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Andhra Pradesh govt initiates reforms for better municipal school management
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Andhra Pradesh govt initiates reforms for better municipal school management

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Municipal schools in the State are poised for improved management and better educational outcomes, benefiting both students and teachers with the government directing Urban Local Bodies to address key administrative and maintenance issues. It called for reinstating non-teaching staff, improve school sanitation and infrastructure, and funding provisions to ensure smooth operations and enhanced educational standards at municipal schools. He …

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Focus on women in Nagaland civic polls
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Focus on women in Nagaland civic polls

The Hindu  

After 20 years of resistance to the reservation of seats for women, Nagaland will vote for the urban local bodies on Wednesday. Of the 16 districts in the State, the civic polls will be held in 10 because of the non-participation of the communities in six eastern districts where the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation exercises its clout. Church appeal The …

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Nagaland to hold first civic polls in 2 decades on Wednesday; 198 women in fray
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Nagaland to hold first civic polls in 2 decades on Wednesday; 198 women in fray

Hindustan Times  

Nagaland will hold the state’s urban local body polls in two decades on Wednesday with first-ever allocation of 33% quota of seats for women. A total of 523 candidates are in the fray across 25 ULBs, including three municipal and 21 town councils. Initially, 238 women had filed nominations but 23 of them from the eastern region withdrew in view …

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Nagaland: 523 in fray for ULB polls, ENPO to abstain
6 months ago

Nagaland: 523 in fray for ULB polls, ENPO to abstain

Hindustan Times  

Kohima: As Nagaland gears up to hold its first civic polls after two decades, the people from six eastern districts have planned to abstain from participating in the polling. On June 26, 24 ULBs across the state will go to polls to constitute the long overdue civic bodies The six districts – Mon, Tuensang, Longleng, Kiphire, Noklak and Shamator – …

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A total of 79 candidates withdraw nomination from ULB election in Nagaland
6 months ago

A total of 79 candidates withdraw nomination from ULB election in Nagaland

The Hindu  

“Altogether 79 candidates have withdrawn their nomination from the Urban Local Body election in Nagaland,” an official of the State Election Commission said, adding June 18 was the last date for withdrawal of nomination. A total of 669 candidates, including 238 females had filed their nomination papers for the three municipal and 36 town councils spread throughout the State, including …

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Swachh survey: Be ready for assessment, Odisha govt tells ULBs
6 months, 1 week ago

Swachh survey: Be ready for assessment, Odisha govt tells ULBs

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The state government has asked all its urban local bodies to remain prepared for Swachh Survekshan 2024 field assessment of the progress they have made in cleanliness and other parameters. Officials in Housing and Urban Development department said as per the direction of the national mission director of Swachh Bharat Mission Roopa Mishra, the state mission director, municipal commissioners …

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Nagaland Urban Local Bodies elections: 669 candidates file nominations
6 months, 1 week ago

Nagaland Urban Local Bodies elections: 669 candidates file nominations

The Hindu  

A total of 669 candidates filed their nominations for the elections to the Urban Local Bodies in Nagaland that will be held on June 26. According to the State Election Commission, 669 candidates, including 238 women, filed their nomination papers for the three municipal councils and 36 town councils. Data | Nagaland women are socially empowered but underrepresented in politics …

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Nagaland to hold civic polls after 20 years, adds women’s quota
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Nagaland to hold civic polls after 20 years, adds women’s quota

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Nagaland Cabinet has approved the elections to the urban local bodies with 33% of the seats reserved for women. On April 27, Nagaland’s Municipal Affairs Department said that the State Election Commission approved the election schedule, which specified the number of wards reserved for women on rotation as mandated by the Nagaland Municipal Act of 2023. The Nagaland …

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It is March and drinking water woes loom large in four Urban Local Bodies in Andhra Pradesh
9 months ago

It is March and drinking water woes loom large in four Urban Local Bodies in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

It is March and drinking water crisis is looming large in several districts in Andhra Pradesh if the data revealed by the officials are any indication. The data suggest that residents of at least four Urban Local Bodies of Kadapa, Penugonda, Ongole and Hindupur are getting drinking water supply only once in three days. Water Resources Principal Secretary Shashibhushan Kumar …

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Cabinet gives nod for granting B-Khata to constructions on unauthorised layouts under ULBs
10 months, 1 week ago

Cabinet gives nod for granting B-Khata to constructions on unauthorised layouts under ULBs

The Hindu  

The State Cabinet has reportedly approved a proposal to grant B-Khata for constructions that have come up on illegal layouts on non-government revenue lands in all the Urban Local Body areas as well as buildings without building plan and collect property tax from them. According to sources, the Cabinet’s decision to allow collection of property tax from such constructions may …

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T.N. begins ‘exploratory process’ for potential merger of village panchayats with urban local bodies
11 months, 1 week ago

T.N. begins ‘exploratory process’ for potential merger of village panchayats with urban local bodies

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government is undertaking an “exploratory process” to ascertain the possibility of merging village panchayats with nearby urban local bodies. It is against this backdrop that officials of two departments in charge of rural and urban local bodies - Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, and Municipal Administration and Water Supply - have begun the exercise of gathering inputs …

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NOTA option to be made available to voters during urban local bodies’ polls in T.N.
1 year, 5 months ago

NOTA option to be made available to voters during urban local bodies’ polls in T.N.

The Hindu  

The NOTA option will, hereafter, be a part of the electronic voting machines for urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu. This marks the State government fulfilling a long-standing demand of activists for the introduction of the NOTA option in polls to the ULBs. Nearly for nine years, the State Election Commission had pressed the State government to introduce NOTA. A …

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Nagaland’s civic poll conundrum: Reservation and property tax
1 year, 7 months ago

Nagaland’s civic poll conundrum: Reservation and property tax

Hindustan Times  

KOHIMA : The freshly-returned Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party and Bharatiya Janata Party -led government headed by chief minister Neiphiu Rio may well be Opposition less in the House, but it is facing its first big hurdle after its formation in the upcoming urban local bodies elections slated for May 16. On April 17, it issued notices to chief minister Rio, …

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Nagaland civic polls unlikely after House decision to repeal 2001 Municipal Act
1 year, 8 months ago

Nagaland civic polls unlikely after House decision to repeal 2001 Municipal Act

The Hindu  

The 60-member Nagaland Assembly has unanimously resolved to repeal the Nagaland Municipal Act of 2001 with immediate effect, thereby negating the possibility of the State holding the elections to the urban local bodies with 33% of the seats reserved for women. The Naga Hohos also threatened to boycott the polls if the government failed to guarantee that holding the civic …

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Nagaland civic polls with 33% women quota opposed
1 year, 9 months ago

Nagaland civic polls with 33% women quota opposed

The Hindu  

Organisations in three major urban areas of Nagaland have opposed the State government’s decision to hold the civic polls on May 16 with 33% of the seats reserved for women. In a letter on March 10, these organisations reminded Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio of Article 371A of the Constitution of India that says “no Act of Parliament would apply …

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Nagaland to hold civic polls with 33% quota for women
1 year, 9 months ago

Nagaland to hold civic polls with 33% quota for women

The Hindu  

A week after two women made history by being elected to Nagaland’s 60-member Assembly, Nagaland announced the holding of elections for 39 urban local bodies with 33% reservation of seats for women. During its first meeting on Tuesday, the newly-formed Nagaland Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio deliberated on the conduct of the ULB elections by May this year …

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Open birth control centres for dogs in municipalities, Telangana HC tells ULBs
2 years, 6 months ago

Open birth control centres for dogs in municipalities, Telangana HC tells ULBs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the Animal Welfare Board and urban local bodies to open birth control centres for dogs in municipalitities which lacked them, within three months. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Abhinand Kumar Shavili issued the direction while dealing with a batch of petitions and PILs to declare the action of the …

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Vizag tops in India in Swachh Feedback, Vijayawada 5th
2 years, 8 months ago

Vizag tops in India in Swachh Feedback, Vijayawada 5th

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Eight wings of the AP Municipal Administration and Urban Development wings have been included among top 15 urban local bodies in the country based on the latest feedback from the public on Swachh Survekshan-2022. Under the ‘above 10 lakh population’ category, Vizag touched at top -- with 3.05 lakh feedbacks while Vijayawada came fifth with 1.7 lakh feedbacks. Similarly, …

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Odisha municipal election results: BJD wins all mayor posts, 76 councils
2 years, 8 months ago

Odisha municipal election results: BJD wins all mayor posts, 76 councils

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Biju Janata Dal registered a thumping victory in the Odisha municipal elections, winning three municipal corporations and 76 out of 108 urban local body councils, the results of which were announced on Saturday. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik shows his ink marked finger after casting his vote for the Urban Local Body polls in Bhubaneswar. The Naveen Patnaik-led …

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