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Elections must be conducted only after Congress government fulfils the promise made to the community, say party leaders

Addressing party leaders and workers from Sirpur Kagaznagar at Telangana Bhavan here on Saturday, the BRS working president said the Congress had failed on all fronts.

Says the 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes will require an amendment to the Constitution and not just the survey

Chief Minister orders officials to make necessary arrangements to pay salaries regularly to the staff in gram panchayats

This phased electoral exercise will encompass elections for Panchayats, MPTCs, ZPTCs, municipalities, and municipal corporations

Kavitha convened a meeting with Telangana Jagruthi leaders and key activists at her residence on Friday, in this regard. She reminded that Telangana Jagruthi previously organised round-table meetings across all districts to gather inputs on the caste census and the need to increase reservations for BCs in local bodies.

The Telangana Assembly's winter session is likely to be conducted from December 9 and speculation is rife that the State government is likely to table the new Revenue Act

While the government cannot hold the elections without completing the reservation process as per Supreme Court orders, the gram panchayats will not receive the Central funds without an elected governing body.

At a meeting held in Telangana Bhavan, they served an ultimatum to the State government to respond positively on the twin demands before November 10 or face direct action.

The Cabinet has approved the repeal of the 1994 amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act 1955 and the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act 1965, which had barred individuals with more than two children from contesting in the polls.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy asked the officials to commence the election process as soon as the voter list was received.

Addressing a news conference at Telangana Bhavan, he said that those leaders deserting the party as it lost power, should realise the fact that no political party can dream of being in power eternally.

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee will next month invite officials of the State Election Commissions in Telangana and Bihar to showcase the use of technology, including biometric systems to authenticate genuine voters, in conducting local body polls. Sushil Modi, Chairperson of the Department-related Standing Committee on Law and Personnel, said the panel would invite the […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy has sought Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s intervention for postponement of elections to seven ULBs, citing increasing Corona cases across the State. In a letter to the Governor on Friday, the TPCC president said: “Right from hasty preparation of electoral rolls to hurried allocation of reservations to continuance of municipal […]

HC panel was dealing with a batch of writ petitions against the government’s action in reducing the reservation percentages for OBCs in Local Body Elections from 34% to 22%

The counting began at 244 centres at 8.00 am and the final results were expected to be out by noon, Election Commission sources here said.

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.