Voting for Sikkim Panchayat polls today

Voting for Sikkim Panchayat polls: Elaborate security arrangements put in place to ensure smooth and peaceful conduct of polls.

Sikkim rural polls: SDF demands safety, security

The Himalayan state is going to Panchayat elections in November. SDF flayed the govt's role and accused it of high-handedness.

Arunachal Pradesh: Counting of votes for Panchayat, civic bodies underway

The counting of votes for the Panchayat and two municipal bodies in Arunachal Pradesh is currently underway. In the Pasighat Municipal Council, BJP has won 6 wards of the total 8 seats, while Congress managed to win the remaining two. Meanwhile, JD(U) has won 4 wards in the Itanagar Municipal Corporation, from the 15 wards […]

Tripura Cong threatens to sue ex-president Pradyut Deb Barman, rubbishes allegations

The Tripura Congress is clearly a divided house, while 10 Congress leaders have resigned from the party following the exit of Pradyot Deb Barman, others led by senior Congress leader Subal Bhowmik has come out all guns blazing against Pradyot Deb Barman and file a defamation suit against him. Pradyut had allegedly called the senior […]

Cong constitutes enquiry committee to look into allegations of anomaly in candidate selection

The Assam Congress has been forced to set up a disciplinary committee headed by a senior vice president following serious complaints of Panchayat poll tickets being distributed by some party leaders in exchange for money. The committee will look into the complaints and enquire into the allegations of favoritism, collection of money and other anomalies […]

Assam Panchayat polls to be held before December 15: Election Commission

Election Commissioner Harendra Nath Bora on Friday said that panchayat elections in Assam would be held before December 15. The Chief Election Commissioner also stated at least one lakh forty thousand state government employees will be involved in the entire exercise. In this regard a crucial meet was held at the state election commission’s office […]

Assam BJP gears up for panchayat polls

The Assam BJP has geared up for the pancahayat elections slated to be held by the end of this year. Targetting the elections, the party will carry out a 10-day survey in every constituency to assess the ground status. Meanwhile, Assam BJP president Ranjit Das demanded that the panchayat elections should be held at the […]

Assam: EC calls for completing panchayat elections by Jan 2019

The Assam state Election Commission has called for holding panchayat elections in the state by December end while maintaining that the entire process must be completed within the first week of January 2019. The election commission move came following a directive issued by the Gauhati High court. The election commission will issue gazette notification in […]