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Local Body Polls In J&K Unlikely Before Lok Sabha Polls: Official
Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.
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"Ruled From Panchayat To Parliament But...": PM Modi Jabs Congress Over OBC Quota
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of not implementing reservation for the OBC community despite the party ruling from "panchayat to Parliament" for so many years after Independence.
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Gujarat Raises Quota For Backward Classes In Local Bodies To 27 Per Cent
The BJP government in Gujarat has passed a bill in the assembly that raises reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities in local self-government bodies like panchayats, municipalities, and civic corporations to 27 per cent.
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Husbands Take Charge As Municipal Chiefs Reduced To Proxy In Madhya Pradesh
Earlier, male relatives "took oath" in place of local body members elected from seats reserved for women in several towns of Madhya Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Polls Stayed After Ruling Over OBC Reservation
The panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh, scheduled in three phases during January-February next year, have been cancelled by the State Election Commission, a move coming after the Supreme Court ruling on OBC reservation.
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Polling Underway In 102 Maharashtra Nagar Panchayats Across 32 Districts
Polling is underway today in 102 nagar panchayats in 32 districts of Maharashtra, with the election being held without the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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22-Year-Old Woman Elected Panchayat President In Tamil Nadu
Sarulatha, 22, is among the youngest panchayat presidents in Tamil Nadu after she was elected from the Venkadampatti Panchayat in the newly-constituted Tenkasi district, reserved for women.
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Haryana Passes Right To Recall Bill For Panchayats, 50% Quota For Women
The Haryana Assembly on Friday passed a significant Bill which provides the right to recall members of Panchayati Raj institutions if they fail to perform and gives 50 percent reservation to women in these rural bodies.
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Haryana To Introduce 50% Quota For Women In Panchayats: Dushyant Chautala
The BJP-JJP government in Haryana will bring in a bill in the next Vidhan Sabha session for reserving 50 percent seats for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said here on Thursday.
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Haryana Contemplating 50% Quota For Women In Panchayats: Dushyant Chautala
The BJP-JJP government in Haryana is contemplating reserving 50 per cent seats for women in panchayati raj institutions, state Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said on Tuesday.
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Top Court To Hear DMK's Plea Over Tamil Nadu Local Body Polls On Thursday
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Thursday a fresh plea of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) seeking a direction to the Election Commission to complete formalities such as delimitation of constituencies and reservation aspects before going ahead with the panchayat and local body election in Tamil Nadu.
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After National Conference, PDP Pull-Out Shadow On J&K Local Body Polls
Jammu and Kashmir's People's Democratic Party has also indicated it has reservations about local bodies' poll in the state a day after its bitter political rival National Conference said it would boycott the elections.
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Supreme Court Reserves Order On West Bengal Panchayat Polls Nominations
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a BJP's plea seeking that its candidate for the West Bengal panchayat elections be allowed to file their nomination papers and re-scheduling of the election.
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Goa Announces Reservation Up To 40 Per Cent For Local Bodies Polls
The Goa government today announced reservation up to 40 per cent for the upcoming panchayat bodies elections scheduled next month.
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BJP Wins Big, Retains Top Spot After Final Phase Of Maharashtra Municipal Council Polls
Belying speculations that demonetisation and agitations by several communities for reservation including by Marathas will cost BJP in polls, the ruling party led by Devendra Fadnavis has emerged a winner after the fourth and the final phase of the Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat elections in Nagpur and Gondia district on January 8, 2017.
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Local Body Polls In J&K Unlikely Before Lok Sabha Polls: Official
Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.
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"Ruled From Panchayat To Parliament But...": PM Modi Jabs Congress Over OBC Quota
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of not implementing reservation for the OBC community despite the party ruling from "panchayat to Parliament" for so many years after Independence.
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Gujarat Raises Quota For Backward Classes In Local Bodies To 27 Per Cent
The BJP government in Gujarat has passed a bill in the assembly that raises reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities in local self-government bodies like panchayats, municipalities, and civic corporations to 27 per cent.
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Husbands Take Charge As Municipal Chiefs Reduced To Proxy In Madhya Pradesh
Earlier, male relatives "took oath" in place of local body members elected from seats reserved for women in several towns of Madhya Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Polls Stayed After Ruling Over OBC Reservation
The panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh, scheduled in three phases during January-February next year, have been cancelled by the State Election Commission, a move coming after the Supreme Court ruling on OBC reservation.
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Polling Underway In 102 Maharashtra Nagar Panchayats Across 32 Districts
Polling is underway today in 102 nagar panchayats in 32 districts of Maharashtra, with the election being held without the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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22-Year-Old Woman Elected Panchayat President In Tamil Nadu
Sarulatha, 22, is among the youngest panchayat presidents in Tamil Nadu after she was elected from the Venkadampatti Panchayat in the newly-constituted Tenkasi district, reserved for women.
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Haryana Passes Right To Recall Bill For Panchayats, 50% Quota For Women
The Haryana Assembly on Friday passed a significant Bill which provides the right to recall members of Panchayati Raj institutions if they fail to perform and gives 50 percent reservation to women in these rural bodies.
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Haryana To Introduce 50% Quota For Women In Panchayats: Dushyant Chautala
The BJP-JJP government in Haryana will bring in a bill in the next Vidhan Sabha session for reserving 50 percent seats for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said here on Thursday.
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Haryana Contemplating 50% Quota For Women In Panchayats: Dushyant Chautala
The BJP-JJP government in Haryana is contemplating reserving 50 per cent seats for women in panchayati raj institutions, state Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said on Tuesday.
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Top Court To Hear DMK's Plea Over Tamil Nadu Local Body Polls On Thursday
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Thursday a fresh plea of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) seeking a direction to the Election Commission to complete formalities such as delimitation of constituencies and reservation aspects before going ahead with the panchayat and local body election in Tamil Nadu.
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After National Conference, PDP Pull-Out Shadow On J&K Local Body Polls
Jammu and Kashmir's People's Democratic Party has also indicated it has reservations about local bodies' poll in the state a day after its bitter political rival National Conference said it would boycott the elections.
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Supreme Court Reserves Order On West Bengal Panchayat Polls Nominations
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a BJP's plea seeking that its candidate for the West Bengal panchayat elections be allowed to file their nomination papers and re-scheduling of the election.
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Goa Announces Reservation Up To 40 Per Cent For Local Bodies Polls
The Goa government today announced reservation up to 40 per cent for the upcoming panchayat bodies elections scheduled next month.
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BJP Wins Big, Retains Top Spot After Final Phase Of Maharashtra Municipal Council Polls
Belying speculations that demonetisation and agitations by several communities for reservation including by Marathas will cost BJP in polls, the ruling party led by Devendra Fadnavis has emerged a winner after the fourth and the final phase of the Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat elections in Nagpur and Gondia district on January 8, 2017.
