The mayoral council members were given charges of their department at a function organised at the civic headquarters in Poura Bhavan...

Elections to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration have been due since 2017...

Narendranath Tiwari alleged henchmen of Dulal Sarkar, a newly elected councillor of the party, organised an attack on him and his family...

The leaders, some of whom enjoyed enormous clout in their areas for years, suffered stunning reversals in the civic polls that saw a sweeping victory for TMC...

Some won by lottery or a single-digit margin, others defeated their family members...

Independent candidates grabbed the second spot by winning 119 seats...

The loss reflected the people’s perception about the Adhikaris as they have held chairmanship of the municipality for the past three decades combined...

The three-month-old party, led by Ajoy Edwards, social worker and owner of the iconic Glenary’s restaurant in Darjeeling, walked the election alone...

The outcome of the 108 civic bodies shows that the saffron party’s vote share has gone down by around 26 percentage points in the last 10 months...