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23 panchayats enter ruling Akali fold in Amritsar

Congress on Wednesday suffered a jolt in the border belt of Amritsar district when 23 panchayats of ...

MGNREGA: Panchayats to give CA`s certificate

The government has made it mandatory for village panchayats to attach a Chartered Accountant`s certi...

Women to have 50% quota in K’taka urban local bodies

Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to earmark 50 per cent reservation for women in all urban lo...

Water conservation: Har panchayats to get awards

The Haryana government has instituted awards to honour village panchayats for their achievements in ...

Hooda urges Jats to exercise restraint

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda urged Jat agitators to exercise restraint and cremate t...

`Congress rule has been anti-farmer and anti-poor`

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi criticised the Congress saying its almost 50 years of rule fro...

Over 250 Gujarat villages opt for 100% women rule

In what could be described as ‘incentive-driven’ empowerment of women, as many as 254 villages in ...

Omar for involving panchayats in formulation of annual plan

J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said a strategy was required to involve panchayats in...

Khap panchayats have no legal status: Tirath

Noting that the Khap panchayats do not have any legal status, government told the Rajya Sabha that a...

`Panchayats should keep watch on MNREGA funds`

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh stressed that the panchayati raj system should be use...

Local panchayats wary of ban on iron ore export

Fearing that the Shah Commission, might put a ban on iron ore exports, members of village panchayat...

MP: ‘Right to Recall’ in Panchayats not exercised

Right to Recall has been in vogue in Madhya Pradesh for over a decade now but not exercised at Gram ...

Panchayats to be made self-sustainable: J’khand CM

Arjun Munda said efforts were on to help panchayats mobilise their resources so that the local bodie...

‘Committed to transfer powers to panchayats’

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said his government is committed to trans...

Nod for amendment; more SC/ST women at Panchayats

Govt gave its nod to a minor change to a Constitution Amendment Bill that would enable enhancing re...

Cabinet approves 50% quota for women in Panchayats

The Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats from...

Panchayats basic pillars of democracy: Omar

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said panchayats are basic pillars of democracy and asked the newly-elec...

‘Absence of panchayats led J&K lose Rs 1200 cr`

The Chief Minister said the completion of peaceful, free and fair elections is an historic achieveme...

Panchayats will be empowered soon: Omar

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah declared on Friday that the newly elected panchayats ...

State govt to empower panchayats soon: J&K minister

Jammu and Kashmir government will soon empower panchayats at par with other parts of the country t...

Panchayats are competent to issue Dogra Certificate: JKNPP

Issuing a legal advisory that panchayats are competent authority to issue Dogra certificate, JKNPP ...

Uttarakhand: Panchayats ban DJs, loudspeakers and liquor in marriages

The panchayat representatives of eight villages of Bhatwari tehsil in Uttarkashi district have decid...

Khap to file review petition against SC order

Stung by the Supreme Court observation that kangaroo courts were "barbaric and illegal", Khap panc...

PM, Sonia emphasise need to strengthen panchayats

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and NAC chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday emphasised the need to st...

Himachal brings panchayats in Lokayukta`s ambit

The Himachal Pradesh state Assembly on Friday passed a bill that empowers the Lokayukta (ombudsman) ...

All panchayats to have broadband connectivity by 2012: Pilot

Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot said the UPA govt has t...

Sikim: First coordination meet for officers, panchayats, councillors

The coordination meeting with the officers, nagar panchayats, councillors and general public was hel...

Omar aims at more power to panchayats

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that separate election and finance commissio...

Mirchpur case: Protest by Khap panchayats continues

Talks between Mirchpur residents and Haryana Power Minister on Friday failed to resolve the seven-...

‘All village panchayats to have broadband by 2012’

All 250,000 village panchayats in the country will be connected with broadband by mid-2012 under a $...

JK govt intends to hold Panchayat polls soon: Soz

The Jammu and Kashmir government intends to hold elections to Panchayats at the earliest to decentra...

Plan to have development officers in panchayats: Joshi

The government is working on a proposal to appoint a development officer in each of the 2.4 lakh pan...

Incentive for timely bill payment to Haryana panchayats

Panchayats in Haryana will get cash incentives if they persuade residents in their jurisdiction to p...

Divorce granted by khap panchayats not valid: SC

Divorce between estranged couple approved by khap panchayats (caste council) will have no legal sa...

Bill to give 50% quota to women in Panchayats in Jharkhand

An amendment bill to provide 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayats in Jharkhand and to br...

Par panel irked over proxy attendance by women in panchayats

A Parliamentary panel has taken serious note of instances of some the panchayats being run by clos...

Uniformity needed in rotation of seats in panchayats: Panel

A measure of uniformity should be brought in the modalities of rotation of seats for giving 50 per...

None should be allowed to enforce self-made laws: NHRC chief

Amid growing instances of honour killings and demands by khap panchayats to amend the Hindu Marria...

Ministry for delimitation of panchayats

The Panchayati Raj Ministry is pushing for delimitation of panchayats besides working for creation o...

All panchayats will be linked with broadband by 2012: Sachin Pilot

All panchayats in the country will be connected with broadband facility in next two years, Union M...

Khaps adamant on their demand, threaten stir

Khap Panchayats or caste councils, notorious for their diktats prohibiting marriages within same s...

CPI-M slams Congress, INLD for stance on khap panchayats

Condemning Haryana`s ruling Congress and the opposition INLD for their support to khap panchayats, t...

NHRC slams Khap panchayats

Coming down heavily on `Khap panchayats` or self-styled caste councils, the NHRC today warned them...

Incentive for Panchayats in AP which elect members unanimously

The Andhra Pradesh Government on Wednesday released Rs 5.15 crore for paying an incentive to Panch...

Support for Khap Panchayats swells

After their threat to lay siege to his house, Congress lawmaker Navin Jindal today attended a Khap M...

Chautala meets Chidambaram over Gotra issue

Former Haryana Chief Minister and Indian National Lok Dal chief Om Prakash Chautala on Monday met...

Khap panchayats get support from Congress MP

Notorious for their diktats prohibiting same `gotra` (clan) marriages, the Khap panchayats or cast...

Govt asks five states to provide buildings to panchayats

The Centre has asked Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Assam and Andhra Pradesh governments to prepare...

Khap panchyayat seeks amendment in Hindu Marriage Act

A meeting of about 60 `Khap panchayats` (community councils) held here today, demanded amendments in...

Ministry does not know number of panchayats

In what may come as a surprise, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj itself does not know how many distric...

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