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UP: Voting begins for 1st phase of civic polls

May 04, 2023, at 04:19 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Voting for the first phase of local body elections in Uttar Pradesh began on Thursday amid tight security arrangements.

West Bengal: TMC registers easy win in two civic body bypolls

Aug 24, 2022, at 06:46 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) went past the Opposition quite easily in two wards from as many as civic bodies, where elections were held Sunday.

Mamata Banerjee warns TMC leaders hobnobbing with Independent civic poll winners

Mar 08, 2022, at 08:12 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday gave a warning to all Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who are keeping close ties with Independent civic poll winners amid reports of infighting in various districts.

Mamata sweeps Bengal civic polls decimating Opposition, Hamro Party springs surprise in Darjeeling

Mar 02, 2022, at 09:17 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the state politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday swept the violence-marred polls held in 108 civic bodies, wiping out all key opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won 77 assembly seats in less than a year ago.

Bengal civic polls: BJP suffers setback in Suvendu Adhikari's bastion Contai, wiped out in Darjeeling

Mar 02, 2022, at 06:34 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Within a year after emerging as the only legitimate opposition party in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday turned out as the biggest casualty in the violence-marred Sunday civic polls, losing its stronghold Darjeeling, failing to wrest power in its key leader Suvendu Adhikari's bastion Contai and state president Sukanta Majumdar's Balurghat. 

West Bengal: TMC set for clean sweep in violence-marred polls to 108 civic bodies

Mar 02, 2022, at 04:55 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the political spectrum of West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a clean sweep in 108 civic bodies where elections were held on Sunday.

West Bengal civic polls: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar summons SEC

Feb 28, 2022, at 07:27 pm

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Monday summoned state election commissioner Sourav Das at Raj Bhavan here to update him on the election process in the state's 108 civic bodies.

Polling begins for 108 municipalities in West Bengal

Feb 27, 2022, at 02:09 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Polling for the election to 108 municipalities of 20 districts of West Bengal began at 7 AM on Sunday under a massive security blanket.

Mamata sweeps four Bengal civic polls, breaches Siliguri hurdle

Feb 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) maintained its absolute dominance in the state politics sweeping four more chaos-ridden civic polls including one in Siliguri, which was always a sticky ground for her party.

Bengal: 'Boosted up' Left aims to make understanding with Congress in upcoming civic polls

Dec 31, 2021, at 03:13 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Buoyant by its reasonable success over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections, the Left in West Bengal is aiming to replicate its tested strategy to corner the saffron brigade and ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the upcoming civic polls.

After Kolkata civic poll debacle, West Bengal BJP opts for revamp

Dec 23, 2021, at 06:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opted for a revamp after the saffron brigade was decimated by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and even went behind the Left in the recently concluded Kolkata civic polls.

Let's be civil in victory: TMC 'sympathiser' Parambrata amid post KMC poll result violence

Dec 22, 2021, at 06:23 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Indian actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay has urged the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has decimated the Opposition in the Kolkata civic polls, to restrain with several reports of vandalisation of rival party offices allegedly by the ruling dispensation members.

Mamata's TMC sweeps Kolkata civic polls, BJP-Left-Cong restricted to single digit

Dec 21, 2021, at 11:24 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its dominance over West Bengal politics, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday registered a landslide victory in Kolkata civic elections, which were marred by sporadic violence on the polling day, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.

Voting for Kolkata Municipal Corporation election begins

Dec 19, 2021, at 02:21 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Polling for the much-anticipated Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election began at 7 AM here on Sunday.

Central force not needed in Kolkata civic polls, says Calcutta HC; BJP to move SC

Dec 18, 2021, at 05:02 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Agreeing with the single bench’s verdict, the division bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday night ruled no central force was needed for the Dec 19 civic polls in Kolkata.

Tripura civic polls: Supreme Court asks Centre to deploy more forces in polling booths

Nov 25, 2021, at 05:50 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has asked the central government to deploy additional forces to secure polling booths in Tripura where civic polls are being held on Thursday, media reports said.

BJP sweeps Jammu and Kashmir civic polls; PM Modi thanks people of state

Oct 20, 2018, at 08:53 pm

Srinagar, Oct 20 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has swept the Jammu and Kashmir civic polls, the results of which were declared on Saturday, media reports said.

Polling for third phase of civic elections underway in Jammu and Kashmir

Oct 13, 2018, at 01:34 pm

Srinagar, Oct 13 (IBNS) : Polling is underway in Jammu and Kashir on Saturday  for the third and penultimate phase of municipal elections involving of 365 candidates amid heavy security arrangement, media reports said.

Civic polls underway in Uttar Pradesh

Nov 22, 2017, at 06:16 pm

Lucknow, Nov 22 (IBNS) : The first phase of Uttar Pradesh  civic polls  began on Wedenesday with  five municipal corporations including Ayodhya and Gorakhpur going to vote along with 71 municipal boards and 154 nagar panchayats, reports said.

Congress to fight UP civic polls alone

May 01, 2017, at 05:35 pm

Lucknow, May 1 (IBNS) : Ending honeymoon that turned into the worst disaster for both the partners, the Congress on Monday announced that the party will fight it alone in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls breaking its alliance with the Samajwadi Party.

Civic polls under way in Chhattisgarh, police arrest six alleged Maoist sympathisers

Dec 27, 2016, at 06:34 pm

Raipur, Dec 27 (IBNS): Voting is underway amid high security for civic polls in six municipalities and 92 panchayats of Chhattisgarh on Monday, according to media reports.