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Faith And Tribal Tradition Faultline Cracks, Burial Turns Into Battleground In Chhattisgarh
Months after a burial dispute from Bastar reached the Supreme Court, exposing the deep fault lines between law, faith, and tribal tradition, a fresh and violent clash erupted in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.
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Video: Men Kneel, Plead With Woman To Contest Sarpanch Poll In Telangana
A video from Telangana's Mahabubabad district has gone viral after capturing an unusual scene: several men requesting a woman to contest the local body elections as sarpanch, with one of them even dropping to his knees and clutching her feet
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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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Gujarat District Sarpanch Arrested For Taking Rs 1.5 Lakh Bribe: Anti-Corruption Body
The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a sarpanch in Sabarkantha district of the state for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a factory owner, officials said on Friday.
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2 Maharashtra Village Panchayat Polls Cancelled Over Auctioning Of Posts
The State Election Commission has cancelled polling in two Gram Panchayats in Nashik and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra, after it received evidence of public auctioning of the posts of sarpanch and members of the local governing bodies, an official said on Wednesday.
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Rajasthan Lawmaker Asks Woman Sarpanch To Sit On Floor, Apology Sought
A sarpanch body in Rajasthan on Tuesday demanded an apology from a Congress legislator who had asked a village head to sit on the floor instead on a chair beside her at a meeting.
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Former Village Head Shot Dead In Jammu And Kashmir's Pulwama
A former sarpanch was found dead in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir today. Police suspect he was shot by militants. The bullet-ridden body Fayaz Ahmad Dar was found this morning in an orchard at the district's Chewa Kalan area, a police officer said.
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Kidnapped Sarpanch Killed by Suspected Militants in Sopore
The body of a sarpanch, who was kidnapped by suspected militants in Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, was found this morning.
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Body of former village head found, kin raise fingers at minister
The body of a former village head was recovered on Tuesday in Karnal district with his kin crying foul and accusing Haryana's Transport Minister O P Jain and local MLA Zile Ram of playing a role in his "murder".Body of Karam Singh, a former Sarpanch, was found lying in a pool of blood near the NDRI, Karnal, police sources said.Police have registere...
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Faith And Tribal Tradition Faultline Cracks, Burial Turns Into Battleground In Chhattisgarh
Months after a burial dispute from Bastar reached the Supreme Court, exposing the deep fault lines between law, faith, and tribal tradition, a fresh and violent clash erupted in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.
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Video: Men Kneel, Plead With Woman To Contest Sarpanch Poll In Telangana
A video from Telangana's Mahabubabad district has gone viral after capturing an unusual scene: several men requesting a woman to contest the local body elections as sarpanch, with one of them even dropping to his knees and clutching her feet
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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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Gujarat District Sarpanch Arrested For Taking Rs 1.5 Lakh Bribe: Anti-Corruption Body
The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a sarpanch in Sabarkantha district of the state for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a factory owner, officials said on Friday.
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2 Maharashtra Village Panchayat Polls Cancelled Over Auctioning Of Posts
The State Election Commission has cancelled polling in two Gram Panchayats in Nashik and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra, after it received evidence of public auctioning of the posts of sarpanch and members of the local governing bodies, an official said on Wednesday.
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Rajasthan Lawmaker Asks Woman Sarpanch To Sit On Floor, Apology Sought
A sarpanch body in Rajasthan on Tuesday demanded an apology from a Congress legislator who had asked a village head to sit on the floor instead on a chair beside her at a meeting.
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Former Village Head Shot Dead In Jammu And Kashmir's Pulwama
A former sarpanch was found dead in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir today. Police suspect he was shot by militants. The bullet-ridden body Fayaz Ahmad Dar was found this morning in an orchard at the district's Chewa Kalan area, a police officer said.
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Kidnapped Sarpanch Killed by Suspected Militants in Sopore
The body of a sarpanch, who was kidnapped by suspected militants in Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, was found this morning.
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Body of former village head found, kin raise fingers at minister
The body of a former village head was recovered on Tuesday in Karnal district with his kin crying foul and accusing Haryana's Transport Minister O P Jain and local MLA Zile Ram of playing a role in his "murder".Body of Karam Singh, a former Sarpanch, was found lying in a pool of blood near the NDRI, Karnal, police sources said.Police have registere...
