Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept. 19 (ANI): Mari panchayat in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district has become the first gram panchayat in the area to be declared open defecation-free (ODF).
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)[India], Sept.12 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday reportedly removed the state's Minister for Panchayati Raj, Raj Kishore Singh, and Mining Minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar), July 22 (ANI): In yet another incident which brings to the fore the deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar, a youth has been allegedly beaten up by the husband of panchayat head, his nephew and others for stealing a bike in Paru area of Muzaffarpur district.