The assessee numbers of more than 9 lakh property taxpayers in Kolkata will change Kolkata: Following the delimitation exercise, the assessee numbers of more than 9 lakh property taxpayers in Kolkata will change as the ward numbers to which the assessee numbers are linked are undergoing a major rejig following the addition of 65 new…
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday backed Rahul Gandhi in his war of words with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju over women’s reservation, accusing the Centre of “unnecessarily and mischievously” linking its implementation to the contentious delimitation exercise. The Rajya Sabha MP said Rijiju was “wrong” to suggest that the Congress needed to support a…
File photo of Rajasthan Assembly session Jaipur: Seventy-five years after the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly came into existence, women continue to have a limited presence in the state’s highest elected House. Since the first Assembly elections in 1952, only 208 women have been elected as MLAs against 3,080 legislators, underscoring the longstanding gender imbalance in Rajasthan…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad and Secunderabad have emerged as pivotal constituencies in India’s proposed delimitation exercise. The “Delimitation Working Paper 2026,” released by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, outlines a sweeping expansion of the Lok Sabha from 543 to 824 seats through 59 two-way splits and 111 three-way splits.Among those slated for three-way division are Hyderabad…
In an oblique reference to the YSRCP, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu wonders how can a party that believes and indulges in violence fit in a democratic setup. | Photo Credit: File Photo Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said in an informal chat with the media on Saturday that delimitation of constituencies would be beneficial…
