Sarpanch Election

Women elected as sarpanches in Madhya Pradesh are mere figureheads while their husbands, village influencers, or Panchayat secretaries wield actual authority, the disturbing trend has been unearthed by an NDTV investigation this month.

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.

A group photo taken at the BJP office here ahead of the legislature party meeting earlier this week showed Bhajan Lal Sharma in the very last row.

Yashodhara Shinde, 21, aspired to become a doctor and was pursuing the medical course in Georgia, but fate had something else in store for her as she returned to her village in Maharashtra, contested the sarpanch election and won it too.

Polling to elect sarpanches and panches in the second phase of the panchayat polls in nine districts of Haryana began on Saturday morning, officials said.

A newly-elected woman sarpanch has been arrested for her alleged involvement in 'booth capturing' in the November 2 panchayat elections here, police said on Monday.

A hilarious election poster-cum-manifesto of one of the candidates contesting for the post of Sarpanch in Haryana's Sirsadh village is gaining traction on social media.

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.

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.

Polling staff, including two cops, injured in attack by BJP leader and supporters in Bankabedi village of Madhya Pradesh's Narmadapuram district

The wife of former dacoit Malkhan Singh has been elected sarpanch of the Sungayayi village in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district.

Days ahead of the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha, residents of a tribal-dominated village in Sundergarh district reportedly organised "oral and written entrance tests" for all the sarpanch candidates to boost their confidence.

At a village in Madhya Pradesh, the post of Sarpanch or village head was given to the highest bidder. Villagers were unanimous - an auction, instead of an election, would do away with any "tension among aspirants".

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.

Results were declared for 292 out of 296 sarpanch posts that went to polling in the first phase of gram panchayat elections in Anakapalle revenue division in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.

Women elected as sarpanches in Madhya Pradesh are mere figureheads while their husbands, village influencers, or Panchayat secretaries wield actual authority, the disturbing trend has been unearthed by an NDTV investigation this month.

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.

A group photo taken at the BJP office here ahead of the legislature party meeting earlier this week showed Bhajan Lal Sharma in the very last row.

Yashodhara Shinde, 21, aspired to become a doctor and was pursuing the medical course in Georgia, but fate had something else in store for her as she returned to her village in Maharashtra, contested the sarpanch election and won it too.

Polling to elect sarpanches and panches in the second phase of the panchayat polls in nine districts of Haryana began on Saturday morning, officials said.

A newly-elected woman sarpanch has been arrested for her alleged involvement in 'booth capturing' in the November 2 panchayat elections here, police said on Monday.

A hilarious election poster-cum-manifesto of one of the candidates contesting for the post of Sarpanch in Haryana's Sirsadh village is gaining traction on social media.

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.

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.

Polling staff, including two cops, injured in attack by BJP leader and supporters in Bankabedi village of Madhya Pradesh's Narmadapuram district

The wife of former dacoit Malkhan Singh has been elected sarpanch of the Sungayayi village in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district.

Days ahead of the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha, residents of a tribal-dominated village in Sundergarh district reportedly organised "oral and written entrance tests" for all the sarpanch candidates to boost their confidence.

At a village in Madhya Pradesh, the post of Sarpanch or village head was given to the highest bidder. Villagers were unanimous - an auction, instead of an election, would do away with any "tension among aspirants".

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.

Results were declared for 292 out of 296 sarpanch posts that went to polling in the first phase of gram panchayat elections in Anakapalle revenue division in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.