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‘I isolated myself, gained 45 kilos’: How IAS officer Pari Bishnoi transformed her life and cracked India's toughest exam UPSC with AIR 30IAS officer Pari Bishnoi, who achieved AIR 30 in UPSC, shared her journey of overcoming stress eating and gaining 45 kilos after failing he...
Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: From the shadows to the centre stageIndia is set to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, a law reserving seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies. This move a...
Stray dog killing continues in Telangana villages, toll touches 900, claim activistsStray dog killings are on the rise in Telangana. In Jagtial district, approximately 300 canines were allegedly poisoned. This incident foll...
Bureaucrats can't be allowed to frustrate grassroot democracy: SCThe Supreme Court has upheld a Bombay High Court order reinstating a woman as the sarpanch of a Maharashtra village, emphasizing that burea...
Take on the bane of bureaucrat-ocracyDonald Trump has appointed Kash Patel as the new FBI director to reduce bureaucratic overreach. In India, the decentralisation from the Pan...
Challenging outdated notions of 'male' jobs: How systemic patriarchy impedes women's career advancementThe Supreme Court reinstated Manisha Ravindra Panpatil as sarpanch of Vichkheda, highlighting gender bias in rural governance. Despite cons...
Removal of women elected representative can't be treated lightly: SCThe Supreme Court overruled the removal of a female sarpanch in a Maharashtra village, citing bias against women leaders and inadequate fac...
Pati, Patni aur Panchayat: Central panel to study remote control; Mulls training sessionThe 10-member panel chaired by a former Union secretary held its first meeting and is mulling real life empowerment lessons from serving wo...
Women's reservation bill passage kindles hope but uncertainty in implementation raises concernThe 128th Constitution amendment bill, referred to as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, will be implemented after a delimitation exercise t...
21-year-old medical student wins sarpanch election in Maharashtra on return from Georgia"When elections were announced in my village, locals wanted someone from our family to contest for the sarpanch's (village head) post. A de...
First phase of Panchayat polls in Haryana begins from SundayPolling will be conducted from 7 am to 6 pm, an official said, adding EVMs will be used for sarpanches, panchayat samiti, and zila parishad...
2nd phase Panchayat elections will be held in 9 districts next month: Haryana State Election CommissionerThe nine districts are Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonipat districts. In these district...
Voting underway in 4th phase of DDC polls in J&KThere are 138 candidates, including 48 women, in the fray in the Kashmir division, while in the Jammu division, 111 candidates, including 3...
Maneka Gandhi: Will write to states to lay down educational criteria for village headsIn response to a question about how the decision could exclude many from contesting, Gandhi said, "If you are going to raise the benchmark ...
Discriminatory mentality towards girl child should change: PM Narendra ModiLauding women's contribution towards Swachh Bharat Mission, Modi called for creating a rural India which is technologically enabled.
PM Narendra Modi on two-day Gujarat visit from TuesdayDuring the visit, Modi will inaugurate a national convention of women sarpanch, address an industry meet of OPAL project of ONGC and inaugu...
'Selfie with daughter' goes viralThe website launched by Haryana health minister Anil Vij - got a good response, with more than 13,000 visitors in just a few hours of it go...
End 'sarpanch-pati' culture in panchayats: Narendra Modi"this business of SP is going on. Law has empowered women. When law has given them the rights, they should also get an opportunity.
Panchayat polls: Supreme Court refuses to entertain Rajasthan ordinance"Go and challenge the vires of the ordinance in Rajasthan High Court," a bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said.
- Core group formed to draft women's charter on Panchayats
The Panchayat Mahila Shakti Abhiyan -- a movement to strengthen the elected women of the PRIs -- has been initiated by the Ministry of Panc...