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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicMunicipal elections

Topic: municipal elections

Who is really running Nagpur & Mumbai? Influencers, proxy corporators, not civic council

Over 60% of Indian cities are left ‘orphaned’ without elected urban governments. Citizen groups, civic influencers, and informal ‘nagarsevaks’ are filling the gaps in Mumbai and Nagpur.

Over 60 Muslim BJP candidates win UP municipal polls. Party calls it victory, experts say ‘tokenism’

BJP fielded 395 Muslim candidates. Party now says community no longer harbours 'doubts' about them, while analysts say BJP has fielded Muslim candidates only in lower level of govt.

Yogi hails ‘massive win’ as BJP gets 17/17 mayoral seats in UP municipal polls, SP & BSP draw blanks

Out of the BJP's mayoral candidates, 14 were new while the party had placed bets on the outgoing mayors in Kanpur, Bareilly and Moradabad.

BJP wins in MP municipal polls but loses 4 crucial mayoral seats. Congress wrests 3 & AAP 1

BJP leaders say this should be a wake up call for the party ahead of next year’s assembly elections, cite ‘infighting’ and ‘lack of management’ in handling of polls.

BJP & allies win landslide in Guwahati civic polls, AAP gets 1 seat, zero for Congress

BJP & Asom Gana Parishad won 58 out of 60 wards in municipal polls held Friday after 9-year gap. Lurinjyoti Gogoi-led Assam Jatiya Parishad got 1 seat.

SC directs Centre to immediately deploy additional forces in Tripura as civic polls begin

Opposition TMC and CPI(M) told a Supreme Court bench that its candidates and supporters are allegedly not being allowed to cast votes in the Tripura municipal polls Thursday.

In Bommai’s first test as CM, BJP wins Belagavi but falls short in 2 other municipal polls

CM Basavaraj Bommai and many senior leaders hail from Hubballi Dharwad, but BJP fell short of majority. It won Belagavi, while Congress finished first in Kalaburagi.

Gujarat municipal polls prove BJP’s unshakeable grip, AAP still has a long way to go

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40 rallies in 14 days: Yogi begins his marathon campaign for civic polls

Yogi Adityanath is the first UP chief minister to campaign for local body elections, calls these polls a referendum on his 7-month-old government.

On Camera

Aryan Khan has turned his camera on us. ‘I won’t be your victim again,’ he is saying

The Bads of Bollywood isn’t just about the film industry’s chaos. It’s also a show about India’s chaos: the narratives, the gatekeepers, the false morality.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.