Panchayats

Over 70 per cent of the 46.94 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the third of the four-phase panchayat elections of Jharkhand on Tuesday

Polling is underway for the third phase of panchayat elections in Jharkhand on Tuesday, amid tight security arrangements, an official said

Notably, the term of the village panchayats in Haryana had ended on February 23, 2021

Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha presented the awards

The nomination process for the first phase, which started on April 16, concluded on Saturday, State Election Commission (SEC) officials said

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday assured that the panchayats will get adequate funds to carry out developmental works.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation 500 KV solar plant, installed in a record time of nearly three weeks

On National Panchayati Raj Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said panchayats are the basic pillar of Indian democracy, in whose strength lies the prosperity of the new India.

On the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir today and address gram sabhas across the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of three road packages of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, being built at a cost of over Rs. 7,500 crore

Prime minister will address a gathering including more than 30,000 Panchayati Raj Institution members of Jammu and Kashmir while PRIs from across the country will be connected virtually for the PM's

The Centre has spent more than Rs 5,674.70 crore for the computerisation of panchayats in Bihar.

Election was being held for 163 Zilla Parishad seats at 17,089 booths in 1,254 Gram Panchayats under 64 blocks in 27 districts of Odisha

In the first phase of panchayat elections held on Wednesday, 77.2 per cent polling was recorded

Of 1,649 seats in 97 nagar panchayats (local government bodies for small towns), the BJP bagged 384, NCP 344, Congress 316 and Shiv Sena 284

The SEC banned rallies and victory processions in the wake of the pandemic but allowed door-to-door campaigns with only five people

The first phase of polling began at 7.30 am in Baran, Kota, Ganganagar and Karauli districts

More than 5,000 election officials, 1.5 lakh polling staff and over 58,000 policemen will be deployed

The third and final phase of voting for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in six districts of Rajasthan will be held on Wednesday.

A voter turnout of around 13% was registered till Sunday 10 am in the 2nd phase of elections to Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti in six districts of Rajasthan to decide the fate of 1,680 candidates