Nitish Kumar faces protest by Bihar rural representatives
September 13th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 13 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday faced a protest by nearly 2,000 rural representatives from across the state against 'high-handedness' of officials and "rampant corruption" in ... Read more...
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Bihar village heads to get good governance tips
September 8th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 8 (IANS) After being lauded for good governance, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will give tips on this to nearly 2,000 elected rural representatives, including the 'mukhiyas' (village ... Read more...
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Assam asks railway to help people go back
August 22nd, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) Assam has asked Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) to arrange special trains to allow northeastern people who had fled other states fearing attacks to return, said an ... Read more...
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Maruti employees offer prayers at Manesar plant
August 19th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 19 (IANS) The employees of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) Sunday offered prayers for senior executive Awanish Kumar Dev who died in the violence at the company's Manesar ... Read more...
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Noida village bans tobacco sale, use
July 23rd, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Noida, July 22 (IANS) In a first of its kind, a village council in this Uttar Pradesh district Sunday decided to ban sale of tobacco products in the village and ... Read more...
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10-year-old killed in celebratory firing (Lead)
July 17th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy died in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly city in celebratory firing by a supporter of a newly-elected civic agency chairman, police said Tuesday. The killer ... Read more...
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10-year-old shot dead in celebratory firing in UP
July 17th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy died in Bareilly, 250 km from here Monday, in celebratory firing, police said.A stray bullet fired during the oath taking ceremony of ... Read more...
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Outrage over diktat against women, villagers thrash cops (Roundup)
July 13th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 13 (IANS) Amid national outrage over a Uttar Pradesh panchayat's Taliban-style diktat against women, defiant villagers Friday thrashed two policemen for arresting two of the panchayat members.The ... Read more...
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Panchayat’s diktat has no place in democratic society: Chidambaram
July 13th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Friday that the "Taliban-style" diktat by a khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat region, forbidding women from using ... Read more...
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After diktat against women, Baghpat villagers thrash cops
July 13th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 13 (IANS) Furious that two of their panchayat members had been arrested, villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat region Friday beat up two policemen investigating the panchayat's 'Taliban' ... Read more...
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Court declines man’s plea on marriage with lover
June 25th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday rejected the plea of a man seeking the release of a woman from the "unlawful confinement" by her family ... Read more...
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Court asks police to produce illegally confined girl
June 22nd, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday directed the city police to produce a girl before it on a plea of her husband seeking her release ... Read more...
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Sonia refuses red beacon for car
May 23rd, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi has refused the use of a red beacon on her car, official sources said ... Read more...
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Kashmir panchayat members stage hunger strike
May 1st, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 1 (IANS) Dozens of village elders and panchayat members sat on a day's hunger strike here Tuesday to protest against the alleged apathy of the Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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After successful election, 35,000 Kashmiri panchayat members to be trained
November 23rd, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The central government has drawn up plans to train over 35,000 elected panchayat representatives from Jammu and Kashmir to enhance their capacity in carrying out ... Read more...
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Panchayat members to accompany caste enumerators (Lead)
August 9th, 2011 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday said the ongoing enumeration for socio-economic and caste census (SECC) was not a listing for BPL families.He said the ... Read more...
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Panchayat members to accompany caste census enumerators
August 8th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said Monday that the enumeration for socio-economic and caste census (SECC) 2011 has been made more open by inclusion of ... Read more...
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Gurgaon villagers move court for return of land
August 2nd, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 2 (IANS) A group of villagers in Haryana's Gurgaon Tuesday alleged they were threatened by district officials in 2009 to lease their land to the Rajiv Gandhi ... Read more...
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World views Jayalalithaa as a leader: Clinton
July 21st, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 21 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa as a "wonderful woman who is viewed as a leader around the ... Read more...
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Husband of newly elected Bihar village head killed
May 26th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 26 (IANS) The husband of a newly elected woman village head was shot dead by unidentified gunmen Thursday in Bihar's Begusarai district, say police who suspect political rivalry ... Read more...
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22-year-old elected Bihar village council head
May 26th, 2011 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Patna, May 26 (IANS) A 22-year-old engineering student was elected as the head of a village council here, becoming possibly the youngest person to be chosen for the post in ... Read more...
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Bihar panchayat poll candidate kills self after defeat
May 23rd, 2011 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
Patna, May 23 (IANS) Upset over her defeat in the panchayat polls, a 35-year-old woman hanged herself in her home in Gaya district of Bihar, police said Monday.Meera Devi, a ... Read more...
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Kashmir panchayat polls begin Wednesday
April 13th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 12 (IANS) Panchayat elections are being held in Jammu and Kashmir after a gap of ten years, with the first phase of voting of the 16-phase elections in ... Read more...
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Bill against honour killing likely in monsoon session: Girija Vyas
April 6th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The bill against honour killing is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament in July, outgoing chairperson of the National Commission ... Read more...
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Delhi Govt. committed to ensure empowerment of women
March 7th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): Asserting that the Delhi Government is strongly committed to the welfare of women from all sections of the society, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday said sincere ... Read more...
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RTI Awards presented in Delhi
January 21st, 2011 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) From a sports teacher to widow of a slain cop, five people from various walks of life were felicitated here Thursday for effective use of the Right ... Read more...
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A village that boasts of being crime-free
January 4th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Jan 4 (IANS) No murders or kidnappings, not even petty crimes like chain snatchings and thefts in the past 15 years! This is the proud record of a small ... Read more...
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Jat leaders protest against government stand on Khap traditions
July 27th, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): Elderly members of the Khap launched a mass agitation here on Monday against the central government's decision to enact a law to ban their council's community-related norms ... Read more...
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75 percent turnout in Haryana panchayat poll
July 6th, 2010 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 6 (IANS) Nearly 75 percent voters cast their franchise in panchayat elections held in eight districts of Haryana, state Election Commissioner Dharam Vir said Tuesday.
"This is the preliminary voting figure. ... Read more...
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Roshni Chopra bags ‘Desi Girl’ title
July 5th, 2010 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) After chasing hens, bathing buffalos and picking cow dung, small screen actress Roshni Chopra walked away with the title of India's "Desi Girl" at the finale of the ... Read more...
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Family boycotted for refusal to give death feast
June 24th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bharatpur, June 24 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a local panchayat (village council) in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan has ordered a village to boycott a family for not organising a customary feast ... Read more...
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Ajay Sinha to bring honour killing issue on celluloid
June 5th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Radhika Bhirani
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) While discussions on khap panchayat's (caste council's) demands to impose a complete ban on marriages within the same gotra or ancestral lineage are underway, Ajai ... Read more...
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Gotra row: Haryana couple allowed to stay married
May 19th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), May 19 (IANS) A couple, served with a diktat by a Scheduled Caste (SC) community panchayat to either annul the marriage or leave their village in this district, was Wednesday ... Read more...
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Haryana panchayat directs couple to annul marriage
May 18th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak, May 18 (IANS) In another gotra (ancestral lineage) row in this Haryana district, the village panchayat (council) of a Scheduled Caste (SC) community has directed a newly married couple to annul ... Read more...
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Khap Panchayats want ‘Hindu Marriage Act’ to be amended
April 13th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kurukshetra (Haryana), Apr 13 (ANI): The self-styled Khap Panchayats gathered in Kurukshetra on Tuesday and demanded that the 'Hindu Marriage Act' be amended.They also protested the historic verdict of the Karnal Sessions ... Read more...
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