Khap Panchayat
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Akhilesh to act against any panchayat that curbs freedom
National | Jul 24, 2012, 09:44 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 13, 2012, 09:44 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 05, 2012, 06:56 PM ISTMunger, 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 | Jun 26, 2012, 07:22 PM ISTKolkata, 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