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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.

Irrespective of GHMC or Assembly or Parliamentary elections, voters of Hyderabad are known to show a disinclination when it comes to exercising their franchise

Hyderabad: The State Election Commission (SEC) will conduct fresh poll in all the polling stations of Ward 26-Old Malakpet on December 3 from 7 am to 6 pm. The decision comes in the wake of polling officials noticing that the ballot paper for the ward was wrongly printed with the symbol of the CPI candidate […]

Over 74 lakh voters set to decide the fate of 1,122 candidates; water-tight security in place

Hyderabad: The ruling TRS lodged a complaint with the State Election Commission against Raj News channel for intentionally and deliberately spreading wrong and fabricated news against the State government, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and TRS party in violation of the model code of conduct. The party leadership urged the Election Commission to initiate appropriate […]

And this has disappointed liquor shop owners, who were hoping to see some long queues in front of their shops soon after the elections were notified

HC panel granted time to the Election Commission to respond to the writ averments and posted the matter to Dec 4, effectively making the issue academic

TPCC chief said that Congress had developed the city by bringing Metro rail, PV Narasimha Rao Expressway and Krishna river water to quench the thirst of its people

The total number of validly nominated candidates is 1,825

Advertising on Metro pillars and bus stands tantamount to clear breach of code of conduct, said TPCC chief, N Uttam Kumar Reddy

Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s penchant for flirting with political controversies, conjured from nothing, continues unabated with the latest being his claim that the State Election Commission had “clarified” that they did not receive any letter from him to stop the distribution of Rs 10,000 flood-relief to affected families in the State capital. […]

Party’s State general secretary says comments in bad taste, moves SEC seeking action against Chief Minister

Stating that Sanjay Kumar had made some serious insinuations against KCR, the TRS said that describing Chandrashekhar as anti-national and anti-Hindu was intentionally done to demean and defame the party president

Hyderabad: For the conduct of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, 45,000 officials and staff have been appointed. In the districts under GHMC limits, officials from 11 other districts will be involved to conduct the elections. Arrangements are being made to provide training to 20,000 polling officers and assistant polling officers in their respective districts. […]

Govt was not ready for the elections in the wake of the prevalent Covid situation which could not be compared with other states as already 6,890 people succumbed to the pandemic, says Chief Secretary

Party fast tracked its preparations following the declaration of the election schedule, has set up 26 different committees including social media and IT

Says its actions arbitrary and violation of Article 243K

A decision in this regard came after the MAUD principal secretary Arvind Kumar and GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar met the State Election Commissioner C Partah Sarathi