Law minister Rijiju also felicitated 124 Frontline functionaries, including Para legal volunteers, village level entrepreneurs, and state coordinators from across India.
Purnea DM Rahul Kumar began a book drive in January 2020, and within 21 months, libraries have been set up to reach all 230 gram panchayats and 7 urban local bodies.
Following example of Mathur gram panchayat, which uses Malayalam terms like 'chetta' (brother) & 'chechi' (sister), state party chief K Sudhakaran says all panchayats headed by party will do the same.
Subscribers write on the low salary to gram pradhans, which can be a license to corruption, and the importance of the pair of stars – 'Vashista” and “Arundhati” – in Hindu marriages.
Shiv Sena emerged as one of the biggest victors of the elections held last week to 14,234 gram panchayats, with the party clinching victory in about 20% of them.
Hiware Bazar, in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, has earned its fame as a model village — going from an under-developed hamlet to an affluent, self-sufficient one.
Modi's video conference with sarpanchs puts gram panchayats in the news. But it's their work among migrants and against Covid that should take the spotlight.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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