Local body polls News

The petition has also sought direction to the authorities to take steps to use 'Totaliser' for counting of votes.

The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) on Monday moved to the Madras High Court to defer the local body polls.

The Madras High Court on Monday ordered the conduct of polls for local bodies in Tamil Nadu before November 17 this year.

The Madras High Court on Monday ordered the conduct of polls for local bodies in Tamil Nadu before November 17 this year.

Nepal's House Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar on Thursday prorogued Parliament, leaving the fate of the second phase of local body polls unknown and undecided.  

As the State Election Commission (SEC) of Tamil Nadu is yet to announce the date of polls for the local body elections, the Congress Party on Sunday urged the former to conduct the polls before May.

At least 12 people, including two candidates and two children, were killed and over 200 injured in violence during Bangladesh's fifth phase of voting in the local body polls which have turned out to be the deadliest so far, media reports said on Sunday.

Anandiben Patel on Wednesday said the BJP will have to analyse the reasons for its poor performance in the local body polls in the rural areas.

Many residential colonies had put up 'No Entry' boards against BJP campaigners while in some areas, Patel agitators exhorted people to exercise their 'None of The Above (NOTA) option on the ballot paper.

Gujarat State Election Commission has announced postponement of polls to various local bodies in the state, citing law and order situation as a reason.