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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
TopicPanchayat elections

Topic: Panchayat elections

Voting in 53 UP districts for post of zila panchayat chairman begins

Chairpersons are elected from among elected members of zila panchayats of districts. Voting began at 11am and counting of votes will be held after 3pm, state election commission said.

HC questions inadequate aid for kin of polling officers who died of Covid after UP poll duty

Hearing a PIL on spread of Covid in UP, two-judge HC bench said state EC and govt must rethink amount of compensation and come back to court on next hearing.

BJP leaders blame Covid anger against Yogi govt for poor poll show but say it won’t hurt 2022

BJP members agree it's time for party to introspect on what went wrong in UP, say rebels and failed promises to deliver welfare schemes have resulted in poor panchayat poll performance.

It’s a close fight between BJP and Samajwadi Party, show UP Panchayat election trends

According to local news channel trends, Samajwadi Party is leading in key constituencies such as Varanasi, Lucknow and Ayodhya.

Counting of votes for UP panchayat polls underway, entire process to take 2 days

The State Election Commission had said candidates and their agents will be allowed to enter the counting centres only if they tested negative for Covid or taken both vaccine doses.

BJP cancels UP panchayat poll plan amid Covid surge, won’t hold ward-level public meetings

Four-phase panchayat polls in UP begin Thursday. India is currently experiencing a Covid wave that has seen mounting case tallies, and situation is grim in UP as well. 

Miss India runner-up, former MPs — UP panchayat polls grab eyeballs with bigshot candidates

Candidates for this week’s UP panchayat polls include former MPs Ram Sagar Rawat and Seema Upadhyay, and model Diksha Singh, a runner-up of 2015 Miss India pageant.

This Maharashtra village has not had a sarpanch for 15 years for fear of death. Until now

Residents in Rajpuri have shied away from the coveted sarpanch post because of a superstition, that whoever becomes the village head will die. 

Why Hardik Patel is losing his ‘mass leader’ appeal in Gujarat after joining Congress

Hardik Patel rose to prominence in 2015 on the back of Patidar quota agitation. He joined Congress in 2019, and was made its Gujarat unit working president in July 2020.

J&K govt extends 4G internet ban till 8 January, exempts Ganderbal, Udhampur

Adding curbs on high-speed internet has helped check attempts by terrorists trying to infiltrate from across the border, the order said.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

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.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.