recent panchayat polls. Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar and party national vice-president Dilip Ghosh participated in the procession from College Street to Esplanade.

West Bengal BJP takes out rally on election violence, calls for gherao of BDOs

Shiv Sahay Singh

Seikh Moslem was seriously injured in an attack with rods at Bhangar on July 7 night when he was passing a forested area, hours before the panchayat elections were to start. File

Injured in West Bengal panchayat poll violence, TMC worker dies

The grieving family members of Liaqat Sheikh, who was killed on the day of polling at Gangadhari village in Nowda block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal.

West Bengal local polls | Bombs and ballot boxes

Shiv Sahay Singh

TMC supporters celebrate the party’s lead during the counting of votes of West Bengal panchayat polls, in Howrah, on July 11, 2023.

Trinamool Congress is poised to sweep violence marred West Bengal panchayat polls

The Hindu Bureau

Alarm bells: on the violence in the West Bengal panchayat elections

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose arrives to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at North Block in New Delhi, on July 10, 2023

West Bengal panchayat poll violence | Darkest hour just before dawn say Governor Ananda Bose

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