Panchayat, Corporation members sworn in
Members of the Kannur district panchayat and the maiden Kannur Corporation were sworn in at separate functions held here on Thursday. At the swearing-in ceremony at the district panchayat hall in the...
View ArticleLocal body members to take oath today in Malappuram
The members elected to the local civic bodies will take the oath of office on Thursday morning. Only members of the civic body councils which had ended its previous term on October 31 and November 5...
View ArticleHelen Ntoso Sure Of NDCs Victory In 2016
The incumbent MP for Krachi West, Madam Helen Ntoso, who is seeking re-election, is optimistic that the NDC will bag twice as many votes it got in the region durring the last elections. “This is...
View ArticleNew members take oath
The newly elected members of 67 grama panchayats, 11 block and district panchayats and six municipalities in the district took the oath of office at their respective...
View ArticleNew councillors take oath in Malappuram
Members elected to 104 local civic bodies in the district took oath of office on Thursday. Returning officers administered oath of office to the eldest member of the newly elected council. The eldest...
View ArticleNewly-elected local body members sworn in
: About 1, 910 newly-elected representatives of the local self-government bodies in Ernakulam district were sworn in on Thursday. The swearing-in ceremony in grama, block, district panchayat and...
View ArticleAMA Elects Acting Presiding Member
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has elected Mr Derrick Addotey Myers, Chorkor Assemblyman in the Ablekuma South Electoral Area as Acting Presiding Member (PM) by simple majority. Mr Myers had 56...
View ArticleAssociation bemoans decline in number of elected assembly women
They further expressed regret that in spite of efforts made by the two bodies and assurances from stakeholders to help increase women's participation in local governance, the number of women, both...
View ArticleNkwanta South assembly elects presiding member
On that day, however, Mr Naboare withdrew from the race leaving Mr Fiagadzi as the sole candidate who polled 39 votes out of 42 to become the new presiding member. In a post-election speech, the new...
View ArticleFlagstaff House Security, Minister Bodyguard In Brawl
The life of the bodyguard of Helen Adjoa Ntoso, the Volta Regional Minister, may be in danger whenever he visits the Flagstaff House in Accra as some persons who claim to be security details at the...
View ArticleAkhilesh plans State-wide tour to assess welfare schemes
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will soon travel across the State for an on-the-spot assessment and review of various welfare programmes and development...
View ArticleCM to tour districts, seek post-poll feedback
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav will undertake tours of all districts after the panchayat elections to conduct an on-the-spot assessment of various welfare programmes and development schemes...
View ArticleDramatic increase in aspirants in VR
Gone were the days when it was difficult for a person to declare that he or she was interested in a political appointment or position because such positions were determined by “an overlord” through...
View ArticleNew law soon to sack elected panchayat members in Karnataka
BENGALURU: Karnataka government on Wednesday tabled Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 by virtue of which state government will have the provision of removal of the elected panchayat...
View ArticleBabu Parassery elected district panchayat chief
Babu Parassery of the CPI(M) and Reena Mundengad of the CPI were elected president and vice president respectively of the Kozhikode district panchayat on Thursday. District Collector N. Prasanth...
View ArticleDist. panchayat president sworn-in
Asha Sanil and Abdul Muthaleeb of the United Democratic Front were sworn in as the new president and vice president of the Ernakulam district panchayat. Both received 16 votes each while their rivals...
View ArticleFined farmer tops Tory candidate list for assembly poll
A farmer recently fined for animal offences has been chosen as the lead Conservative assembly candidate in the Mid and West Wales region in 2016. Powys opposition group leader Aled Davies was fined...
View ArticleAsghar tops Tory assembly election list for South Wales East
A Conservative AM forced to face a ballot of party members has come top of the South Wales East regional list for the...
View ArticleDialogue On District Election Date
The Electoral Commission of Ghana and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development have been urged to initiate a dialogue aimed at fixing a permanent date for the conduct of the District...
View ArticleV.K. Madhu is district panchayat chief
V.K. Madhu of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] on Thursday sworn-in as the seventh president of the district panchayat while his party colleague A. Shailaja Begum assumed the office of...
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