Tamil Nadu Holds Urban Local Body Election After 10 Years
NDTV
After scoring a hat trick - winning the Lok Sabha polls, rural local body polls and assembly elections - Chief Minister MK Stalin is aiming for a fourth consecutive win.
The urban local body polls are being held today in Tamil Nadu after a gap of over 10 years. Twenty-one cities including Chennai, 138 municipalities and 490 town panchayats will elect more than 12,000 members. Over the last five years these bodies did not have elected representatives as elections were not held.
After scoring a hat trick - winning the Lok Sabha polls, rural local body polls and assembly elections - Chief Minister MK Stalin is aiming for a fourth consecutive win.
He has reiterated his government would soon announce the Rs 1,000 monthly cash pay out for women, his party, the DMK promised before assembly polls.
"I tell you, soon this Stalin would fulfill the promise of monthly Rs 1,000 for women heads of families. Don't worry or doubt. This Stalin will definitely fulfill if he says anything," Mr Stalin, who campaigned only virtually, said in one of his last addresses.
Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a prominent former leader of ISKCON in Bangladesh, was arrested in Dhaka on Monday
He took to X to share his distress, describing the situation as "painful to watch" especially since he was in the US and unable to personally intervene.
Chief Minister M K Stalin chaired a high-level meeting here at the Secretariat to review the precautionary measures and rushed NDRF and State teams to Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagappatinam and Cuddalore districts.
Speaking at a recent event, Congress MLA HR Gaviyappa said that the election guarantees had made it difficult to provide houses to people.
The Manipur police on Sunday imposed a curfew in both districts of Imphal following the killings of six people. The administration also suspended internet in seven districts of the State.
Seville Bar and Lounge is owned by singer Badshah and De Orra Club is run by the local businessmen.
The liquid gushing out from a manhole caused concern among the residents.
The bench was hearing a petition by an elderly woman who suffered a harrowing experience during a New York-New Delhi flight last year when a drunk passenger allegedly urinated on her
PAN 2.0 is an upgraded version of the current system, using technology to make registration easier and more accessible for taxpayers.
A video of a person showing different segments of Amul milk packets and comparing the prices is circulating on social media.
The backdrop to the Supreme Court hearing is the BJP-led Mahayuti's mammoth mandate in the Maharashtra Assembly polls, with the Ajit Pawar camp scoring 41