Ahmedabad, May 25 (IANS) Gujarat’s industrial sector, including its textile manufacturing base in Surat, faces an estimated annual production loss of Rs 12,000-Rs 15,000 crore due to repeated election cycles and the resulting large-scale migration of migrant workers, industry leaders said on Monday. This follows after consultations held in Gujarat by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the proposal for “One Nation, One Election” as part of its wider stakeholder outreach acros…
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Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Less than 10 months before Punjab goes in for the Assembly elections, 7,555 candidates will contest the municipal elections in the state on Tuesday. The voting will be held on ballot papers, with the counting on May 29. A total of 1,801 candidates are from the state ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 1,550 candidates from the main opposition Congress, 1,316 candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 1,251 candidates from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), 96 candidates fr…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) ‘Bangla Paksha’ founder and activist Garga Chatterjee, was released on bail on Friday after spending ten days behind bars.A lower court in Kolkata on Friday had granted Garga Chatterjee bail against a personal bond of Rs 2,000.He was arrested on May 12 by the Kolkata Police. The police arrested him after he ignored summons for interrogation by the Kolkata Police in connection with a complaint filed against him alleging that his comments about EVMs before the recently-concl…
Gandhinagar, May 20 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Wednesday said simultaneous elections under the proposed ‘One Nation, One Election’ framework could save nearly 50 lakh man-hours in the state by reducing repeated deployment of government machinery and administrative staff for separate polls. Speaking after a meeting with the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the proposal, Sanghavi said: “The state government had extended full support to the initiative du…
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the schedule for the long-delayed biennial elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) from 17 Local Authorities’ Constituencies. The polling is scheduled on June 18, and the counting of votes will be conducted on June 22. According to a press note, the ECI has outlined a swift timeline for the entire electoral process, which must be completed before late June. The notification will be issued on May 25, t…
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), May 16 (IANS) A Rampur MP-MLA court has sentenced senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to two years in prison after convicting him in a 2019 case in which he made an objectionable remark against the then District Magistrate during the Lok Sabha election campaign.He was also fined Rs 5000.The verdict was delivered by Special Magistrate Shobhit Bansal on Saturday after completion of the hearing.The case pertains to a roadshow held in the Bhot police station area of Rampu…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) ‘Bangla Paksha’ founder and activist Garga Chatterjee’s bail application was rejected on Wednesday, and he was sent to police custody till May 16.On Tuesday, Kolkata Police arrested him following a complaint lodged at the Maidan Cyber Police Station. Later, the Cyber Cell of Kolkata Police arrested him in connection with another complaint.Regarding the arrest of the founder and general secretary of ‘Bangla Paksha’, Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand said that Chatterjee…
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) The elections to 104 local bodies in Punjab, including eight Municipal Corporations, will be held on May 26, State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhari said on Monday. The nomination process for candidates contesting the elections will be held from May 13 to May 16, while the scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on May 18. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is May 19.The State Election Commission has also ordered videography of the nominatio…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued an order lifting the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) that had been in force following the 2026 Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and the Union Territory of Puducherry. However, the MCC will continue to remain in force in West Bengal’s 144-Falta Assembly constituency, where the Commission has ordered a fresh poll.The order stated that the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct come into ef…
Baramati/Mumbai, May 4 (IANS) The Baramati Assembly bye-election reached a definitive conclusion on Monday, with Sunetra Ajit Pawar, the candidate for the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, securing a landslide victory. In a historic performance, Sunetra Pawar shattered all previous records, including the 2019 victory margin set by her husband the late Ajit Pawar.According to data available at the end of the 24th round of counting, Sunetra P…