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  Chidambaram terms UP Panchayat diktats against women 'illegal'

  India | July 13, 2012 20:31 IST

  Baghpat (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 | February 07, 2012 11:16 IST

  Nagpur, 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 | January 29, 2012 9:08 IST

  Nagpur, 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 | March 27, 2011 21:26 IST

  Mathura, 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

  Politics | March 27, 2011 17:17 IST

  Kolkata, 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