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Saturday, November 15, 2025
TopicLocal body polls

Topic: local body polls

Dadra, Daman local polls: Congress alleges ‘election chori’, maps next move in standoff with EC

Congress is considering moving court after accusing BJP of ‘hijacking’ polls & alleging that 80% of Congress candidates’ & independents’ nominations were rejected at scrutiny stage.

Kerala local body polls: Congress bets on early start, mix of young & old faces to revive its base

Thiruvananthapuram: In opposition in Kerala for almost a decade, the state Congress unit has launched an early campaign for the upcoming local body polls in...

Amid ‘fake voter’ row, Maharashtra EC moves ahead with civic polls, promises electoral roll cleanup

SEC has scheduled voting for 2 December & counting for 3 December. Opposition had been demanding local body polls should be conducted only after voter list 'anomalies' were fixed.

After Raj & Uddhav slam EC, more Oppn voices say no civic polls until voter list ‘anomalies’ fixed

Thackeray brothers met state & central election commission officials, & raised allegations of large-scale irregularities in voter list. They were joined by other parties. 

How new Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan, Fadnavis loyalist with RSS roots, could rattle Shinde Sena

BJP's main Maratha face in Thane, Chavan, is expected to use his organisational strength & grassroots connections in the Konkan to pull in urban votes during the MMR local body polls.

What Congress is thinking at a time when bonhomie is blooming in Thackeray, Pawar clans

The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi hasn’t put up any great show of unity since the assembly polls in November last year. Local body polls are due in 4 months.

After 100-day governance programme, Fadnavis’ new challenge for civil servants—a 150-day programme

The CM has also welcomed SC's directions to hold all pending local body elections in next 4 months and said Mahayuti alliance will contest these polls unitedly.

After AP CM proposes ‘3 kids’ rule for those fighting local polls, Oppn takes jibe at Naidu & son

Naidu has been vocally advocating population growth in AP, urging families to have more kids to sustain demographic dividend & maintain state’s competitive edge in industrial output.

Why Supreme Court allowed OBC quota in local body polls for MP, but not Maharashtra

Court had earlier directed MP and Maharashtra to complete ‘triple-test’ procedure to enable OBC reservations in local polls. This Wednesday it gave the green signal to MP alone.

BJP is no ‘alternative pole in Tamil Nadu politics’. Its local election results show why

Although the BJP has been heralded for its performance in Tamil Nadu's latest local body elections, the truth is far from it. DMK and AIADMK are way ahead.

On Camera

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.