Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, (Election Authority under J&K Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996) Shailendra Kumar on Monday issued notification for the conduct of phase-II of by-elections for Panchayat Polls-2020 in respect of vacant seats to elect Sarpanches and Panches.
J&K Panchayat Bypolls: The by-election for as many as 13,000 panchayat seats in Jammu and Kashmir is set to take place next month. This will be the first major political exercise in the region after the government scrapped the special status in August last year. The model code of conduct has come into force in Jammu and Kashmir. The panchayat bypolls in 274 blocks of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be held for elections of 1,011 sarpanches and 11,639 panches.
This assurance was given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to a delegation of sarpanch (village head) and panch (panchayat member) from Jammu and Kashmir who met him on Tuesday.
"Our efforts are to stop these wrong practices and make people aware of the reality. For example, dowry is nothing more than a bribe to the groom's family. The priority should be to educate the girl and make her independent, instead of wasting money by spending lavishly on her wedding," Chaudhary Govind Singh said.
AP Grama Sachivalayam exam 2019: Andhra Pradesh (AP) government has released the AP Grama Sachivalayam answer key for Panchayat Secretary (Grade VI) Digital Assistant exams a day after conducting the examination at the official website -- gramasachivalayam.ap.gov.in and vsws.ap.gov.in.
Till last year, Sunita Sain, 40, a housewife, had never ventured out of her village Udaipuria in Rajasthan. In the male-dominated society that she comes from, only men have a voice in most matters.
Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has released the result of Preliminary exam for the post of Panchayat Secretary (Grade-IV) Screening test on its official website.
The state administrative council, which met under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik, accorded the sanction.
The polling for the fifth phase will be held at 2,512 polling stations, including 1,743 stations in Jammu division and 769 in Kashmir division, from 8 am to 2 pm, said State Chief Electoral Officer Shaleen Kabra.
Tripura State Election Commission and police officials said that except for some minor squabbles in northern Tripura, no untoward incident was reported from the 11 blocks.
The counting of votes will take place on the day of polling and the votes will be cast using ballot paper.
It is pertinent to mention here that the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have already announced that they will boycott both the polls.
TSPRI Recruitment 2018: The Office of the Panchayat Raj and Rural Employment, Hyderabad, which has announced the vacancies, also invited applications for the Telangana Panchayat Secretary Recruitment 2018.
Cops said an investigation into the matter was going on.
Panchayat Executive officer beaten-up by BJP leader's husband in Barabanki
The second phase of BharatNet envisages laying down of optical fibre network across 1.5 lakh village panchayats by March 2019.
A panchayat in UP’s Sambhal district has fined a man Rs 2 lakh for divorcing his wife of 10 days by uttering 'talaq' thrice in one go and asked him to pay Rs 60,000 as mehr to his wife
The ruling Left Front party in Tripura on Friday won 43 out of 47 seats in the panchayat bypolls, elections for which was held on December 21, officials said. Secretary of the State Election Commission
the villagers sought action against the family of Mohammed Akhlaq, who was allegedly lynched by an angry mob on September 28 last year, after accusations that the family consumed and stored beef at their home.
Lucknow: In a horrific incident, a 15 year old daughter of a winning woman Block Development Council (BDC) candidate was allegedly gang-raped by her mother's rivals to avenge the Panchayat poll defeat at a village
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