The high court bench stayed the polls scheduled to take place in 2 phases on 10 & 15 July after petitions filed against reservation rotation process for 3-tier panchayat elections.
BJP, Shinde Sena & Ajit Pawar-led NCP claim they 'won in 1,700 panchayats'. Opposition's making counterclaims, but analysts warn against putting too much weight on panchayat polls.
Violence had rocked West Bengal's rural polls on Saturday, with 15 people dead and ballot boxes vandalised, ballot papers torched, and bombs thrown at rivals in several places.
BJP has said that when Madhab Biswas tried to enter the polling booth he was stopped by TMC supporters & as the situation escalated, they killed him. TMC has denied the allegations.
Dismissing West Bengal govt & state EC's appeal, SC bench says Calcutta HC order doesn't 'call for any interference', that state commission shouldn't be bothered about 'source' of forces.
Nawsad Siddique, behind bars for 28 days for alleged violence, is Bengal's sole Muslim opposition MLA, a peerzada of revered Furfura Sharif shrine & brother of ISF founder Abbas Siddique.
In the coming months, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party plans to hold 100 programmes across Bengal’s 23 districts to 'pinpoint area-wise issues' and forge connect with the people.
Govt proposes deferring MP local body polls by 4 months so it can collect data, as SC had cited lack of empirical information on quotas. Court likely to hear application on 3 Jan.
At the heart of this tale is a promise made by Mohammad Irfan, currently lodged in Dasna Jail, to his wife, now a zila panchayat representative in Bihar.
Reports of clashes surfaced from several areas of UP amid allegations that opposition-backed candidates weren't allowed to file their nomination. A woman was allegedly misbehaved with too.
Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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