Haryana Panchayat Polls

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.

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.

Haryana schools and colleges in the four poll-bound districts -- Faridabad, Palwal, Fatehabad and Hisar, will remain closed on November 22 and 25.

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.

The second phase of elections to the PRIs in Haryana will be held in nine districts on November 9 and 12. Haryana schools and colleges in those nine districts will remain closed on November 9 and 12.

A fierce fight broke out between two groups at a polling booth in Haryana's Jhajjar during voting for the panchayat election. An electronic voting machine, or EVM, was damaged during the free-for-all, which was captured on camera.

Signalling a fresh confrontation, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today mounted a fresh attack on the government over making educational qualifications mandatory for contesting panchayat polls in BJP-ruled Haryana and Rajasthan, accusing BJP and RSS of taking away the right from the poor, Dalits and adivasis.

A newly elected village head was shot dead allegedly by the son of the candidate who lost to him in panchayat polls in Haryana's Khedi Taloura village.

A new law in Haryana and Rajasthan mandating that only those having minimum educational qualifications can contest panchayat elections, has found little support from the Congress which dubbed the move as one "hurting constitutional rights".

The process of filing nomination papers of all the wards of 21 Zila Parishads in Haryana would start from tomorrow and continue till 29 December, State Election Commissioner Rajeev Sharma said today.

Buoyed by the Supreme Court verdict upholding a law which fixes minimum educational qualification for candidates contesting panchayat polls, the Haryana government today said it is in favour of holding Panchayat elections at the earliest.

A law that set mandatory educational qualifications for candidates contesting Panchayat elections in the Haryana was upheld by the Supreme Court today.

Panchayat elections in Haryana cannot be held till the Supreme Court decides the validity of a law that set mandatory educational qualifications and other criteria for candidates, the top court said today.

Fixation of minimum educational qualifications to contest panchayat elections would "straightaway" debar 50 per cent Indians, the Supreme Court today said while seeking Haryana government's opinion on it.

To defend a law that set mandatory educational qualifications for candidates contesting Panchayat elections in the Haryana, the state government moved the Supreme Court today.

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.

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.

Haryana schools and colleges in the four poll-bound districts -- Faridabad, Palwal, Fatehabad and Hisar, will remain closed on November 22 and 25.

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.

The second phase of elections to the PRIs in Haryana will be held in nine districts on November 9 and 12. Haryana schools and colleges in those nine districts will remain closed on November 9 and 12.

A fierce fight broke out between two groups at a polling booth in Haryana's Jhajjar during voting for the panchayat election. An electronic voting machine, or EVM, was damaged during the free-for-all, which was captured on camera.

Signalling a fresh confrontation, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today mounted a fresh attack on the government over making educational qualifications mandatory for contesting panchayat polls in BJP-ruled Haryana and Rajasthan, accusing BJP and RSS of taking away the right from the poor, Dalits and adivasis.

A newly elected village head was shot dead allegedly by the son of the candidate who lost to him in panchayat polls in Haryana's Khedi Taloura village.

A new law in Haryana and Rajasthan mandating that only those having minimum educational qualifications can contest panchayat elections, has found little support from the Congress which dubbed the move as one "hurting constitutional rights".

The process of filing nomination papers of all the wards of 21 Zila Parishads in Haryana would start from tomorrow and continue till 29 December, State Election Commissioner Rajeev Sharma said today.

Buoyed by the Supreme Court verdict upholding a law which fixes minimum educational qualification for candidates contesting panchayat polls, the Haryana government today said it is in favour of holding Panchayat elections at the earliest.

A law that set mandatory educational qualifications for candidates contesting Panchayat elections in the Haryana was upheld by the Supreme Court today.

Panchayat elections in Haryana cannot be held till the Supreme Court decides the validity of a law that set mandatory educational qualifications and other criteria for candidates, the top court said today.

Fixation of minimum educational qualifications to contest panchayat elections would "straightaway" debar 50 per cent Indians, the Supreme Court today said while seeking Haryana government's opinion on it.

To defend a law that set mandatory educational qualifications for candidates contesting Panchayat elections in the Haryana, the state government moved the Supreme Court today.