Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) More than 52 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in 116 municipalities and seven corporations in Telangana on Wednesday, officials said on Tuesday. The State Election Commission (SEC) has made elaborate arrangements to ensure smooth and peaceful polling in 123 urban local bodies.A total of 52,17,413 voters are eligible to cast their votes at 8,191 polling stations. The polling will be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.The SEC has deployed 1,379 Returning Officers and 41…
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Shivamogga (Karnataka), Jan 30 (IANS) Responding to the rumours of interference of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son, Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah in the governance, Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar clarified that there is no interference by Yathindra in administration. He was speaking to the media at the Shivamogga Circuit House on Thursday.Asked about BJP MLA Sunil Kumar’s allegation that Energy Minister K.J. George was planning to resign be…
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Elections for seven Municipal Corporations and 116 municipalities in Telangana will be held on February 11, the State Election Commission announced on Tuesday.State Election Commissioner I. Rani Kumudini released the schedule for municipal elections after a meeting with all district Collectors and Superintendents of Police.As per the schedule, the election notice will be issued by the returning officer concerned on January 28. The same day, ward-wise electoral rolls of u…
Gandhinagar, Jan 26 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has taken a significant people-centric decision to allot government land free of cost to municipalities for public welfare projects in towns and cities across the state.To ensure greater transparency in urban administration and the timely delivery of basic amenities to citizens of the state, municipalities in Gujarat will now be easily allotted land free of cost for developing 11 types of essential infrastructure facilities.As a r…
Gandhinagar, Jan 25 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Sunday announced a major policy decision aimed at accelerating urban development and improving administrative transparency by allowing municipalities to obtain government land free of cost for key public infrastructure projects. Under the new arrangement, municipalities will no longer be required to pay 25 to 50 per cent of the jantri rate for government land used for specified civic works.Until now, municipalities seeking government land for …
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…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its final chargesheet on the multi-crore municipalities’ job case in West Bengal, has provided details on how optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets used in the written examination for such recruitment were manipulated.The central investigating agency submitted its final chargesheet in the matter at a special court in Kolkata last week.In the chargesheet, the investigating officials provided details on how blank OMR sheets submit…