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"People have decided to uproot Congress govt": Jairam Thakur hails BJP's victory in Himachal municipal corporation polls

BJP leader and Leader of Opposition, Jairam Thakur, hailed victory in three of four municipal corporation elections. He stated people want to uproot the Congress government. Chief Minister Sukvinder Singh Sukhu rejected these claims. He asserted Congress led in overall urban local body elections. The results are seen as a…

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Govt will continue to work to strengthen Panchayati Raj institutions: PM Modi

PM Modi greets on Panchayati Raj Day, vows to empower local bodies for rural transformation and better quality of life.

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Orissa HC takes strong exceptions to proxy sarpanch menace

The Orissa High Court has taken strong exceptions to husbands of woman sarpanches (village heads) interfering in functioning of panchayats

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Village panchayats in Rajasthan to take up livelihood programmes

Empowerment of Panchayati Raj institutions in Rajasthan enables village panchayats to take up livelihood programmes. Congress govt's vision document adds diverse functions to panchayats, enabling them to play meaningful role in rural dev. Panchayats to launch poverty alleviation programmes, assist SHGs & hold Gram Sabhas. Vision doc part of 'Mission…

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Panchayat presidents stage march in Chennai, demand protection of independence of Panchayati Raj system

Panchayat heads in Chennai protest march to Secretariat, demanding independence of Panchayati Raj system from State/Central interference. Placards raised against MGNERGA & AGAMT. Demand salaries similar to Chennai Corporation councillors.

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NGT issues notice to authorities in Varanasi over discharge of domestic wastewater into Ganga

The NGT earlier this week issued a notice to the commissioner of the Varanasi Municipal Corporation and the Panchayati Raj officer of Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh regarding complaints of discharge of domestic and untreated industrial wastewater into the Ganga river

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Congress could not understand importance of Panchayati Raj system: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Jammu and Kashmir is the biggest example where democracy has been established at the ground level after 2019, following the abrogation of Article 370. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Democracy has been established in J&K for the first time since Independence, says PM Modi; flays Congress

PM Modi said that for over four decades after the country’s Independence, the Congress did not get to understand how vital it was to implement the Panchayati Raj system in villages.

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Jairam Ramesh counters PM, says it was a Congress govt. that gave constitutional status to panchayats

Mr. Ramesh also pointed out that it was the Congress-led UPA government in 2010 that marked April 24 as Panchayati Raj Diwas. “But our Prime Minister is trying to take credit for this today,” he said.

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PM Modi blames previous Congress governments for meting out 'step-motherly' treatment to villages

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday blamed the previous Congress governments for meting out “step-motherly” treatment to villages in the country after Independence and breaking their trust.

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Bhupendra Chaudhary resigns from post of Panchayati Raj to hold UP BJP state president post

Bhupendra Chaudhary was made the new president of the UP unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after which on Tuesday he resigned from his post of Panchayati Raj Minister in the Uttar Pradesh government. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Deadlock continues in Chhattisgarh over T.S. Singh Deo’s rebellion

On July 16, Mr. Singh Deo had stepped down as the Panchayati Raj Minister after attacking his own government for failing to construct 8,00,000 houses meant for rural poor

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In Rajasthan, rural development works of panchayat bodies being monitored

The progress of financial and physical aspects of development schemes being recorded

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Panchayati Raj Ministry, UNDP sign pact on Sustainable Development Goals

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Nod to extend Gram Swaraj scheme

Programme aims to improve governance of Panchayati Raj institutions

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Pressure mounts on Odisha Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik to quit

Congress drew a blank in 18 out of 30 districts in elections to Panchayati Raj institutions

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Odisha State Election Commission eases curbs on public meetings

The Odisha State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday allowed public meetings with capacity of 300 people for campaigning for the elections to the three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions in wake of the

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