Caught with their chaddis down? The BJP suffered one of its worst election debacles since it came to power five years ago in the ...
12:03 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Eminent social scientist and analyst Dr Sandeep Shastri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka civic polls. ...
06:41 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Mumbai: The Congress party on Monday swept away the elections for Nanded Municipal Corporation of the state by winning 41 out of the total 81 seats. The Congress, which shares power with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) at the state level, went alone in elections to the 81-member Nanded Municipal Corporation, held on Sunday. While NCP secured 10 seats, Shiv Sena got 14 and BJP won on two seats. Reacting...
03:49 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Lucknow: An estimated 49 per cent votes were polled for Lucknow Municipal Corporation and eight Nagar Panchayats in the first round of urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh which passed off by and large peacefully. "Till 5 PM, 45 per cent votes were polled and it is expected that the poll percentage will be around 49 to 50 per cent as polling continued at places," state Election Commissioner SK...
08:19 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Lucknow: Polling for Lucknow Municipal Corporation in the three-tier urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held on Saturday. Besides the Lucknow Municipal Corporation, polling will also be held for eight nagar panchayats in the district, sources in the State Election Commission said. More than 22.47 lakh RPT lakh voters are expected to cast their ballotsfor the Lucknow Municipal Corporation and eight nagar panchayats on Saturday. Voters will...
01:41 AM, Jun 23, 2012
Chandigarh: The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance made a clean sweep in the municipal election in Punjab on Sunday winning four municipal corporations, three municipal councils and 26 nagar panchayats, an official said. Stray incidents of violence, including a firing incident in Ludhiana city, and clashes between Akali Dal and Congress workers were reported at some places. Tension prevailed in Patiala city, 80 km from Chandigarh, as...
07:53 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Kolkata: In a clear message to ally Congress, the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said the civic poll results have demonstrated that the party has enough strength to rule West Bengal alone. Reacting to the statement, the Congress said that if the TMC so decides, it can go ahead and fight alone. "It has been proved by the results of these elections that the Trinamool Congress has enough strength to rule...
07:41 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Kolkata: Despite a controversy ridden first year in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress swept the civic polls on Tuesday. It has won four of the six municipalities that went to the polls - Panskura, Dhupguri, Naihati and Durgapur. The Congress and Left have come in second with one municipality each. The Congress has won Coopers Camp, the Left has won Haldia. The Left Front captured 15 out of 26 wards...
01:42 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Kolkata: The results of the civic polls held in six municipalities in West Bengal have slowly started coming in. The Trinamool Congress has won Panskura, Dhupguri and Naihati and was leading in Durgapur. Meanwhile, the Left has won Haldia and the Congress has won Cooper's Camp. The polls are a big test for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as these are the first major elections after the 2011 Assembly...
11:21 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: The results of the West Bengal civic polls will be declared on Tuesday. An 86 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the crucial election to six municipalities across the state on Monday, the first major test for the Trinamool-Congress alliance after its landslide victory in the 2011 Assembly polls on the back of a huge anti-incumbency wave. All 129 seats in the six civic bodies - Durgapur,...
08:58 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday held that over 35 lakh persons belonging to various reserved categories across Maharashtra will have to get their caste claims revalidated, as certificates issued to them were "null and void" in the absence of vigilance reports. As a result, the validity of election of many candidates from reserved categories in the recent civic polls too may be in doubt. The division bench headed...
07:40 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the Delhi civic poll results in which the Congress suffered defeat should be accepted with "good grace". "These are local elections, local issues. People who work for the people, these are qualities that count. In every election, there is a winner and a loser. One has to accept it with good grace," Manmohan Singh told reporters in New Delhi on the...
03:33 AM, Apr 18, 2012
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11:57 PM, Apr 17, 2012
In a huge blow to the Congress and the Sheila Dikshit government in the capital, the BJP won the Delhi civic polls, sweeping all the three municipal corporations of Delhi. ...
11:56 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Celebrations in the BJP camp, gloom for the Congress. BJP made history by winning all three municipalities in the capital - for the second time in a row. Immediately, the party was quick to interpret this not as a municipality result but a larger referendum against the Congress. The BJP workers were seen celebrating after a resounding win in all the three civic bodies. And the party leadership...
09:16 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: In a huge blow to the Congress and the Sheila Dikshit government in the capital, the BJP won the Delhi civic polls, sweeping all the three municipal corporations of Delhi. Capitalising on issues of corruption and price rise, the BJP trumped the Congress to retain its hold in the Delhi municipal polls winning North and East Corporations and is set to capture South where it has emerged as...
07:19 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Sandeep Dikshit, Congress MP and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's son, on Tuesday attributed his party's defeat in Delhi civic polls to a disconnect between the party and the people and the BJP's success in taking advantage of scams like 2G spectrum and price rise. He also said an environment was created by CAG reports and the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare that made people the believe that...
06:14 PM, Apr 17, 2012
BJP leader Vijender Gupta said that it's a clear referendum against the Congress, price rise and corruption. ...
01:43 PM, Apr 17, 2012
The BJP said that the stage was set for assembly elections as people want to throw out the Congress government. ...
01:41 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are locked in a bitter fight to control the three civic bodies in the national capital. The BJP is leading in all the three civic bodies - South Delhi, North Delhi and East Delhi. The BJP has established a huge lead in North Delhi and South, both of which have 104 seats each. The party is leading 55 seats with...
08:40 AM, Apr 17, 2012
