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Haryana panchayat to rename sports stadium on Bhagat Singh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Haryana [India], May 17 (ANI): The Haryana gram panchayat on Wednesday said that they are all set to rename a sports stadium from Rajiv Gandhi Khel Parisar (sports complexes) to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Khel Parisar.
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Mathura: Village to fine cow killers, girls using mobile phones
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): The Panchayat of Mathura's Madora village on Wednesday ordered the imposition of a hefty penalty on anyone who indulges in cow slaughter and also on girls who use mobile phones while walking on the street.
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Odisha Govt. became violent after poll defeat: Dharmendra Pradhan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 1 (ANI): The Odisha government has become 'violent' after suffering defeat in the recently held Panchayat elections, said Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday.
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Guna child marriage: Constitution doesn't accept such incidents, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India] Apr 15 (ANI): Condemning the development emerging from Guna in Madhya Pradesh where the village Panchayat fixed the marriage of a five-year-old girl with an eight-year-old boy, the state Panchayat Minister Vishwas Sarang on Saturday said that such systems are
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Guna child marriage: Women activists call on Maneka Gandhi to safeguard ch
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Strongly condemning the incident where a Panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Guna passed a diktat of marrying a five-year-old girl off to an eight-year-old boy, social activist Brinda Adige on Saturday called on the Union Cabinet Minister for Wom
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MP: Police launches probe into Panchayat diktat of marrying five-year-old
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): A team has been sent to Tarpur village for investigating the incident of a Panchayat fixing marriage of a five-year-old girl with an eight-year-old boy.
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TRAI urges Government to implement BharatNet in PPP Mode
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): To make broadband a core utility to citizens, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) advised the Government of India to implement BharatNet in the PPP mode to connect 2, 50, 000 gram panchayats across the country.
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K'taka villagers carry Zilla Panchayat CEO on shoulders to cross drai
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Raichur (Karnataka) [India], Mar.24 (ANI): In what may come as a shock, Kurma Rao, the Chief Executive Officer of the Raichur Zilla Panchayat in Karnataka, was recently filmed being carried across a drain by two people, ostensibly as he did not want to get his shoes and pants wet.
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PM Modi asks BJP MPs to spread awareness about BHIM app
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs to spread awareness about the BHIM app, a digital payment application, and the benefits of the GST at the grass roots level through gram panchayats.
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Case filed against Zila Panchayat officer for sexual assault
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): The Damoh Police have registered a criminal case against a Zila Panchayat officer for allegedly seeking sexual favours from the head in-charge of a Self Help Group.
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Odisha: Polling begins for final phase of three tier Panchayat Elections
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar [India], Feb. 21 (ANI): Polling has begun for the fifth and final phase of three-tier Panchayat polls in 26 districts of Odisha.
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If court convicts Sasikala, she will lose everything: GS Mani on DA case
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb.14 (ANI): Ahead of the Supreme Court's verdict on All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK) general secretary V.K. Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case, G.S. Mani, the lawyer for Satta Panchayat Iyakkam, on Tuesday said if the court conv
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