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AAP wins Patiala in Punjab civic polls, emerges largest party in Ludhiana, Jalandhar

Punjab's ruling party AAP won the municipal elections in Patiala but fell short of a majority in the Ludhiana and Jalandhar municipal corporations even though it emerged as the largest party in the two civic bodies. In Jalandhar, the AAP emerged as the largest party and won 38 wards out of total 85 wards while the Congress, the BJP, the …

Congress Party Patiala Bjp Punjab Phagwara Sad

1 day, 19 hours ago

AAP secures 55 per cent of total seats in Punjab civic body elections; majority in one corporation only

New Indian Express

More than 3,300 candidates contested in the civic body polls and a total of 37.32 lakh voters were eligible to vote in the elections. Voter turnout was 65.85 per cent; polling percentage at Phagwara was 55.21 per cent, Jalandhar 50.27 per cent, Amritsar 44.05 per cent, Ludhiana 46.95 per cent and Patiala 32.95 per cent. Congress secured 25 seats, BJP …

Congress Bjp Bsp Seats Sad Wards Body Elections

Punjab civic polls: AAP wins in Patiala, leads in Jalandhar, Ludhiana; Congress ahead in Amritsar, Phagwara

The Hindu

Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party won the municipal elections in Patiala and was leading in Ludhiana and Jalandhar, while the Congress was ahead in Phagwara and Amritsar. Punjab AAP President Aman Arora claimed that his party has created history in the local body elections, securing over 50 per cent of the 977 wards that went to the polls. He also …

Party Patiala Kaur Punjab Phagwara Sad Ward

2 days, 3 hours ago

BBMP warns of action against Virat Kohli’s pub for fire safety violations

The Hindu

One8 Commune, a bar and restaurant co-owned by Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, has been warned of action by the Bengaluru civic body for allegedly functioning without the required permits, including NOC, from the Fire Department. The civic body’s notice comes in the wake of a complaint by activists H.M. Venkatesh and Kunigal Narasimha Murthy, who have alleged that the restaurant …

One8 Commune

2 days, 6 hours ago

Tiruchi Corporation intensifies drive to round up cattle that roam national highways

The Hindu

Following frequent accidents caused by cattle roaming the national highways, the Tiruchi City Corporation has intensified its efforts to impound the animals. On Friday, a severely injured calf was rescued by the Corporation workers on the Tiruchi-Chennai National Highway near Senthaneerpuram and was treated at the animal clinic. To avert such accidents, the civic body has stepped up efforts to …

Animal National Highway Tiruchi Near Owners Cattle

2 days, 19 hours ago

Sanjay Raut hints at Uddhav Sena's solo fight in Mumbai civic polls

India Today

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday hinted that his party, led by Uddhav Thackeray, may contest the upcoming Mumbai local body polls alone, without an alliance with Congress and Sharad Pawar’s NCP. Raut said that party workers are demanding to contest the Mumbai Municipal Corporation polls alone and mentioned that the party chief will take a decision after consulting …

Mumbai Congress Shiv Sena Lok Sabha Sena Alliance Polls

6 days, 19 hours ago

Thiruvananthapuram corporation removes 8,000 illegal hoardings in four days

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the High Court breathing down its neck, the city corporation has launched special drives to crack down on violators and remove illegal flex boards, hoardings and banners from medians, traffic islands, footpaths and public spaces posing risk to the environment, pedestrians and motorists in the state capital. According to TALCO, an agency engaged by the civic body for …

1 week ago

Delhi civic body to install mist sprayers on electric poles to curb pollution

India Today

The New Delhi Municipal Council has announced plans to install mist sprayers on electric poles as part of efforts to combat air pollution in the city. According to NDMC Vice Chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal, the first phase will involve the installation of 15 mist sprayers on a 500-meter stretch of Lodhi Road. PART OF BROADER EFFORTS TO TACKLE POLLUTION NDMC …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Iyappanthangal faces civic issues in the face of burgeoning population

The Hindu

Iyappanthangal, which was once a sleepy village located near Porur, has become a bustling residential locality as it has Ramachandra Medical College as its neighbour and the busy Mount-Poonamallee Road that passes through the village. Inadequate and poor quality of drinking water, poor road condition, stormwater drain facility, encroachment of public roads and development of open space reservation lands are …

Water Garbage Road Panchayat Residents Streets Porur

1 week, 1 day ago

GCC starts discussions to exempt Councillors’ Ward Ddevelopment Fund from GST

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation has started discussions pertaining to the exemption for the Councillors’ Ward Development Fund from the Goods and Services Tax during the implementation of civic infrastructure projects in the city. Councillors have complained that they are not able to implement all the projects demanded by residents as 18% of the funds allocated under the fund went towards …

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Aaditya Thackeray seeks probe into BMC road contracts during Shinde’s tenure

The Hindu

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray has called for the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing to investigate alleged irregularities in road construction contracts awarded by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation during Eknath Shinde’s tenure as Chief Minister. Mr. Thackeray also demanded that Mr. Shinde and former guardian Ministers Deepak Kesarkar and Mangal Prabhat Lodha be excluded from the current government, citing their …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Atonement over, Akali Dal leaders gears up for civic body polls

Hindustan Times

With Akal Takht’s on Friday accepting Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s atonement, the party has shifted its focus on its next political challenge — the civic body polls scheduled for December 21. A senior SAD leader said there is still a lot of ambiguity as to way ahead but it’s certain that the …

Reforms Party Leaders Singh Polls Bains Dal

1 week, 3 days ago

Noida sets aside ₹60 crore to improve civic amenities in urban villages

Hindustan Times

The Noida authority has approved ₹60 crore to improve civic amenities in the city, particularly in rural areas, said authority officials on Friday. The authority on Thursday also took action against the land mafia in the city’s two villages -- Mohiyapur and Badoli -- along Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. The staff of each work circle will do the needful and spend …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Is it time for Mysuru City Corporation to expand its geographic purview?

The Hindu

In the midst of a demand for a “clean-up” of Mysuru Urban Development Authority, which is embroiled in a controversy over alleged irregularities in the allotment of residential sites, the long-pending demand for expanding the geographic purview of Mysuru City Corporation is slowly and steadily gaining traction. The development of residential layouts along the periphery of Mysuru City over the …

Local Property Tax Civic Amenities Residents Muda Siddaramaiah Bodies

1 week, 3 days ago

After Los Angeles County bought a skyscraper, a fight over whether to tear down its historic headquarters

LA Times

Los Angeles County’s headquarters, the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, was completed in 1960 in the downtown Civic Center. Then, she said, “it was revealed” that the plan was to move the Board of Supervisors offices and county services to the Gas Co. Tower, and ultimately demolish the Hall of Administration. “The building can and should be saved.” The Hall …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A nonprofit law group dedicated to protecting the rights of Southern voters of color had more on its plate this year than just the 2024 presidential election. Beginning with the “All by April” campaign to move money early, the effort is continuing with the “Election Day to Every Day” push to shore up next year’s funding. With …

Democracy Election Funding Nonprofit Fund Brown Every Day

1 week, 5 days ago

Why have Mumbai civic polls been delayed and the road ahead

The Hindu

The story so far: Newly sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has affirmed that the ruling coalition Mahayuti will contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls together. On July 21, 2022, the Supreme Court had allowed reservation upto 27% for OBC in nagar panchayat, nagar parishad and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, accepting the State commission’s report. Explaining the road ahead for …

Elections Mumbai Supreme Court Local Maharashtra Election Commission Shiv Sena

1 week, 6 days ago

Pune civic body launches drive to fix uneven chamber covers by January 15

Hindustan Times

Uneven drainage chamber covers on city roads pose a serious risk to motorists and in some cases, it also leads to accidents and health problems. To address this issue, Pune Municipal Corporation’s road department on Tuesday launched a campaign to level the drainage chamber covers. Aniruddha Pawaskar, head of the road department, PMC, said, “A consultant appointed by the civic …

Road Pmc Chamber Covers Uneven

1 week, 6 days ago

BMC elections: Battle for Asia’s richest civic body and the two Shiv Senas

The Hindu

Story so far: Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, is the next battleground for the two political alliances — Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi — after the recently concluded State polls. Similar to the Lok Sabha and these State polls, the two Shiv Sena factions led by Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray are set to clash head-on for the …

Mumbai Maharashtra Congress Body Shiv Sena Mahayuti Sena

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Amid growing losses, Pune civic body demands that PMPML hike bus fares

Hindustan Times

As the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited is facing increasing losses every year, 60% of which will be borne by the Pune Municipal Corporation, the civic body is now demanding that the PMPML hike its bus fares to help address the financial burden. The last bus fare hike of 20% was proposed in 2012 after which PMPML managing director Shrikar …

Pune Pmc Bus Losses Pmpml Fare Hike

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Maharashtra politics: Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar have eyes on civic polls, keeping flock intact

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: They are not known to be each other’s favourites and have made no bones about it either, but now as deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar have similar job-lists for the next five years – strengthening their parties, garnering numbers in the local body elections and ensuring that rival outfits led by Uddhav Thackeray and …

Party Shiv Sena Leaders Senior Leaders Sena Pawar Uddhav Thackeray

2 weeks, 4 days ago

"A chilling effect": Research finds governments across the globe are cracking down on free speech

Salon

New research has found that the most significant violation of civic freedoms in 2024 occurred in occupied Palestinian territories or was perpetrated against those in solidarity with the Palestinian people. In its annual global report, “People Power Under Attack 2024,” CIVICUS Monitor, a global research partnership that assesses the state of civic space worldwide, identified the most common forms of …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Kochi Corpn. to recommend Vigilance probe into allegations of officials demanding bribes

The Hindu

The City Corporation has decided to recommend a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau probe into the allegations of civic officials demanding bribes for regularising some illegal buildings. Mr. Renish alleged that an official had demanded a bribe for re-categorising a building in Vyttila by stating that the money was being collected to be shared between chairpersons of Development and Town Planning …

Council Official Renish

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Edmunds hybrid sedan comparison: 2025 Honda Civic vs. 2025 Hyundai Elantra

Associated Press

There’s big news for the 2025 Honda Civic: It’s now available as a hybrid. More than that, its new gasoline-electric powertrain replaces the Civic’s previously optional turbocharged engine, making the Civic Hybrid both a max fuel economy choice as well as a higher-performance one. The Civic’s low-speed acceleration is very smooth, but driving on hilly terrain can make the powertrain …

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AAP wins Patiala in Punjab civic polls, emerges largest party in Ludhiana, Jalandhar

AAP secures 55 per cent of total seats in Punjab civic body elections; majority in one corporation only

Punjab civic polls: AAP wins in Patiala, leads in Jalandhar, Ludhiana; Congress ahead in Amritsar, Phagwara

BBMP warns of action against Virat Kohli’s pub for fire safety violations

Tiruchi Corporation intensifies drive to round up cattle that roam national highways

Sanjay Raut hints at Uddhav Sena's solo fight in Mumbai civic polls

Thiruvananthapuram corporation removes 8,000 illegal hoardings in four days

Delhi civic body to install mist sprayers on electric poles to curb pollution

Iyappanthangal faces civic issues in the face of burgeoning population

GCC starts discussions to exempt Councillors’ Ward Ddevelopment Fund from GST

Aaditya Thackeray seeks probe into BMC road contracts during Shinde’s tenure

Atonement over, Akali Dal leaders gears up for civic body polls

Noida sets aside ₹60 crore to improve civic amenities in urban villages

Is it time for Mysuru City Corporation to expand its geographic purview?

After Los Angeles County bought a skyscraper, a fight over whether to tear down its historic headquarters

Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?

Why have Mumbai civic polls been delayed and the road ahead

Pune civic body launches drive to fix uneven chamber covers by January 15

BMC elections: Battle for Asia’s richest civic body and the two Shiv Senas

Amid growing losses, Pune civic body demands that PMPML hike bus fares

Maharashtra politics: Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar have eyes on civic polls, keeping flock intact

"A chilling effect": Research finds governments across the globe are cracking down on free speech

Kochi Corpn. to recommend Vigilance probe into allegations of officials demanding bribes

Edmunds hybrid sedan comparison: 2025 Honda Civic vs. 2025 Hyundai Elantra