Panchayat
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Dadri: Villagers defy prohibitory orders, set 20-day deadline for action against Akhlaq’s family
India | Jun 06, 2016, 07:32 PM ISTthe villagers sought action against the family of Mohammed Akhlaq, who was allegedly lynched by an angry mob on September 28 last year, after accusations that the family consumed and stored beef at their home.
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UP Horror: Gang-raped girl kills self after police refuses to file FIR
India | Dec 27, 2015, 03:06 PM ISTLucknow: In a horrific incident, a 15 year old daughter of a winning woman Block Development Council (BDC) candidate was allegedly gang-raped by her mother's rivals to avenge the Panchayat poll defeat at a village
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Money For Rural India From Delhi Triples
India | Jun 19, 2015, 03:08 PM ISTOver the next five years, money to rural local governments (panchayats) will rise nearly three times, from Rs 63,051 crore ($13.3 billion) to Rs 200,292 crore ($31.2 billion), on the recommendations of the 14th Finance
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Bihar: Lack of toilet forces bride to leave in-laws home
India | Jun 18, 2015, 04:39 PM ISTPatna: Lack of toilet facilities compelled a newly-wed woman in Bihar village to leave her in-laws house and return to her parents home, an official said on Thursday."Hours after the marriage was solemnised on Wednesday,
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Khap body holds meeting ahead of protest on May 11
India | May 08, 2015, 08:01 AM ISTJind:The Sarv Jat Khap Panchayat yesterday held a meeting at Narvana area here to make preparations for the protest be held at Jantar Mantar on May 11. “The purpose of calling a meeting of Sarv
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Four killed in West Bengal panchayat violence, 75 pc turnout
National | Jul 20, 2013, 07:16 AM ISTKolkata, Jul 20: Four persons were killed and the body of another was found, as stray incidents of violence, booth jamming and rigging were reported during the third phase of the panchayat elections in West
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Girls should not dance at weddings, use mobiles: Panchayat
India | Jan 11, 2013, 01:38 PM ISTUdaipur (Rajsthan), Jan 11: A panchayat in the district has asked families of the minority community against allowing girls to carry cellphones and prohibit them from dancing at wedding processions in public view.Anjuman Muslim Panchayat
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Prohibit girls from using mobile phones: Rajasthan community panchayat
India | Nov 01, 2012, 09:42 PM ISTJaipur, Nov 1, 2012: A community panchayat in Rajasthan has unanimously favoured prohibiting girls from using personal mobile phones in order to ensure that they do not get involved with boys. Alarmed by the case
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Chidambaram terms UP Panchayat diktats against women 'illegal'
India | Jul 13, 2012, 08:31 PM ISTBaghpat (UP), Jul 13: In Taliban-style diktats, a panchayat has banned love marriages and barred women below 40 from going out for shopping and using mobile phones outside their homes, an action deprecated by the
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Polling Continues In Nagpur, Thane, 27 Dist Panchayats
India | Feb 07, 2012, 11:16 AM ISTNagpur, Feb 7: Polling is continuing in 27 district zila panchayats including Nagpur and Thane today.Tight security is in place with nearly 4,000 policemen and two battalions of Home Guards on the job. 312 polling
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Maoists Shot Panchayat Chief In The Open In Gadhchiroli
India | Jan 29, 2012, 09:08 AM ISTNagpur, Jan 29: Maoists on Saturday shot the taluka Congress chief and chairman of Bhamragarh panchayat samiti, Bahadur Shah Alam at pointblank range, when he had gone for tea at a shop.Three persons came on
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Jats In UP Suspend Agitation
India | Mar 27, 2011, 09:26 PM ISTMathura, Mar 27: Jats in Uttar Pradesh today decided to suspend their pro-quota stir for the next six months, a day after their Haryana counterparts called off the three week long agitation which had caused
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Left Government Gave Opportunities To Muslims: Buddha
National | Mar 27, 2011, 05:17 PM ISTKolkata, Mar 27: With an eye on the Muslim vote bank in poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said his government had given a lot of opportunities to the community in education and