Assam Panchayat Elections: BJP Announces 318 Candidates

Following a key meeting held on Wednesday evening, the BJP declared that it will field a total of 318 candidates for 396 district committee seats.

Gauhati High Court Grants Permission to Hold Panchayat Elections in Assam

Reacting to the High Court verdict, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that holding the Panchayat Elections would not be feasible in the month of February.

Assam: Budget Session of Assembly to be Held in Kokrajhar, Panchayat elections to Conclude by Feb 10: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

He confirmed that either the Budget presentation by the Finance Minister or the Governor’s address will take place in Kokrajhar

Ruling BJP Sweeps Panchayat Elections In Tripura

The BJP had won 4,806 (70 per cent) of the total of 6,909 seats unopposed in the gram panchayats, panchayat samitis, and zilla parishads

Voting for Sikkim Panchayat polls today

Voting for Sikkim Panchayat polls: Elaborate security arrangements put in place to ensure smooth and peaceful conduct of polls.

Sikkim rural polls: SDF demands safety, security

The Himalayan state is going to Panchayat elections in November. SDF flayed the govt's role and accused it of high-handedness.

Arunachal Pradesh: Counting of votes for Panchayat, civic bodies underway

The counting of votes for the Panchayat and two municipal bodies in Arunachal Pradesh is currently underway. In the Pasighat Municipal Council, BJP has won 6 wards of the total 8 seats, while Congress managed to win the remaining two. Meanwhile, JD(U) has won 4 wards in the Itanagar Municipal Corporation, from the 15 wards […]

Tripura Cong threatens to sue ex-president Pradyut Deb Barman, rubbishes allegations

The Tripura Congress is clearly a divided house, while 10 Congress leaders have resigned from the party following the exit of Pradyot Deb Barman, others led by senior Congress leader Subal Bhowmik has come out all guns blazing against Pradyot Deb Barman and file a defamation suit against him. Pradyut had allegedly called the senior […]

Cong constitutes enquiry committee to look into allegations of anomaly in candidate selection

The Assam Congress has been forced to set up a disciplinary committee headed by a senior vice president following serious complaints of Panchayat poll tickets being distributed by some party leaders in exchange for money. The committee will look into the complaints and enquire into the allegations of favoritism, collection of money and other anomalies […]