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The polls will be conducted in four phases till February 21 with the first first one being held on Tuesday.

The polling to the civic bodies in 20 districts of the state started at 8 am and will continue till 5 pm, A spokesperson of the State Election Commission said 48.89 per cent polling was recorded till 1 pm.

He made the announcement at the ninth National Council meeting of the Aam Aadmi Party.

The gram panchayat election will be held in four phases beginning February 5.

The government has been raising objections regarding local body elections including gram panchayat polls. The government has said that the officials would be engaged in the vaccination programme

The process has been due since September last year but postponed twice citing the Covid-19 pandemic

Palestine's official news agency WAFA said in an official statement on Saturday that Abbas welcomes what came in Hamas's letter about ending division, building partnership, and accomplishing national unity.

As per the GHMC Act, the first meeting after general elections of Municipal Corporation will be held within a month of the publication of names of elected candidates in the gazette by SEC

Polling for 31 DDC seats -- 13 in Kashmir division and 18 in Jammu division -- began at 7 am.

Yogita opined electors could influence financial growth and welfare of the country by casting their votes.

Kerala recorded 76.38 per cent voter turnout in the 2nd phase of local body elections held in five districts, last week, according to the state election commission.

On BJP’s promise of changing the name of Hyderabad, Owaisi said Yogi Adityanath should first see that the unconstitutional laws passed by the BJP are stopped in Uttar Pradesh.

Aneesul Islam Ganaie was shot at by the militants in Kokernag area of Anantnag district around noon, a police official said. 

There are a total of 305 candidates in the electoral fray including 166 from Kashmir division and 139 from Jammu division for DDC elections in phase 3.

The repoll in the division is being held after CPI contesting candidate complained about mismatch of the party symbol in the ballot paper on Tuesday.

The top star, promising his brand of spiritual politics, categorically said that his party would fight Assembly elections in 2021 and "emerge victorious."

In the 2016 elections, the poll per cent was 45.29 percent.

In the first phase of the DDC elections, 43 constituencies will go to polls, including 25 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu.

To conduct checking, 15 check-posts were set up in the city by the police at different places.

Political campaigns are not just confined to posters and banners.