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Tribal economy set to get a fillip; Madhya Pradesh govt notifies PESA Act

According to the state forest minister Vijay Shah, in this year's Van Mela, forest products worth Rs 3 crore were sold

Telangana govt misappropriates panchayat funds: BJP's Bandi Sanjay Kumar

Telangana BJP Chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar wrote to the Union Minister of Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh alleging the Telangana government on the grounds of drawing money from the accounts of the Sarpanches without their knowledge and using the money for other purposes.Sanjay requested the Union Minister to initiate steps against the government. He said, "I request you to initiate necessary action to protect the rights of the local bodies as per the 73 & 74 Amendments of the Constitution of India in Telangana."Sanjay further alleged in the letter, "Government of Telangana is in the habit of diverting the funds allocated by Union Government for gram panchayats as well as other local bodies. In the recent past, I have also noticed that the MGNREGA funds are being diverted and utilised for other schemes of the state government."BJP Chief of Telangana said, that he received representations from sarpanches from all parts of Telangana to take necessary steps for re-depositing the funds into

Haryana Panchayat polls: BJP, AAP, INLD candidates win on several seats

The results of Haryana Panchayat polls were declared on Sunday with the candidates of the BJP, AAP and INLD registering victory on several seats of zila parishads in the state. The notification of the names of all the elected candidates will be duly issued in the Haryana state government gazette before November 30, a senior poll official said. The ruling BJP won 22 out of 102 seats of zila parishad it contested in seven districts including Ambala, Yamunanagar and Gurugram, according to a party leader. However, the party received a jolt in Panchkula where it lost 10 seats of zila parishads. The Aam Aadmi party managed to make its presence felt in the panchayat polls as it claimed victory over 15 seats of zila parishads in districts including Sirsa, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Jind. The AAP had contested around 100 seats of zila parishads. The Indian National Lok Dal, which contested 72 seats of zila parishads, registered victory over 14 seats in the polls. The Congress did not contest

Polling underway to elect sarpanches, panches in four Haryana districts

Seventeen percent of the voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling on Friday to elect sarpanches and panches of gram panchayats in four districts of Haryana in the final phase of panchayat polls, officials said. Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in the four districts of Faridabad, Fatehabad, Hisar and Palwal. Voting is being held to elect 929 sarpanches and 10,362 panches in 25 blocks of the four districts. State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh said foolproof security measures have been put in place to ensure smooth and peaceful polling. He said additional police force has been deployed in sensitive and hypersensitive polling booths. Arrangements had been made well in advance so that Persons With Disabilities do not face any inconvenience at all the polling booths, he further said. Singh said that over 22 lakh voters are eligible to cast their vote in these four districts. There are a total of 2,655 polling stations in these four ...

Panchayat elections: Voting underway in four districts of Haryana

Polling was underway Tuesday to elect members of zila parishad and panchayat samitis in four districts of Haryana in the third and final phase of the panchayat polls, said officials. Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in Faridabad, Palwal, Hisar and Fatehabad. Polling is being held to elect 559 panchayat samiti members and 78 zila parishad members in 25 blocks of these four districts. Over 22 lakh voters including over 10 lakh women are eligible to cast their vote. On November 25, as part of the third and final phase, polling will be held to elect sarpanches and panches of gram panchayats of these four districts. In the first two phases, polls for the posts of panch, sarpanch, panchayat samiti members and zilla parishad members have already been held in 18 districts. The results of the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti members will be declared on November 27, while the results of election for posts of panches and sarpanches is declared on the day of voting itself

Nearly 80% polling recorded in second-phase Haryana panchayat elections

Nearly 80 per cent polling was recorded in the second-phase panchayat elections in nine districts of Haryana on Saturday. The polling was held for the post of 2,683 sarpanches and 25,655 panches in 57 blocks of Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonipat districts. The voting was held between 7 am and 6 pm, officials said. Men, women and the elderly queued up at polling booths in these districts to cast their votes. Around 79 per cent polling was recorded in these nine districts, according to data compiled by the Haryana State Election Commission. In Karnal, there was a report of two rival groups clashing at Fatehgarh village in Nissing block and three persons sustained injuries in the incident. Police reached the spot and brought the situation under control. In Ambala, there was a scuffle between two groups in village Jansua after one of the groups objected to casting of vote by a person. One person was injured in the scuffle and he w

Over 80% polling recorded in first phase of Haryana panchayat elections

A high turnout of more than 80 per cent was recorded in the election for panches and sarpanches in nine Haryana districts in the first of the three-phase voting on Wednesday. "Barring a stray incident, polling remained peaceful," Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh told PTI. According to the figures of the Haryana State Election Commission available at 10 pm, 81.4 per cent voting was recorded in the nine districts. The polling was held between 7 am and 6 pm in the districts of Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar. Counting of votes was taken up immediately after the end of polling. Haryana Director General of Police P K Agrawal said polling has been conducted in a peaceful manner. According to the DGP, there was no poll-related violence reported from anywhere till the completion of the polling process. "However, a few incidents of clashes outside polling booths in Jhajjar and Kaithal districts as well as the breakin

72.4% votes cast by early evening in first phase of Haryana panchayat polls

The first of the three-phase polling to elect panches and sarpanches in nine Haryana districts saw 72.4 per cent people casting their votes by early evening and the number is expected to go up, officials said. The polling is held in Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar. There are 49 lakh voters altogether in these districts, they said. Stray incidents were reported from Nuh and Jhajjar districts. In Nuh, stone pelting was reported between rival groups in two villages, though police said these incidents did not occur at the polling booth and that the poll process remained unaffected. There were reports of some injuries. "There is no untoward incident at the polling booth. However, there were some cases of fight and stone pelting in two villages," Nuh Superintendent of Police Varun Singla told PTI over phone. In Jhajjar, agents of two candidates got into a brawl at a polling booth in Jahidpur village early in the morning during which

133 sarpanches, 17,158 panches elected ahead of Haryana panchayat polls

Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh on Friday said 133 sarpanches and 17,158 panches have been unanimously elected in nine districts of the state ahead of the November 2 panchayat elections. On October 30, polling will take place to elect members of zila parishad and panchayat samitis of the nine districts, while polls for sarpanches and panches of gram panchayats of these nine districts will be held on November 2. The nine districts to go to polls first in the three-phase elections are Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendergarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar. The second phase of the panchayat polls in nine more districts will be held on November 9 and 12 while the final phase will be held on November 22 and 25. Singh said in Panchkula that in the list of unanimously elected panches, 8,708 are men and 8,450 women. He said 39,619 nominations were filed for 25,968 posts of panches and now 16,832 candidates are in the fray, of which 9,593 are men and 7,239

BJP heading for big win with 5 seats so far in Haridwar panchayat polls

The BJP on Thursday was on way to recording a good show in the three-tier panchayat elections in Haridwar district winning five of the 44 district board seats and leading comfortably in around 15 others. Of the eight seats whose results have been declared so far, BJP has won five, BSP 2 and Congress 1. The counting was still in progress but the BJP is likely to emerge as the single largest party in the district panchayat board with a tally of around 20 seats. The BJP-supported candidates have also won 70 per cent of the seats in block and gram panchayats. Out of a total of 316 Gram Pradhan seats, results of 282 have been declared and most of them have been won by BJP-supported candidates. BJP-supported candidates have won a majority of seats in the six block panchayats too. As per the trends, the BSP is likely to finish second behind BJP followed by independents. It is a record performance by the saffron party in Haridwar district panchayat polls. Out of a total of 47 district ...

BJP may perform better in Haridwar panchayat polls; results likely today

The ruling BJP is likely to perform better in the Haridwar's three-tier panchayat polls, the voting for which took place on Monday. All results are likely to be announced by Thursday afternoon as the counting is on. Available trends indicated that the party may win 15 of 44 district panchayat board seats. The BJP may also do well for the first time in gram and kshetra panchayats. The party had in the previous polls won only three seats of the district panchayat board.

Arunachal releases Rs 79 cr basic grants to Panchayati raj institutions

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday released the basic grant for this year to the Panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) amounting to Rs 79.21 crore. The amount accounts for 70 per cent of the basic grant to state PRIs, while the rest 30 per cent, which will be performance based, would be released after review of performances of the PRIs in their respective jurisdictions. Handing over the amount to the concerned department at a function held here by All Arunachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Parishad (AAPPRP) as 'thanksgiving' to the state government, Khandu informed that the grant amount is from the state-owned resource tax revenue. "Instead of looking for help from the Centre for each and everything, we have allocated Rs 123 crore from our internal resources to PRIs for this year and this is the basic grant we are releasing today," he said. Stating that as per the 73rd Constitutional amendment, the state government has decided to devolve power to PRIs on 29 subjects, Kha

Panchayat in Bihar's Jamui slaps Rs 5 lakh penalty on rape accused

Accused Mohammad Mohsin, resident of a village under Sikandara police station in the district, had raped the girl on the pretext of marriage

Panchayat polls: Backward class commission submits report to Haryana CM

Haryana State Backward Classes Commission on Tuesday submitted its report related to reservation for the backward class people in the upcoming elections to panchayati raj institutions. The report has been prepared on the basis of suggestions collected from people across the state. The report by the commission, which is headed by former judge of Punjab and Haryana high court Justice Darshan Singh, was submitted to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. "Haryana State Backward Classes Commission has prepared its report on the basis of suggestions collected from people across the state regarding reservation for backward classes in the elections of panchayati raj institutions. The report was submitted to the chief minister today," said an official statement here. Apart from this, suggestions were also taken from the office bearers of various political parties at the national and state level. The panchayat elections will be held in the state next month. The commission is tasked with ...

Increasing work on individual land under MGNREGA a boon to rural income?

In total, around 6.41 million works under individual land has been undertaken in 2021-22 financial year, of which Bihar leads the pack.

Congress to reach out to people in MP with 'Gandhi Chaupal' from Oct 2

The grand old party's move is to strengthen party's base in the state in view of the 2023 assembly elections

'Mutation of land in name of panchayats aimed at stopping illegal transfer'

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said to curb the illegal transfer of such land is the sole objective of the Haryana government

BJP bags 102 out of 130 panchayat seats unopposed in Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu thanked all the supporters and sympathisers for electing 102 BJP candidates unopposed in bye-elections

India achieved new milestones in 'gram swaraj' in last 8 years: PM Modi

In a letter to sarpanches (village heads) days after his government marked its eighth anniversary, Modi listed several issues on which he sought their support while appreciating their contributions

Jharkhand records 70% turnout in third phase of panchayat elections

Over 70 per cent of the 46.94 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the third of the four-phase panchayat elections of Jharkhand on Tuesday