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  Akhilesh to act against any panchayat that curbs freedom

  Politics | July 24, 2012 21:44 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 24: Against the backdrop of a Khap diktat in Uttar Pradesh forbidding women from using mobile phones and restricting their movement, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said his government will act against

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  BJP demands UP govt take action against panchayat

  India | July 13, 2012 21:44 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 13: BJP today termed the decision of a village panchayat in Uttar Pradesh banning love marriages and restricting movement of women out of homes as “wrong” and “against the law” and asked

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  Maoists posters announce 'death sentence' for four

  India | July 05, 2012 18:56 IST

  Munger, Jul 5: Maoists put up posters in several villages in Bihar's Munger district announcing ‘death sentence' for four persons, including a mukhiya and their eviction from the villages apparently for their failure to abide

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  Some changes likely in Panchayat laws after panchayat polls

  India | June 26, 2012 19:22 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 26: After the next Panchayat elections, the West Bengal government is likely to bring some basic changes in the existing Panchayat laws for better functioning of the three-tier panchayat system, Panchayat Minister Subrata