Municipal Polls

India-Nepal border to be sealed ahead of civic polls in Himalayan nation to avoid disruptive incidents

India's border with Nepal will be sealed on Monday, 48 hours before the municipal polls in the neighbouring country, to prevent anti-social elements from crossing the international boundary and vitiating the election atmosphere

Gujarat civic polls: BJP faces test of strength as the Patidars remain adamant on quota

Patidars are nearly 1.5 crore of Gujarat's six-crore population. Apart from their numerical strength, their financial muscle makes Patidars an influential vote bank.

Clashes between TMC, CPM activists reported as Kolkata civic polls begin

The polling for the 144-seat Kolkata Municipal corporation began at 7 AM amid tight security throughout the city.

BJP, Sena likely to tie-up for Navi Mumbai, Aurangabad municipal polls

BJP and Shiv Sena, the ruling alliance partners in Maharashtra government, are likely to tie-up for the elections to Navi Mumbai and Aurangabad municipal corporations to be held on 22 April.

Cong wiped out in Seemandhra, gains in Telangana municipal polls

The bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh appeared to have proved costly for the Congress as it could not win a single municipal corporation or municipality in elections in the 13 districts of Seemandhra.

Municipal polls: Over 300 centres sensitive, hyper-sensitive

Over 1,000 cases of violation of model code of conduct have been registered so far.

Why Mumbai's elections are irrelevant to this city-state

Mumbai's latest municipal elections are unrelated to what the city really needs: it needs to be governed differently from the rest of Maharashtra

'Inconsequential' Sena pips Chavan's Congress in civic polls

Shiv Sena-BJP set for new term in BMC, with 104 leads in the 227 member body.