Page 5 - Panchayats

All stakeholders must act proactively in protecting environment: Vice Prez

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that from Panchayat to Parliament, all stakeholders must act proactively in protecting the environment

BJP sweeps Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls, Samajwadi Party alleges rigging

The party has registered a thumping victory by winning 65 out of 75 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Zila panchayat elections.

Apna Dal (S) to field candidates for zila panchayat chairmen posts in UP

Apna Dal (Sonelal) has decided to field its candidates in the elections for the post of zila panchayat chairmen and block chiefs in some districts of the state

Coronavirus outbreak to delay panchayat polls in Bihar: State govt

The Bihar government has decided to delay the Panchayat elections in the state due to the Covid outbreak. The tenure of Panchayat representatives in Bihar ended on June 15 this year

No Covid safety: How UP panchayat polls resulted in deaths of teachers

The polling officers that included teachers and shiksha mitras or para-teachers, were trained from April 9 to April 15.

UP panchayat polls: BJP loses in Ayodhya, rivals claim big victories

The BJP has won just eight of the 40 zila panchayat seats in Ayodhya, a disappointment for the ruling party in the district on which the Centre and the state government have lavished much attention

Polling begins for second phase of UP Panchayat elections amid Covid-19

Voting for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat elections began on Monday with COVID-19 protocols in place.Over three crore voters will decide the fate of the candidates in 20 districts of the state including, the state capital Lucknow.The polls are being held for the posts of members of zila panchayats, and kshetra panchayats.Voting has started from 7 am and will end at 6 pm where 3,23,69,256 voters will exercise their franchise.The second phase assumes significance as state capital Lucknow and Varanasi will go to polls in this round.People were seen queued up wearing masks on faces to cast vote for the Panchayat polls at Koirajpur Primary School in Varanasi.Apart from Lucknow and Varanasi, polling will be held in Amroha, Azamgarh, Etawah, Etah, Kannauj, Gonda, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Budaun, Baghpat, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Mainpuri, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur and Sultanpur districts.The first phase of the polls was held on April 15. While ..

UP Panchayat polls: BJP expels 11 party workers for supporting opposition

The Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP has expelled 11 party workers, including former cabinet minister Ramvir Upadhyaya's son Chirag Upadhyaya, for supporting opposition candidates in the Panchayat polls

UP Panchayat polls: BKU asks farmers to choose candidates 'other than BJP'

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has issued a statement asking people to choose any candidate, other than those from the BJP in the Panchayat elections that begin on Thursday

UP Panchayat elections begin today amid deteriorating Covid-19 situation

The four-phased elections that began on Thursday morning will elect around eight lakh rural representatives

UP Panchayat polls: BJP takes disciplinary action against rebel candidates

After facing a problem of plenty when it came to applicants for various posts in the ongoing Panchayat elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now saddled with rebel candidates

Second Covid wave: Migrants going back can spice up panchayat polls in UP

The UP panchayat polls will be held in four phases in 75 districts from April 15. Return of migrants has added another dimension

AAP will work for farmers if it wins UP panchayat polls: Sanjay Singh

AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said his party would work for the welfare of farmers if it wins the upcoming panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh. Singh, the Uttar Pradesh unit in-charge of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), said this during a meeting with party members in Noida where he reviewed preparations for the elections. During the meeting, Singh also discussed selection of candidates for these elections, AAP's Gautam Buddh Nagar spokesperson Sanjeev Nigam said in a statement. Aam Aadmi Party's members would implement the 'Delhi Model' of development in villages of Uttar Pradesh after winning panchayat elections, Singh was quoted as saying in the statement. A system will be made in which farmers, especially those in western UP, will get their payment of sugarcane transferred in their bank accounts even before they could reach back their home after dumping their produce in mills, the Rajya Sabha MP added. Delay in payment of sugarcane to farmers and minimum support price of the cro

Over 60% voter turnout recorded in Gujarat local bodies elections

Over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the elections to Gujarat's 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats that were held in a largely peaceful manner on Sunday

Panchayat polls a semi-final for Adityanath govt amid farm protests

The UP panchayat polls are perhaps the world's largest local body elections, which will comprise a nearly 120-million electorate, eligible to elect the members of nearly 59,000 panchayats in the state

First phase of Andhra Pradesh elections underway in 2,723 panchayats

The department had said 29,732 polling stations were set up, out of which 3,458 have been identified as sensitive and 3,594 hypersensitive

Is BJP losing the plot in Maharashtra? Recent panchayat polls suggest so

Although the rural body elections were not fought on party symbols, going by the backing that the panel of candidates received, the MVA won a majority of the panchayats

At 103, India's first voter casts vote in Himachal panchayat polls

Despite his failing vision and aching knees, India's first voter Shyam Saran Negi reached his polling booth in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur to exercise his franchise in the panchayat elections on Sunday

BJP sweeps Goa's Zilla Panchayat polls, Congress' poor run continues

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant expressed happiness over the BJP's poll performance in the rural belt of the tourist state

Polling underway for Goa's 48 Zilla Panchayat seats; BJP, AAP in contest

A total of 7,91,814 voters are eligible to cast their vote during the election that will decide the fate of 200 candidates in 48 out of the total 50 ZP constituencies in the state