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Nominations can be filed for three days and the district administration and police department have made elaborate arrangements for the aspiring candidates to file nominations

Only the candidates and two accompanying representatives will be permitted inside nomination centres, while public will be restricted from moving freely within 100 to 200 metres of the centres

TThree-phase elections planned, sensitive polling stations to get additional security, says Anil Chandra Punetha

Elections would be held for 3,362 wards through 3,770 polling stations. The district has 8,67,954 voters, including 4,23,910 men, 4,43,995 women and 49 others

In Jaipur, polling is being held for 13 zila parishad and 82 panchayat samiti wards, with 273 candidates in the fray.

Panchayat officials say they are identifying additional spaces in the town to arrange parking and other amenities for the devotees.

State president P.V.N. Madhav urges leaders to secure a presence in every village and panchayat, building on the party’s gains in municipal corporations, ZPTCs and MPTCs

Dedicated zero-balance savings accounts to be opened in SBI and UBI branches across 31 districts

“We suspect that this government is up to some mischief. We saw ‘vote chori’ in West Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra etc. In entire India 13 crore voters were dropped from the voter list. Ladakh is a small region and fraud is easy,” said Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) chairman Tsering Dorjey Lakrook

A green checkpost has been set up at Oorkkad near Vattavada to collect the fee

Voters in Koruturu R&R Colony stayed away from the polling centre, demanding a separate panchayat after being placed under P. Ankampalem panchayat

The community project, named Resilient Lanka, will be jointly implemented by Equinoct, a Kochi-based community-sourced environmental and climate-modelling technology solutions provider, and Happiness Project, a newly formed foundation, under overall supervision of Ezhikkara panchayat

The decision follows recommendations from a recent district-level interfaith harmony meeting. Under the new directive, the SHO of the respective police station will serve as the committee chairman, while the grama panchayat secretary will act as convener

U.P. CEO office said that guidelines have been sent to all District Election Officers (DEOs), who have been told to carry out the matching thoroughly

At present, welfare payments are linked to Aadhaar; Panchayati Raj Minister says people should now give EPIC number with biometrics

The Vigilance team seized the files from the district panchayat office

K.V. Ganapathy had secured a contractual job in 2021 at Puthukkode grama panchayat by submitting a fake BCom mark list

Boating and kayaking facilities will be introduced at the check dam. Proposed plan also includes walkways, seating arrangements and a children’s park.

MoU aims to develop EV charging and battery-swapping facilities on Panchayat-owned land, including sites along highways, expanding clean mobility beyond cities and creating a new revenue stream for rural local bodies

The highest voter turnout was recorded at 84.37% in Jaipur district’s Rampura Dabri

PM Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana aims to train 32 lakh elected representatives, prepare 2.55 lakh village development plans, and strengthen grassroots planning

Polling will be held for 193 panchayats, with the process to conclude by November 30; Municipal elections will be held in Leh and Kargil.

The polling began at 7 a.m. for 352 wards of 22 zila parishads and 2,197 wards of 124 panchayat samitis. In some places, however, it was delayed as electronic voting machines (EVMs) malfunctioned

Monitoring network helps Thirunelly panchayat to track hyperlocal variability in rainfall patterns and plan timely interventions. It has urged Keralam government to declare the area severely drought-hit amid concerns over a strong El Niño

The confrontation comes amid a fresh vigilance investigation into alleged irregularities in public works contracts worth more than ₹12 crore awarded to the company.

The Odisha government filed a contempt of court petition against the Andhra Pradesh government in the Supreme Court challenging the notification for the forthcoming election in Kotia

While the district panchayat’s two ABC centres in Mulanthuruthy and Vadavucode block panchayats are operational, with each centre having the capacity to sterilise and vaccinate over 100 dogs every month, they have been largely unable to meet their targets

Only elected ward panch members are eligible to vote in up-sarpanch elections, and ordinary voters do not participate in the process

Under the scheme, farmers cultivating crops such as plantain, coconut, vegetables, and fruit trees are eligible to receive financial assistance.

The gramasabha session was held under the leadership of Koivila North 17th ward member Gopan Palakkal and presided over by Thevalakkara grama panchayat president Anil. S

Ahmed Kutty was chairman of the panchayat welfare standing committee

Congress candidate Rose Mary elected president with eight votes, including those of two CPI members; BJP accuses Congress and CPI of a tacit political understanding

The legal notice follows a case registered against Sreena Devi Kunjamma based on a complaint lodged by K.P. Udayabhanu, alleging that she attempted to tarnish his public image and personal life through social media.

BJP member, Nisha Pradeep, votes in favour and an Independent member, Ramani Roopesh, switched sides, giving the UDF 10 votes to oust the LDF.

Among the districts, Jhalawar recorded 69.16% polling, followed by Jaipur at 68.29%, meanwhile, polling was boycotted in some villages over grievances related to administrative boundaries and local issues

Kuttichal panchayat comes out against a private dog shelter in which around 200 dogs from the Corporation are being housed

The administration of Ladakh has notified 100 elected constituencies for the eight districts of the region; nominations will close on November 2 while the Model Code of Conduct has come into force with immediate effect