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K'taka panchayat official suspended for taking part in RSS event

A panchayat development officer in Raichur district has been suspended for allegedly taking part in a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh event, sources said on Friday. IMAGE: RSS volunteers take out Path......

Local body polls soon? Maha cabinet takes 21 decisions in single day

With elections to local bodies looming, the Maharashtra cabinet took 21 decisions on Tuesday, an unusual number for a single meeting, including the closure of the state's asset reconstruction......

Karnataka govt cook sacked for joining RSS march

The Karnataka government said it has relieved an assistant cook at a hostel run by the Backward Classes Welfare department in Basavakalyana after he allegedly participated in route march organised......

Gujarat cabinet rejig: A look at new ministerial portfolios

Following a major reshuffle-cum-expansion of his cabinet, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday allotted the important portfolios of home and industries to Harsh Sanghavi who has been......

Maha civic polls marred by violence, bogus voting allegations

Polling for the first phase of 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats across Maharashtra on Tuesday was marred by allegations of bogus voting and violence with even supporters of ruling allies......

Centre restarts MGNREGA in West Bengal, but conditions apply

After a gap of more than three years, the central government has agreed to resume the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) works in West Bengal with immediate effect,......

'Money Is Not A Problem For Me'

'I can sanction projects worth Rs 20 trillion annually as of today.''But my system is only capable of executing projects worth Rs 3 trillion to Rs 4 trillion.' IMAGE: Union Minister for Road......

Rural women drive Rs 27,000 crore financial inclusion transactions

Enterprising women business correspondents, known as BC Sakhis, have facilitated transactions worth Rs 27,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh, earning Rs 75 crore in commission over the past four and a half......

Centre to appoint Lok Karmi in panchayats

With illiteracy being a major stumbling block in implementation of its schemes in rural areas, the Centre is considering to appoint an educated person from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes or......

Govt to set up 300 rural clusters by 2020

Seeking to bridge the rural-urban divide, government will set up 300 rural clusters by 2019-20 across the country as the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission......

Panchayat Season 4 Review: Evil In Rustic Paradise

Panchayat Season 4 is watchable, mainly because of the wonderful actors, who, over the seasons have developed a warm rapport, notes Deepa Gahlot. It couldn't last. The rural paradise that is......

OTT Superhit Panchayat Is Back!

With the OTT universe broadening its horizon, stories of all genres and geographies are coming to the fore. It's not just teen troubles, hill station mysteries and small town woes that have found a......