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Gram Panchayats Can't Impose Tax On Motor Vehicles: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Gram Panchayats -- elected village bodies -- have no power to levy a tax on motor vehicles, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has said.
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Opinion: The Key To Fast-Track India's Progress Is More Women In Local Bodies
India's journey in fostering women's leadership holds powerful lessons in fast-tracking the localisation of Sustainable Develpoment Goals. This bottom-up approach lays the groundwork for India's accelerated journey towards inclusive development.
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Punjab Dissolves Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, Zila Parishads
The Punjab government has dissolved all gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads with immediate effect and their elections will be held in November and December, according to an official order.
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Trinamool Leading With Over 18,000 Seats In Bengal Rural Polls
According to the latest declarations by the State Election Commission, the TMC is leading in 14,972 gram panchayat seats. Its nearest rival BJP is leading in 3,421 seats out of 63,329 seats as of 4.30pm.
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Trinamool Leads As Counting Of Votes In Bengal Rural Polls Underway
The latest trends indicate that Trinamool Congress is leading in over 3,068 gram panchayat seats in West Bengal while the BJP is ahead in 1,151 seats as of 12.30pm, State Election Commission officials said on Tuesday.
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Trinamool Releases Tripura Manifesto With Popular Schemes From Bengal
The Trinamool plans to organise Duare Sarkar camps at gram panchayat and municipal ward levels to provide doorstep delivery of services and welfare schemes, just as in West Bengal.
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Maharashtra Gram Panchayat Polls: BJP Claims To Have Won 397 Seats
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday claimed to have won a maximum of 397 seats in gram panchayat elections in Maharashtra.
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Team Thackeray Done, Says Devendra Fadnavis, Claims Big Maharashtra Win
Maharashtra's rival coalitions, the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP alliance and the ousted Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have both claimed victory in Gram Panchayat or rural body elections held two days ago.
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BJP-Eknath Shinde Camp Claim Big Win In Key Maharashtra Polls
BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday claimed 259 candidates supported by his party and 40 nominees backed by the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena have been elected as sarpanches.
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Husbands Replace Wives At Panchayat Oath Ceremony In Madhya Pradesh
In an incident that raises many questions, the husband of a newly elected woman sarpanch allegedly took the oath of office instead of his wife in a gram panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district.
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Cops To Probe Video Of "Pro-Pak Slogans" Used In Madhya Pradesh Village
Pro-Pakistan slogans were allegedly used to celebrate the victory of a female sarpanch in the Chaka Gram Panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district on Friday night, police said.
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In Maharashtra, Deputy Sarpanch Disqualified For Violating Two-Child Norm
A deputy sarpanch from Latur district in Maharashtra was disqualified from holding his post on Monday by the district collector for violating the two-child norm after he won the gram panchayat election in 2017, an official said.
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UP's Ghaziabad To Vote On April 15 To Elect 161 Village Heads
Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district will vote in the first phase of gram panchayat elections in the state on April 15 to elect 161 village heads.
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UP Panchayat Polls To Be Held In 4 Phases Starting April 15
The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission on Friday issued the notification for the three-tier panchayat polls in the state, which will be held in four phases.
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Over 81% Polling Recorded In Final Phase Of Andhra Panchayat Elections
A few incidents of violence, mostly in Guntur district, marred the fourth and final phase of elections to the gram panchayats in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, which saw 81.78 per cent polling.
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Gram Panchayats Can't Impose Tax On Motor Vehicles: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Gram Panchayats -- elected village bodies -- have no power to levy a tax on motor vehicles, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has said.
-
Opinion: The Key To Fast-Track India's Progress Is More Women In Local Bodies
India's journey in fostering women's leadership holds powerful lessons in fast-tracking the localisation of Sustainable Develpoment Goals. This bottom-up approach lays the groundwork for India's accelerated journey towards inclusive development.
-
Punjab Dissolves Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, Zila Parishads
The Punjab government has dissolved all gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads with immediate effect and their elections will be held in November and December, according to an official order.
-
Trinamool Leading With Over 18,000 Seats In Bengal Rural Polls
According to the latest declarations by the State Election Commission, the TMC is leading in 14,972 gram panchayat seats. Its nearest rival BJP is leading in 3,421 seats out of 63,329 seats as of 4.30pm.
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Trinamool Leads As Counting Of Votes In Bengal Rural Polls Underway
The latest trends indicate that Trinamool Congress is leading in over 3,068 gram panchayat seats in West Bengal while the BJP is ahead in 1,151 seats as of 12.30pm, State Election Commission officials said on Tuesday.
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Trinamool Releases Tripura Manifesto With Popular Schemes From Bengal
The Trinamool plans to organise Duare Sarkar camps at gram panchayat and municipal ward levels to provide doorstep delivery of services and welfare schemes, just as in West Bengal.
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Maharashtra Gram Panchayat Polls: BJP Claims To Have Won 397 Seats
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday claimed to have won a maximum of 397 seats in gram panchayat elections in Maharashtra.
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Team Thackeray Done, Says Devendra Fadnavis, Claims Big Maharashtra Win
Maharashtra's rival coalitions, the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP alliance and the ousted Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have both claimed victory in Gram Panchayat or rural body elections held two days ago.
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BJP-Eknath Shinde Camp Claim Big Win In Key Maharashtra Polls
BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday claimed 259 candidates supported by his party and 40 nominees backed by the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena have been elected as sarpanches.
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Husbands Replace Wives At Panchayat Oath Ceremony In Madhya Pradesh
In an incident that raises many questions, the husband of a newly elected woman sarpanch allegedly took the oath of office instead of his wife in a gram panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district.
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Cops To Probe Video Of "Pro-Pak Slogans" Used In Madhya Pradesh Village
Pro-Pakistan slogans were allegedly used to celebrate the victory of a female sarpanch in the Chaka Gram Panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district on Friday night, police said.
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In Maharashtra, Deputy Sarpanch Disqualified For Violating Two-Child Norm
A deputy sarpanch from Latur district in Maharashtra was disqualified from holding his post on Monday by the district collector for violating the two-child norm after he won the gram panchayat election in 2017, an official said.
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UP's Ghaziabad To Vote On April 15 To Elect 161 Village Heads
Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district will vote in the first phase of gram panchayat elections in the state on April 15 to elect 161 village heads.
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UP Panchayat Polls To Be Held In 4 Phases Starting April 15
The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission on Friday issued the notification for the three-tier panchayat polls in the state, which will be held in four phases.
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Over 81% Polling Recorded In Final Phase Of Andhra Panchayat Elections
A few incidents of violence, mostly in Guntur district, marred the fourth and final phase of elections to the gram panchayats in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, which saw 81.78 per cent polling.
