Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) The reservation lottery for the mayoral posts of 29 Municipal Corporations across Maharashtra was officially announced on Thursday in the presence of state Urban Development Minister Madhuri Misal.A woman corporator from the open category is set to become the Mayor in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as the single largest party across the state, the path to power remains complex.In several corporations, the BJP is nav…
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Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena Chief Eknath Shinde on Monday clarified that since the Shiv Sena and BJP contested the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections under ‘Mahayuti’, the Mayor of Mumbai will be installed from the alliance.He further stated that in Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, and all other locations where they fought the elections together, a Mahayuti Mayor will be appointed.As no single party secured a clear majority in the BMC electi…
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) The Telangana Cabinet on Sunday gave its nod for conducting municipal elections in the state.The Cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at Medaram in Mulugu district unanimously decided to conduct elections as early as possible to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations whose term has ended.The elections will be conducted for a total of 2,996 wards and divisions. Two days ago, reservation was finalised for various categories.For the first…
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Counting of votes for the 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the high-stakes BMC, started at 10 a.m on Friday.The process is being carried out across designated counting centres in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, and other major cities under tight security.Early postal ballot trends and the first rounds of EVM counting are expected to emerge between 11:30 a.m and 12:30 p.m.Due to the “phased counting” method and the large number of candidates (over 1,700 in Mumbai alo…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) During the ongoing Maharashtra local polls on Thursday, a senior citizen, who has lived in the area for over 60 years, voiced his frustration over the voting process directly to actress-politician Hema Malini. While Hema Malini addressed the media after casting her vote, an elderly citizen came and said to the actress-politician: ”I’m a senior citizen. I’ve been residing in this area for the last 60 years. There is chaos, for the first time. Last, I’m trying to vote since…
Nagpur, Jan 15 (IANS) As voting is underway for the Maharashtra local body polls, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday emphasised the importance of elections in a democratic system and said it is the duty of every citizen to exercise their right to vote. Mohan Bhagwat cast his vote at Bhauji Daptari English Medium School in Nagpur earlier in the day.Speaking to reporters after casting his vote, the RSS Chief said, “In a democratic system, elections are an essential…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) The voting for Municipal Corporations across the state, which began at 7.30 a.m. on Thursday, was plagued by administrative mismanagement. The primary victim of this inefficiency was Forest Minister Ganesh Naik, who was forced to run from pillar to post for an hour before he could finally cast his vote for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.Reports of names missing from voter lists, malfunctioning EVMs, and unresponsive buttons have been pouring in since the morning. The…
Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) The Telangana government will enact a law to deduct 10 per cent salary of the government employees who are not looking after their parents and transfer the same to the bank accounts of the parents. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy stated on Monday that the complaints lodged by elder parents against their sons should be taken as a serious issue and ensure that 10 per cent of the salary is directly transferred to the bank accounts of the parentsHe announced while launching …
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) Amid the controversy over unopposed elections in municipal corporations, the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday said it may cancel the poll process and announce fresh elections in wards where irregularities are found, based on reports submitted by municipal commissioners of the respective civic bodies.Sources in the SEC said that following a surge in formal complaints, the Commission has directed municipal commissioners to conduct independent inquiries int…
Chandigarh, Jan 2 (IANS) A high-level delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Punjab, led by Ashwani Sharma, MLA and working state President, on Friday called on Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here and submitted a memorandum seeking intervention against the allegedly arbitrary, hasty, and illegal ward delimitation being carried out by the state government for Municipal Corporations and Municipal Councils across the state.The BJP delegation told the Governor that the ongoing ward deli…