The position of the Vice Chairperson in the Paradip Municipality went to an independent candidate due to a suspected cross voting by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Councillors in the Urban Local Body (ULB).The elections to the Vice Chairperson position in Paradip ULB, was conducted on Thursday where Chabilata Rout, an independent candidate belonging to…Continue Reading
PTI candidate found to be involved in alleged pre-poll rigging.KP is hosting second phase of local bodies election.Video of pre-poll rigging goes viral, investigation under way.MIRALI/PESHAWAR: A PTI candidate for tehsil chairman, Sherbaz Khan, was found involved in alleged pre-poll rigging in the local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Spinwam Tori Mirali. The incident came to…Continue Reading
Erode: A DMK candidate constesting from Athani, Anthiyur Taluk, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. So, the local body election for the Athani Town panchayat (3rd ward) has been postponed, said officials. Ayyappan (51) undertook hectic campaigning till Tuesday night. He then went home and took rest. This morning, he developed heart pain and…Continue Reading
Father alleges suicide due to threats from political opponents AIADMK party cadre staging a protest blocking the road connecting Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu on Thursday. Father alleges suicide due to threats from political opponents An AIADMK candidate for the urban local body polls in Kancheepuram was found dead in his house on Thursday. His father…Continue Reading
In what looked like a scene out of a movie, the newlywed bride and groom arrived at the Alandur Zonal office in Chennai, straight from their wedding venue and the groom filed his nomination to contest the polls. It was not something that was intended or staged. Two very important events in 33-year old Vinoth…Continue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday said a candidate, as a matter of right, cannot claim allocation of cadre of his/her choice, after qualifying the civil services examination.Citing the Rajiv Yadav case, a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian said the allocation of cadre is not a matter of right.It noted it was held…Continue Reading