THOOTHUKUDI: A total of 50 families from K Kumarettiahpuram in the Vilathikulam panchayat union have allegedly been ostracised from their community, reportedly over their support to a particular candidate during the recent civic polls. These families and the candidate, who was subsequently elected the panchayat president, have allegedly been barred from entering temples, sitting at public places and taking part in local functions. During the local body elections held in...
10:26 AM, May 08, 2012
Poonch: To quell "rumours" about the uncertainty over establishment of a powerful panchayati raj system in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the government will soon bring a legislation to provide Constitutional status to panchayats. "In order to do away with all rumours and speculations being circulated by some people regarding the establishment of a powerful panchayat system in the state, we will provide constitutional guarantee...
02:39 AM, Apr 27, 2012
Panaji: Goa will have restricted sale of liquor from Monday onwards as the state is readying itself for the May 16 panchayat elections. State Election Commissioner M Modassir said that the sale of liquor would be stopped at 11 pm every day from April 23 onwards, the day when the Commission would start accepting nominations for the polls while there would be four dry days in a row from May...
03:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Kolkata: With an eye on next year's panchayat polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday showered more sops on the Muslim community including new loan schemes, creating an employment bank and promising official stamp on 10,000 madrasas. The announcement comes days after she declared a monthly honorarium and housing subsidy for imams in the state. Outlining schemes undertaken for uplift of Muslims in the state, she said her...
09:01 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Kolkata: A big political test awaits West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as her party, the Trinamool Congress, wants early elections to offset many controversies. More than 41,000 Gram Panchayat constituencies are up for grabs next year. But there are signs of trouble as the Trinamool ally Congress may go it alone. WBPCC General Secretary Om Prakash Misra said, "We have told our party workers to be self-sufficient and strike...
11:00 AM, Apr 09, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will likely hold a party meet on Saturday. Reportedly, the focus is going to be on sorting out infighting issues within the Trinamool Congress as it gets battle ready for the Panchayat polls. All district heads of the party are expected to be present for the meeting. On March 25, Tourism Minister Rachpal Singh's car was attacked and damaged at Kinkarbati Krishi...
07:59 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Kolkata: The BJP on Thursday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for announcing sops for Muslims ahead of next year's panchayat polls and said the state government had no right to distribute public money "to gather Muslim votes". "If this cash-strapped government has so much money, why is it not providing it to the poor and even poor Muslims?" BJP's state President Rahul Sinha said. The BJP leader described...
12:24 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has been contemplating amendment to the present Panchayat Act, 1973, to remove some lacunae in it. "We think there are some lacunae in the present Act and in view of this, we are considering amendment to the Panchayat Act, 1973," state's Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee told reporters at Writers' Buildings. Incidentally, Mukherjee was the Panchayat minister in the SS Ray cabinet in 1973 when the...
08:24 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Pradip Bhattacharya Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the killing of a Congress worker and alleged that party activists were under attack from both the Marxists and the Trinamool Congress in the state. "A Congress worker was killed Saturday night. We condemn this. We demand CBI probe into the killing. The Congress workers are being attacked by both CPI-M and Trinamool in the state,"...
08:50 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Mumbai: Voting began on a peaceful note at 7.30 am though crowds were not evident at many booths in view of the severe cold wave conditions sweeping most parts of the state. Polling will continue till 5.30 pm in all areas, barring Gadchiroli, where it will close at 3.30 pm. Nearly 3.89 crore voters shall elect their new representatives for 1,624 Zilla Parishad seats and 3,218 Panchayat Samiti seats, for...
11:38 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has pitched the panchayat polls as the mid term elections that will change political equations in the state. The polling for as many as 27 zilla parishads and 305 panchayat samitis across the state takes place on Tuesday. Much is at stake for several Maharashtra bigwigs such as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, Gopinath Munde, Narayan Rane and RR Patil in the...
08:54 AM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: Setting an example of good local self-governance, a village in Gujarat has handed over its administration to a group of 12 educated girls. All the girls were elected unopposed to the Gram Panchayat even before voting took place in December last year. These girls, all aged between 18 and 23, are at the helm of affairs in Anand district's Siswa village. Although voting for over 10,000 village Panchayats...
01:50 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Chennai: To improve basic infrastructure facilities in cities and urban areas in the state, Tamil Nadu government today decided to start a scheme at a cost of Rs 6,653 crore. Under the "Integrated Urban Development Scheme", basic infrastructure, including drinking water, sewage water removal, health, rain water drainage, roads and streets, solid waste management, parking facilities and parks will be improved in corporation and townships at a cost of Rs...
12:53 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Barmer: Khap Panchayats are infamous for their scarily unreasonable diktats. But in a village in Rajasthan's Barmer, a rare order by one such Panchayat, 20 years ago, came as a blessing for girls. The Panchayat made it mandatory for everyone to send their daughters to school or face a penalty. The girls are now all grown up. Barmer is known for its poor gender ratio, but right in the middle...
08:55 AM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: In a strange coincidence, Rahul Gandhi's idea of conferring Constitutional status on Lokpal failed in the Lok Sabha much like his father Rajiv Gandhi's Panchayati Raj Bill 22 years ago. A BJP MP sought to strike an ominous note of coincidence claiming that government of the day was not lucky whenever the Lokpal Bill was taken up and on occasions, the Lok Sabha was also dissolved. The Constitution...
09:13 AM, Dec 29, 2011
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