Mohali, May 14 -- No one turned up to file nomination papers on the first day for the upcoming civic elections, district election officer-cum-deputy commissioner Komal Mittal said on Wednesday. She said candidates for the Mohali Municipal Corporation (MC) and the municipal councils of Kharar, Kurali, Naya Gaon, Zirakpur, Derabassi, Lalru and Banur can file their papers between 11 am and 3 pm till May 16. Scrutiny will take place on May 18 and candidates can withdraw their nominations until May 19, she informed. Polling will take place through ballot papers on May 26, followed by counting on May 29.

According to Mittal, nomination papers for wards 1 to 25 of the Mohali MC can be submitted to returning officer Amarinder Singh Mallhi, addit...