Dilip Roy was killed in a police encounter while allegedly trying to flee. He was accused of raping and murdering his 12-year-old niece, wh...

Cyclone Murasu struck Andhra Pradesh, leading to an estimated damage of Rs 1,919 crore. The cyclone affected over 1.8 lakh farmers, causing...

Polling for the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency and Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency elections commenced at 7 am in Andhra ...

Counting of votes for the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation elections commenced at Andhra University early in the morning. The Te...

Union Cabinet has allocated Rs 7,395 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana. This scheme will promote local-level capacity ...

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government and the State Election Commission to complete gram panchayat elections w...

Panchayati Raj elections in Rajasthan will be held in four phases, beginning with nominations on October 8. Voting for Zila Parishad and Pa...

The Manipur Cabinet approved ex-gratia payments to Army and Central Armed Police Force personnel for deaths and injuries. Families of 49 mi...

Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking action. She alleges police failed to ensure her security during an...

During a party meeting, TMC MP Mahua Moitra was targeted by alleged BJP supporters who hurled eggs and waved black flags as she left the ve...

Over fifteen thousand security personnel will be deployed for Tripura's Village Committee elections. Seventy-four companies of CAPF and ten...

The homecoming of over 3,000 former Maoists is no easy task in Bastar. Over 1,000 of them are being kept in rehabilitation centres to shiel...

Bihar's flood situation remains grim, affecting over 47 lakh people across fifteen districts. The Ganga and its tributaries continue flowin...

State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha wrote to the Centre, seeking the forces for deployment in the panchayat polls. One company of Cent...

Under the project, a decentralized regime of panchayats has been established in the state with service delivery shifted from block level to...

The 961 seats include 922 seats of panchayats, 37 seats of Panchayat samities and two seats of zilla parishad. Altogether 13,274 candidates...

A top Home Ministry official said the Central government does not provide paramilitary personnel to any state to hold panchayat elections.