Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde fends off allegations linking him to the murder and abduction case of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. ...

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut clarifies the party's intention to contest local body elections alone to strengthen its grassroots base,...

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is tackling the "Sarpanch Pati" system, where husbands of elected women leaders usurp power. They're using c...

The Supreme Court reinstated Manisha Ravindra Panpatil as sarpanch of Vichkheda, highlighting gender bias in rural governance. Despite cons...

The Supreme Court overruled the removal of a female sarpanch in a Maharashtra village, citing bias against women leaders and inadequate fac...

While the sarpanch is uniquely positioned to convene fora to bring in multi- department functionaries to work together towards a goal-based...

Of 13 border villages, residents of six - Parandoli, Kota, Nokewada (Maharajuguda), Bolapatar, Gouri and Isapur - vote in both states, get ...

"When elections were announced in my village, locals wanted someone from our family to contest for the sarpanch's (village head) post. A de...

The Maharashtra government on Thursday announced that it will be cutting the value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel. Deputy Chief Minis...

Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari is engaged in a tussle with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government over scrapping of direct election of sa...

On January 27, the state government cancelled a move of the earlier BJP-Sena regime that allowed sarpanches to be directly elected from the...

Nitesh Rane said that it was "amusing" that Uddhav Thackeray dreams of becoming CM when he does not have a hold in any assembly segment.

Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Sunil Tatkare was on Wednesday appointed president of the state NCP unit.

Three months before Thackeray's demise, the state lost Deshmukh, who began as an obscure village sarpanch to become a powerful CM and Union...

Vilasrao Deshmukh was one of the few Congress leaders in Maharashtra who began his political career at the lowest level, as a village sarpa...

From an obscure village 'Sarpanch' to a powerful CM, Vilasrao Deshmukh was a political craftsman adept at turning challenges into opportuni...

Govt warehouse operators will now have to send sms to a select group of people within the vicinity of PDS shop as soon as food grains are d...