Goa Civic Polls

Candidates backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clinched majority seats in polls to two municipal councils in Goa, the results of which were declared by the State Election Commission on Sunday.

BJP vice-president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday questioned Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's visit to Tripura, claiming that there was nothing left for the party in the Northeastern state following the civic polls there.

The ruling BJP on Monday won majority in five out of six municipal councils in Goa where elections were held on March 20.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief Girish Chodankar on Friday demanded the State Election Commission (SEC) to suspend the municipal election till the Supreme Court decides on the legality of the entire process.

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday set aside a notification issued by the state government's Directorate of Municipal Administration reserving various wards in five out of 11 civic bodies where elections will be held later this month.

Elections to 11 municipal councils and the Panaji municipal corporation in Goa will be held on March 20, the State Election Commission said on Monday.

As counting for the Delhi civic polls on Wednesday gave an decisive edge to the BJP, its Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari took a dig at Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying it had "already conceded defeat".

Just out of the electoral setback in Punjab and Goa, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's next big challenge, the municipal elections in the national capital, is round the corner. Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party needs to wrest control over the three municipal corporations from the BJP - that is looking for a third consecutive term - not just to mak...

Aam Aadmi Party has decided not to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections due next year, stating that its priority is to concentrate on the poll-bound states of Punjab and Goa.

Polling for the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) elections began today at 8 AM with 21 per cent electorate casting their votes in the initial two hours.

Expelled Congress leader Atanasio Monserratte, who has fielded a panel for the upcoming Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) polls, said they will have a "Arvind Kejriwal style" victory against the ruling BJP.

To avoid coinciding dates with "All Saints' Day" observed by the Christian community, Goa Election Commission may reschedule the polling date for upcoming Municipal elections, scheduled for November 1.

Buoyed by its recent success in civic polls in Karnataka, Congress has begun steps to put its house in order to wrest power from BJP in the May 5 Assembly elections.

Candidates backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clinched majority seats in polls to two municipal councils in Goa, the results of which were declared by the State Election Commission on Sunday.

BJP vice-president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday questioned Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's visit to Tripura, claiming that there was nothing left for the party in the Northeastern state following the civic polls there.

The ruling BJP on Monday won majority in five out of six municipal councils in Goa where elections were held on March 20.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief Girish Chodankar on Friday demanded the State Election Commission (SEC) to suspend the municipal election till the Supreme Court decides on the legality of the entire process.

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday set aside a notification issued by the state government's Directorate of Municipal Administration reserving various wards in five out of 11 civic bodies where elections will be held later this month.

Elections to 11 municipal councils and the Panaji municipal corporation in Goa will be held on March 20, the State Election Commission said on Monday.

As counting for the Delhi civic polls on Wednesday gave an decisive edge to the BJP, its Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari took a dig at Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying it had "already conceded defeat".

Just out of the electoral setback in Punjab and Goa, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's next big challenge, the municipal elections in the national capital, is round the corner. Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party needs to wrest control over the three municipal corporations from the BJP - that is looking for a third consecutive term - not just to mak...

Aam Aadmi Party has decided not to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections due next year, stating that its priority is to concentrate on the poll-bound states of Punjab and Goa.

Polling for the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) elections began today at 8 AM with 21 per cent electorate casting their votes in the initial two hours.

Expelled Congress leader Atanasio Monserratte, who has fielded a panel for the upcoming Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) polls, said they will have a "Arvind Kejriwal style" victory against the ruling BJP.

To avoid coinciding dates with "All Saints' Day" observed by the Christian community, Goa Election Commission may reschedule the polling date for upcoming Municipal elections, scheduled for November 1.

Buoyed by its recent success in civic polls in Karnataka, Congress has begun steps to put its house in order to wrest power from BJP in the May 5 Assembly elections.