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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicLocal body polls

Topic: local body polls

‘Friendly fight’ turning intense? NCP factions weigh forming a front against BJP in Pune, Pimpri polls

BJP has ruled out alliance with Ajit Pawar's NCP for these corporations. The factions have joined hands in Kagal, Kolhapur. Congress has also approached Ajit Pawar for Pimpri Chinchwad.

Congress-led UDF edges ahead in Kerala civic polls, BJP set to clinch Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala local body polls being seen as a precursor to assembly election next year, see ruling Left suffer major setbacks with BJP making breakthrough in state capital.

Allies turn rivals, foes become friends—Kerala local polls reshape grassroot political dynamics

Coming just months before assembly elections, due by April next year, local body polls in the state this week are crucial, with parties looking to secure momentum-building performances.

BJP’s Op Kryptonite? Ravindra Chavan’s aggression in Shinde bastion lights fuse under a volatile Mahayuti

Helming BJP's ‘Operation Lotus’ in Thane belt, the party's Maharashtra chief has been aggressively inducting Sena workers in Shinde’s home turf ahead of the crucial local body polls.

Lunchtime politics: Mumbai’s dabbawalas deliver blow to Uddhav Sena, shift to BJP for better service

Ahead of Maharashtra local body polls, Mumbai's iconic dabbawalas deliver a shock to Shiv Sena (UBT) on Bal Thackeray's death anniversary, accusing the party of breaking promises made in 2017.

‘Semi-final’ before state polls: Kerala gears up for 2-phase local body polls, results on 13 December

7 districts to vote on 9 December, 6 on 11 December. Ruling LDF banking on development work, Cong-led UDF depending on anti-incumbency, BJP hoping to open account & emerge as third front.

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. 

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India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.