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The Jana Sena Party and the BJP win one post each without a contest

Odisha stepped up preparations, mobilising personnel and equipment, while Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi deputed eight ministers to vulnerable districts

Action comes after controversy over errors found in electoral rolls published after the Special Intensive Revision

The Ministry of Home Affairs directed that the RAF companies comprising about 250 personnel will be airlifted from Navi Mumbai on board an IAF transport aircraft

Ten NDRF and 11 SDRF teams kept ready; landfall likely between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam on October 28

Urban Development and Housing Department Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Dubey told reporters that action had been taken against 146 officials in connection with these irregularities.

Some villagers have claimed that at least 10 persons died after consuming spurious liquor in Dewas district between September 27 and October 16

Highlighting the mass deaths in various tragedies across Madhya Pradesh in the past year, Congress leader Jitu Patwari said the State had become the “biggest den of mass deaths”

Wind speed may go up to 130 kmph, say weather experts; IMD issues red alert for 13 districts on Otober 27 and 28

The weather department warned that a depression over the Bay of Bengal could intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm before crossing the Andhra Pradesh coast on October 28, with winds reaching 140 kmph. DW has more.

While all the 28 villages under Kotia Gram Panchayat remain in Odisha territory, Andhra Pradesh has been claiming its rights over 21 villages. Odisha challenged this in the Supreme Court in 1968 and the court asked both States to maintain the status quo in 2006

Elections in villages where land pooling is under way have been kept pending for the time being as the government is working on a separate governance framework for the mega capital city

36 platoons of Andhra Pradesh Special Police have been deployed as part of election bandobust

Red warnings for extremely heavy rain issued for October 27 and 28; fishermen who have ventured into the sea asked to return to shore

The alliance partners are using official machinery and police to prevent opposition candidates from filing nominations, allege CPI and CPI(M)

Candidates can now file their nomination papers on October 23 and 24, from 11 am to 3 pm, at the designated locations and respective Collectorates

Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh releases tentative timetable for the first and second-year Intermediate Public Examinations 2027

Nearly 3,000 people clash with each other with sticks as per the rituals at Devaragattu Hills near Sri Malamalleswara Swamy temple

The 1991-batch IAS officer, who took charge in February, gets a second six-month extension on the State government’s request

The Supreme Court has asked the State Election Commission to decide where candidates were unable to file nominations

Polling and counting of votes will be done on November 12; bypoll necessitated after the seat was vacated by former Union Minister L. Murugan who quit office earlier this month

Chandrababu Naidu stated that the financial restructuring plan encompasses both short and long-term strategies drawn up to strengthen the AP-Transco’s financial position and ensure its financial sustainability

SEC will issue an order on the ULB elections on October 22 after obtaining reports from Collectors, District Election and Police authorities

Sajjala urges the State Election Commissioner to ensure CCTV surveillance at the nomination centres

Poll process in all Municipal Corporations and Municipalities will continue as per schedule, except 19 civic bodies which reported large-scale complaints of intimidation and physical attacks, says Punetha

He asks officials to monitor the prices of rice, red gram, onions, edible oil and sugar to ensure the burden of rising prices does not fall on consumers, and explore the possibility of making fine-quality rice available at a subsidy at rythu bazaars during festivals

Dismissing the opposition party’s claim that the court reprimanded the State Election Commission, the TDP legal cell says the court mandated the election body to take a decision on giving aggrieved candidates extra time for filing nominations by the end of October 22 based on merits of the complaints and evidence it has

The Chief Minister calls for embracing technology to improve surveillance, investigation and crime prevention, and adopting zero tolerance towards criminal activities under political cover