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Topic: Sarpanch

Amid row over his link to Beed sarpanch murder accused, Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde resigns

Nationalist Congress Party MLA Dhananjay Munde resigned citing health reasons. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has accepted his resignation & forwarded it to the Governor.

Punjab villages ‘auction off’ sarpanch posts days before Panchayat polls, Rs 2cr bid highest so far

State election commissioner asks for detailed reports in 24 hours; Punjab & Haryana HC will hear the matter Thursday as ruling AAP & oppn Congress play blame game.

After study flags gaps, Centre plans training to help women sarpanches escape ‘pati’s’ shadow

Study commissioned by ministry points at serious capacity gaps along with lack of infra & caste dynamics among others, posing hurdles for elected women representatives.

Eye on polls, CM Saini offers ‘sops’ to Haryana panchayat heads, sarpanches call it ‘eyewash’

Sarpanch Association has been speaking against BJP govt’s e-tendering move since panchayat elections of 2022 & had opposed former CM Khattar and incumbent Saini in Karnal in polls.

Why Haryana sarpanchs are asking govt to take back tablets given to students — ‘used for games, fun’

Haryana sarpanchs write to state govt asking them to take back tablets given to class 10-12 students under e-Adhigam scheme, say parents complain tablets are being used for entertainment.

Days after lathicharge, Haryana sarpanches continue stir against e-tendering rule: ‘Won’t bow down’

Demanding a 'complete rollback' of the state govt's new e-tendering process, protesters continue their stir even as govt issues a note explaining process again and calling it 'transparent'.

‘Will give befitting reply’: Sarpanches intensify stir against Khattar govt after lathi charge

Sarpanches are protesting e-tendering of developmental projects as they feel government is curtailing spending powers of village councils. Opposition Congress is backing sarpanches.

JJP, BJP not on same page over e-tendering? Haryana deputy CM’s brother Digvijay backs sarpanches

JJP's Digvijay Chautala says govt should accept demands of elected representatives of panchayats. But Dushyant asserts financial spending limit of sarpanches have been enhanced.

Direct mode of local election benefits BJP, harms SC/ST development, finds study

Wisconsin-Madison university scholar studied Maharashtra data to show how direct mode of election has a causal effect on sarpanches spending on development activities for marginalised communities.

Badminton court, parks, CCTV — how professor-turned-sarpanch transformed Haryana village in 5 yrs

Khurdban sarpanch Yuvraj Singh, 32, believes his education gives him the confidence to express demands to authorities, and to keep villagers informed about govt schemes.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.