The Supreme Court has upheld a Bombay High Court order reinstating a woman as the sarpanch of a Maharashtra village, emphasizing that burea...

Donald Trump has appointed Kash Patel as the new FBI director to reduce bureaucratic overreach. In India, the decentralisation from the Pan...

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...

The 10-member panel chaired by a former Union secretary held its first meeting and is mulling real life empowerment lessons from serving wo...

The 128th Constitution amendment bill, referred to as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, will be implemented after a delimitation exercise t...

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

Polling will be conducted from 7 am to 6 pm, an official said, adding EVMs will be used for sarpanches, panchayat samiti, and zila parishad...

The nine districts are Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonipat districts. In these district...

There are 138 candidates, including 48 women, in the fray in the Kashmir division, while in the Jammu division, 111 candidates, including 3...

In response to a question about how the decision could exclude many from contesting, Gandhi said, "If you are going to raise the benchmark ...

Lauding women's contribution towards Swachh Bharat Mission, Modi called for creating a rural India which is technologically enabled.

During the visit, Modi will inaugurate a national convention of women sarpanch, address an industry meet of OPAL project of ONGC and inaugu...

The 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...

"this business of SP is going on. Law has empowered women. When law has given them the rights, they should also get an opportunity.

"Go and challenge the vires of the ordinance in Rajasthan High Court," a bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said.

The Panchayat Mahila Shakti Abhiyan -- a movement to strengthen the elected women of the PRIs -- has been initiated by the Ministry of Panc...