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Ahead of panchayat polls, Naveen announces Rs 2234 crore industrial projects
With the panchayat polls likely to be held in February, the ruling BJD going all out to script victory has gone overdrive to woo the voters by launching populist schemes for the last three months.
January 11, 2022 -
Bihar to speedily try murderers of Mukhiyas, other panchayat representatives
The minister said the continuing killings of the elected representatives were indeed worrying and the government was initiating all steps to put a check on it.
January 3, 2022 -
Central counting of ballots in upcoming Odisha panchayat polls
Earlier the counting was being done in the booth in itself. But now there will be central counting for the first time at block level.
November 7, 2021 -
Portal to monitor activities of Bengal panchayat department
"So, the details of the panchayat-level planning and progress of work will be available at the portals, which in turn will lead to more transparency in the functioning panchayats," a department official said.
October 21, 2021 -
Bihar panchayat elections’ 2nd phase underway in 34 districts
The second phase Panchayat election is currently underway in 48 blocks of 34 districts of Bihar with 71,467 candidates including 40,169 women candidates in the fray. They were contesting for 23,161 posts under the 6 categories
September 29, 2021 -
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