Mangaluru : After crossing the magic margin of 34 seats, the BJP is all set to repeated its 2007 results and wrest control over the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) council. According to results of counting of votes, that begun at Rosario school in Pandeshwar from Thursday morning (9 am onwards), BJP had won as many as 34 […]
Mangaluru : The Dakshina Kannada district Deputy Commissioner visited the counting centre and inspected the final preparations on Wednesday, November 13 for the counting of the MCC election will be held at the Rosario School on Thursday, November 14, Security measures have been beefed up around the centre ahead of the counting process. The counting will be held […]
Mangaluru : Irked by the presence of Ivan D’Souza, MLC at the entrance of the polling booth at Infant Mary Higher Primary School at Jeppu in the city, BJP workers had a verbal duel with him. Ivan was standing near the entrance of the booth along with the Congress and BJP candidates of the ward. The […]
Mangaluru : Thanks to the new reservation guidelines, out of 180 candidates in the fray for the election to 60 wards of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), 82 are women. As per the revised reservation list announced by the government, 29 out of 60 wards are reserved for women. Accordingly, 18 wards are reserved for women […]
Mangaluru : The BJP released its first and second list of totally 53 candidates for the upcoming Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) elections to be held on November 12. The first list of 35 candidates, released on Monday. October 28 included names of former deputy mayor Sumithra Kariya from Baikampady, Sudhir Shetty Kannur from Kodialbail, Premananda […]
Mangaluru : Candidates contesting for the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) election should file their nomination on or before October 31st, informed DC Sindhu B Roopesh addressing reporters on Wednesday October 23rd. The DC said that the nominations will be scrutinized on November 2nd and that Nov 4th was the last date to withdraw nomination. The […]
Mangaluru: Karnataka high court has dismissed a petition seeking stay on election process for Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) mayor and deputy mayor seats. Hearing the petition submitted by JDS member Abdul Aziz the high court rejected his writ plea on Wednesday in which the petitioner objected reservation for mayor and deputy mayor seats as both […]
Mangalore : Gulzar Banu, former mayor who rose to the top post by default during the BJP rule in MCC, has failed to register a win in the MCC election. She lost to Ayaz of SDPI by 625 votes. With this SDPI has opened its account in MCC. Meanwhile, two other former mayors, Shashidhar Hegde […]
Mangalore : A polling percentage of 24 was registered in various polling booths for the Mangalore City corporation elections. A total of 380 polling booths are set up in Mangalore. The polling per centage registered in booths in Ullal TMC limits was at 24 per cent, 36.7 per cent in Bantwal TMC limits, 42.7 in […]
Mangalore : The ruling BJP in the state, is facing the urban local body elections which are considered the semi finals to the impending assembly polls, by placing before the voters the development and pro-people programmes initiated by the government during the past five years. The BJP which rose to power in MCC for the […]
