Voting for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) began at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will continue until 6 p.m. More than 7.4 million people are exercising their franchise in the fifth largest metropolitan area in India. Up to 1,122 candidates are in the fray for 150 constituencies. The vote count …
Read More »Our fight is with people trying to change Hyderabad, says Owaisi as voting begins for high-risk polls
The run-up to the elections saw a high-decibel and often harsh campaign. Encouraged by their victory in the recent move to the Dubbak Assembly constituency, the BJP waged a powerful campaign to win the GHMC ballot box. It has appointed its general secretary, Bhupendra Yadav, who has been its Bihar …
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 »PM did not want CM KCR to welcome him in Hyd: KTR to TNM
According to sources, the prime minister’s office omitted CM KCR’s name from the list of those who were to receive Narendra Modi at Hyderabad airport. One day after Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Hyderabad, a controversy is brewing that CM KCR has not been invited to receive the Prime Minister. …
Read More »Hours Before Amit Shah’s Visit To Hyderabad, KCR Criticizes “Dividing Forces”
The Chief Minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao, has called for the maintenance of the peaceful character of Hyderabad. Hyderabad: Telangana Prime Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has tried to strike a chord with Hyderabad residents ahead of the municipal elections, asking them to “save the city from divisive forces,” implying that the …
Read More »Hyderabad under the new Nizam, time to end it, says CM Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party was the only one with the ability to transform Hyderabad into a “Bhagya Nagar (a wealthy city).” Addressing the meeting during a road show in Kukatpally as part of the BJP’s campaign in the Greater Hyderabad …
Read More »‘BJP wins in Hyderabad polls to usher in the end of TRS’: JP Nadda
The BJP will not rest until it conquers Hyderabad and then Telangana, BJP President JP Nadda stressed on Friday, adding a Bharatiya Janata Party victory in the December 1 elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will be the beginning of the end for Telangana Rashtra. Samithi in Telangana. Nadda, …
Read More »From Covid-19 Vaccine Promise to BJP’s Heavyweight Campaign: Why All Eyes are on Hyderabad Civic Body Choice
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections are scheduled to take place next week on December 1 and the votes will be counted on December 4. Voting is scheduled to take place in 150 districts or municipal constituencies at the GHMC polls to elect a mayor for the corporation that …
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 …
Read More »BJP Hyderabad Civic Polls Manifesto: Free Covid Vaccine and Testing, Free Water, Energy, Promised
By: Express Web Desk | Hyderabad | Updated: November 26, 2020 6:09:32 pm The manifesto was released on November 26 by former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with other BJP leaders. (Photo: Twitter / @Dev_Fadnavis) On Thursday, the BJP released its manifesto for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, …
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