Andhra Pradesh municipal elections counting on April 9

Hyderabad: The counting of votes polled in Sunday’s municipal elections in Andhra Pradesh will be taken up on April 9 as the state high court Tuesday rejected a petition seeking postponement of the process till the general elections.

The court did not agree with the argument of the petitioner that counting of votes polled in municipal elections may influence the voting in assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

As per the schedule announced by the state election commission, the counting of votes was to be taken up on April 2 but the high court has now postponed it till April 9.

The political parties had opposed declaration of municipal results before the general elections but the state election commission had declined to change the schedule.

The petitioner’s lawyer, however, said with the high court’s verdict, they now have the chance to move the Supreme Court, which last week had directed the election commission not to declare the results of rural local bodies before May 7.

Over 73 percent polling was recorded Sunday in the elections to 146 municipalities and 10 municipal corporations in the state.

In what is being described as the semifinal before the general elections, 73.16 percent of 95 lakh voters cast their votes to elect candidates for 3,990 wards in 146 municipalities, and 2,507 divisions in 10 municipal corporations.

There are 17,864 contestants in the fray in the municipalities and another 3,343 candidates are testing their fortunes in the corporations.

The Supreme Court on March 27 had directed state election commission not to declare the results of rural local body elections before May 7.

Hearing a petition challenging the election commission’s decision to announce the results of panchayat raj elections on April 13, the court asked the election authorities to declare the results after May 7.

The petitioner had argued that the results could impact the simultaneous elections to state assembly and Lok Sabha scheduled in two phases on April 30 and May 7.

The elections to 1,096 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs) and 16,589 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs) are scheduled on April 6 and 11.

The state election commission had to announce schedules for elections to rural and urban local bodies on the directions of the Supreme Court and the state high court respectively.

The local body polls were announced even as the Election Commission declared the dates for elections to state assembly and the Lok Sabha.

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Balakrishna to contest Visakhapatnam Lok sabha Election

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Hyderabad: Fresh with his success in the form of ‘Legend’ Bala Krishna wants to take the political plunge.

This is not for the first time that Balayya wanted a political role for himself. The difference this time is, TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu might not be able to say no. It is another issue if Naidu finds an “easy way out” in the form of roping in Power star Pawan Kalyan.

But Balayya is TDP’s “very own man” and another NTR scion Harikrishna is said to be unhappy.

Indications to the extent that Balayya is keen to contest elections, have already emerged. Balayya Fans associations have come out in the open. They demanded a political role to Balayya.

For a while, there were reports that he wants Naidu to make him the working president of the party.

And as the election notification is slated to release notification on Wednesday, Balayya fans would demand Naidu to give their icon a chance to contest from Hindupur or Penamaluru in Krishna District.

‘Legend’ is replete with Balayya’s political punch lines and he frequently refers to his father NT Ramarao, who took Congress to task in 1980s and rode back to power in 1994.

Balayya even warned in the film, that history would repeat. This may interpreted in different ways. Observers believe that the movie has been at the right time to take advantage of election fever.

It is for this reason that Balayya has taken up “Legend Simha yatras” across Seemandhra districts for three days, starting Tuesday.

Though it is usual for the star to visit Narasimha Swami temples after the success of a film. This time, there is a big difference: Balayya will meet his fans directly.

He will visit Rajahmudry, Eluru,Vijayawada, Mangalagiri, Pedakakani, Ongole, Nellore, Tirupati, Kadapa, Ahobilam and Kurnool.

News making rounds that Balakrishna, a well-known Tollywood hero and Telugu Desam Party leader is all set ready to contest from Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency on TDP ticket.

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Brahmanandam is abused by Legend heroine, Brahmanandam is abused by Legend Actress

Legend movie reviews are rocking, Balakrishna intro scenes and dances are driving the crowd mad. But in this whole process in one of the scenes the heroine Sonali Chauhan calls him a Theviduya payya which is a very bad word in Tamil which would literally mean a bastard. With comedian s being abused and hit around in the telugu and tamil films is a known thing but now do we need a senior actor like Brahmanandam who has also been conferred a Padma Sri have to subject himself to such bad abuse in the movie is something that may not go too well with his fans. But in this whole process how many of them will actually know the meaning of that word. And the word was also not beeped out in the movie.

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Yes, I am in a Relationship: Samantha, Yes I am in a Relationship says Samantha, Samantha Relationship with sidhartha, Samantha Relationship news, Samantha Latest News, Tamanna and Kajal

For the first time ever, Samantha admitted she is in a relationship but refused to reveal the name of her Mr.Right as doing so is like suicidal for an actress down South. She is very sure that marriage willn't happen at least in the next four years as she is too busy as an actress. Is Sid listening?

Samantha claims the first thing she considers when a film was offered to her is the track record of the director (all of his previous films). Secondly, she gives importance to script. Everything like co-star, remuneration and production house comes next.

The golden-leg girl says she isn't keen on doing Bollywood films contrary to what Tamanna and Kajal have been doing. Instead, she wishes to be part of more Tamil films as she is a Chennaite. She has films will Suriya and Vijay in the pipeline.

The one thing that Samantha wishes to changes about herself is her 'Height'. The pretty girl wants to be few inches taller than what she is now.

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