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Friday, November 7, 2025
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Topic: Panchayat

Odisha promulgates ordinance making jail term provision for those giving false information

The ordinance said a candidate who himself or through his proposer gives false information which he knows, or has reason to believe to be false will be punished with imprisonment.

Villagers don’t have a say in their development. This IAS officer-led group is changing that

Three basic principles — a low-or-no cost model, convergence, and people-participation — can speed up rural development in India.

Haryana passes bill giving 50% quota for women, right to recall members in panchayat bodies

With the enactment of the Bill, people will get the right to remove a sarpanch or members of panchayat samitis and zila parishads before their tenure if they fail to perform.

At 21, Parveen Kaur became Haryana’s youngest sarpanch, set up CCTV cameras & kids’ library

Earlier this month, Haryana CM tweeted in praise of Parveen Kaur, state’s youngest woman sarpanch, saying daughters of Haryana have incredible strength & determination to achieve their goals.

Modi govt has sent Rs 800 cr to J&K panchayats but no projects planned yet to spend it

The Rs 800 crore was released between March & August to ‘empower’ panchayats & sarpanchs in J&K. Now, another Rs 1,200 crore has been approved.

Why voters don’t turn up in larger numbers in Lok Sabha elections – all politics is local

Panchayat leaders make decisions that can have a direct and immediate impact on villagers.

On Camera

SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

India is a country where access to documents and digital systems is still uneven. Election Commission's SIR must not turn into a hostile exercise.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.