Woman converts to Islam, Pak Hindus protest

KARACHI, May 21: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday appointed a Nazir to inspect the construction work at the site of Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir, a Hindu temple believed to have been constructed about 200 years ago at the Native Jetty Bridge. The ...

How relevant is panchayat raj in the everyday lives of the people? What is the role of panchayat raj institutions (PRIs) in poverty alleviation and human development? Is poverty alleviation possible through a peripheral role for panchayats as ...

India News: The child of Sindhu and Murukeshan of Poothupady hamlet of Agali Grama Panchayat died soon after birth on Sunday morning. Sindhu was admitted to a private hospital in Attappady three days ago. The newborn, died in Attappady on Sunday, ...

A panchayat president in suburban Chennai has been disqualified from holding the elected post after it came to light that he had falsely claimed that he was a member of the Scheduled Caste. In October 2011, K Victor alias Vasikaran had contested for ...

Share· Comment · print · T+· T- TOPICS Confusion over the change of guard at the district panchayat as per a post-poll agreement reached between the I and A factions of the Congress continues as the district leadership of the party is unable ...

A village panchayat chief who beat up a dalit girl with chappals recently at Vadakadu near Alangudi in the district was arrested on Saturday. The accused R Palanivelu, village panchayat chief of Karu Therkutheru near Alangudi in Karambukudi union in ...

Demanding the withdrawal of regulations imposed by the panchayat authorities on hotels and restaurants against discharge of waste water into drains, the Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi has called for a 24-hour hartal on Saturday. The samithi ...

Elders of different caste interact with each other at the T Kunnathur panchayat on Tuesday | N Vajiravel/Express At a time when caste issues are raising their ugly head, a village in T Kallupatti taluk is maintaining communal harmony for the past ...

The current effort by political parties to bring more women into the political process through reservations and and panchayats is only one part of a national project to make woman an important stakeholder in India's democracy. The other part is to ...