Over the next five years, money to rural local governments (panchayats) will rise nearly three times, from Rs 63,051 crore ($13.3 billion) to Rs 200,292 crore ($31.2 billion), on the recommendations of the 14th Finance
Patna: Lack of toilet facilities compelled a newly-wed woman in Bihar village to leave her in-laws house and return to her parents home, an official said on Thursday."Hours after the marriage was solemnised on Wednesday,
Jind:The Sarv Jat Khap Panchayat yesterday held a meeting at Narvana area here to make preparations for the protest be held at Jantar Mantar on May 11. “The purpose of calling a meeting of Sarv
Kolkata, Jul 20: Four persons were killed and the body of another was found, as stray incidents of violence, booth jamming and rigging were reported during the third phase of the panchayat elections in West
Udaipur (Rajsthan), Jan 11: A panchayat in the district has asked families of the minority community against allowing girls to carry cellphones and prohibit them from dancing at wedding processions in public view.Anjuman Muslim Panchayat
Jaipur, Nov 1, 2012: A community panchayat in Rajasthan has unanimously favoured prohibiting girls from using personal mobile phones in order to ensure that they do not get involved with boys. Alarmed by the case
Baghpat (UP), Jul 13: In Taliban-style diktats, a panchayat has banned love marriages and barred women below 40 from going out for shopping and using mobile phones outside their homes, an action deprecated by the
Nagpur, Feb 7: Polling is continuing in 27 district zila panchayats including Nagpur and Thane today.Tight security is in place with nearly 4,000 policemen and two battalions of Home Guards on the job. 312 polling
Nagpur, Jan 29: Maoists on Saturday shot the taluka Congress chief and chairman of Bhamragarh panchayat samiti, Bahadur Shah Alam at pointblank range, when he had gone for tea at a shop.Three persons came on
Mathura, Mar 27: Jats in Uttar Pradesh today decided to suspend their pro-quota stir for the next six months, a day after their Haryana counterparts called off the three week long agitation which had caused
Kolkata, Mar 27: With an eye on the Muslim vote bank in poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said his government had given a lot of opportunities to the community in education and
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