Tag: panchayat
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Samajwadi Party holds panchayat to raise issue of spurious liquor, demands compensation to deceased’s families
To demand justice for the families of the three villagers who had recently died after consuming spurious liquor, a panchayat was organised on the behest of Samajwadi Party in Meerpur Jakhera Village of Shivalkhas area of the district on Wednesday.
September 16, 2020 -
Haryana considering 50% quota for women in Panchayat seats: Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala
According to the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, at least one-third of seats have to be reserved for women.
July 15, 2020 -
PM Modi greets nation on Ramzan, expresses hopes for decisive victory against COVID-19 battle
Taking it to Twitter, PM prayed for the safety, well-being and prosperity of the citizens.
April 24, 2020 -
Watch | Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav and Jitendra Kumar starrer web series ‘Panchayat’ trailer out
The series will follow an urban boy’s journey far away from his comfort zone as he picks up a government job in rural heartlands.
March 30, 2020 -
Shocking, abominable: Chandrababu Naidu on YSRCP govt replacing tricolour with party colour
The BJP’s state president Kanna Lakshminarayana also took a dig a t the government and said, 'The YS Jaganmohan Reddy government has failed miserably except in painting buildings with party colours.'
October 30, 2019 -
Uttarakhand passes amended Panchayat Raj act, bars candidate with more than two children from contesting polls
The amended Uttarakhand Panchayat Raj Act bars candidates with more than two children from contesting Panchayat polls.
June 26, 2019 -
The encounter
‘That won’t do ma’am! You’ve to beat the duster against the table to make them stop!” Raka turned to see a roly-poly girl among the famished faces that hollered, chattered and danced about the classroom. A boy busy practising aerobics holding two blades of a defunct ceiling fan landed on his desk with a thud. …
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October 20, 2018 -
Mehbooba announces boycott of panchayat and local body elections in J-K
Mufti’s announcement comes days after the National Conference (NC) chief and MP Farooq Abdullah had announced that his party would contest all elections in the state until the centre cleared its stand on the Article 35-A.
September 10, 2018 -
Ahead of Shah’s visit, BJP tense over Bijepur electoral failures
Ahead of BJP president Amit Shah’s visit, the state BJP unit leaders are worried given the recent electoral failures in the Bijepur bypoll and several other by-elections at the panchayat level. The party boss is bound to grill them as to why after his Mission 120+ and “mo booth sabse majbut” programme, the party did …
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April 3, 2018 -
Odisha Govt to rehabilitate 149 more affected families
The state government on Monday included 149 more families in rehabilitation package for sea-erosion affected people in Kendrapara district. While people are registering vociferous protest against acquisition of their land elsewhere, the things are on the contrary in Satabhaya. People here are intent on leaving their ancestral land forever as sea is steadily eating up …
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February 27, 2018 -
Vilagers protest against corrupt practices of anti-Posco leader
Villagers including a large number of women squatted on an indefinite dharna in front former sarpanch and prominent anti-Posco leader Sisir Mohapatra on Wednesday. They also observed a ‘Dhinkia Bandh’ alleging that Mohapatra had usurped lakhs of rupees meant for the panchayat. The agitators demanded stern action against him. The villagers alleged that Mohapatra who …
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February 22, 2018 -
BJP farmers, OBC morchas slam AAP govt
The Delhi BJP Kisan & OBC Morchas on Monday held a Panchayat at Rajghat on the problems of the farmers and other residents of Delhi’s rural areas in which representatives of about 80 villages of North, East, West and South Delhi participated. The Pradhan of 360 village panchayats of Delhi, Chaudhary Ram Karan, presented a …
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February 20, 2018 -
Prepare list of panchayat election candidates by March: Prakash
BJP central leadership has asked state party leaders to prepare list of panchayat poll candidates within March. The central leadership wants the state BJP to field candidates in every seat for the panchayat election. on Sunday, a meeting was organised to arrive at crucial decisions on panchayat polls. BJP’s national joint secretary Shiv Prakash attended …
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February 6, 2018 -
Panchayat minister clears air on scheduled dates for polls
State panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee on Saturday said the panchayat polls is to be held as scheduled in May, June. He, however, discounted the speculation of advancing the polls any further, thus pouring cold water on its likely advancement. “The panchayat polls will be held as scheduled in May, June. Nothing has been decided on …
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January 28, 2018 -
‘High time to dissolve Kotia village dispute’
It is high time for chief ministers of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to meet and discuss the long standing dispute over the ownership of 21 villages in Kotia panchayat , said Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati. It may be noted that the dispute came to the fore recently when officers of Andhra Pradesh visited Kotia panchayat, distributed …
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January 23, 2018 -
Farmers evince no interest in Jagatsinghpur pani panchayat
The week long pani panchayat programme which has started since 16 January to create awareness among farmers appeared to be a meaningless exercise as farmers are completely disinterested. Pani Panchayat is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 consisting of all the farmers within the command of a minor or sub-minor canal, or …
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January 23, 2018 -
Bengal to offer rural houses to five lakh families: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the state would offer rural houses to five lakh families ahead of the panchayat elections scheduled to be held this year. “Five lakh families of the state would be offered houses under the state government’s ‘Bangla Gramin Abas Yojna’. We would provide this on January 29 …
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January 3, 2018