HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) won the Neredmet division of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) after vote counting resumed on Wednesday by order of the Telangana high court. TRS candidate Meena Upender Reddy was declared elected with a majority of 782 votes over her closest rival, Prasanna Naidu, of the …
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Why the victory in LB Nagar stands out The BJP deployed several high-level leaders to the campaign, from Interior Minister Amit Shah to Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath, party chair JP Nadda, and several central ministers. But the main achievements of the party were in the areas of LB …
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All arrangements have been made to allow a total of 74.67 lakhs of voters in 150 divisions to exercise their right to vote in 9,101 polling stations to elect their representatives to the civic body. Distribution, Reception and Counting Centers (DRCs) across the city were filled with frenzied activity on …
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Read More »After a controversial campaign, Hyderabad votes in the polls of local bodies
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Read More »Hyderabad wants development, but gets community rhetoric instead
Hyderabad’s municipal elections are the new testing ground for communal rhetoric in a secular city, overshadowing voter concerns and development debates. National affairs, Article 370, Ayodhya and Pulwama have overshadowed the people’s demands for better roads, sanitation and health. More than 40% of Hyderabad voters, in a recent study, said …
Read More »GHMC polls: ‘only Trump left’, Owaisi investigates BJP campaign
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) campaign for the upcoming election is getting some interesting feedback. The local body election is scheduled for December 1. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday that he mocked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying they have deployed so many …
Read More »GHMC Polls: UP CM Adityanath says not averse to renaming Hyderabad to Bhagyanagar – telangana
Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath went on a tour of Hyderabad on Saturday to increase the chances of the BJP winning the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Council elections to be held next month. Adityanath addressed a public meeting in Shah Ali Banda, which is situated in the Old City of …
Read More »Akbaruddin Owaisi of AIMIM, leader of BJP Bandi Sanjay Kumar reserved for comments on former PM and founder of TDP – andhra pradesh
AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was booked on Saturday for his comments on the samadhis of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao and TDP founder NT Rama Rao and BJP State President Bandi Sanjay Kumar for his response. They were registered under Section 505 of the Indian Penal Code (statements leading …
Read More »BJP Tejasvi Deputy Surya booked for break-in at Osmania University in Hyderabad
The complaint filed by the University of Osmania said that prior permission was not taken for the event. Osmania University Police in Hyderabad registered a case against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) from South Bengaluru, Tejasvi Surya, on charges of trespassing. Surya, who is also the …
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