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Panchayat raj teachers have been pushed into an uncertain situation and are facing despair, demotivation and severe mental agony, members of Navyandhra Teachers’ Association said, requesting Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan to focus on resolving these long-standing issues. In a letter addressed to Mr. Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday, association State president Karanam Harikrishna and State general secretary Maganti Srinivasa …

North Andhra Teachers’ MLC Pakalapati Raghuvarma and Vizianagaram Zilla Poura Vedika president Bhisetti Babji on Monday asked the government to take immediate steps for the removal of the newly-constructed toll gate at Jonnada, located between Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam route. Along with members of various local organisations, both leaders staged protest at the toll gate, while saying that it was being …

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sent out a message to leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress saying that if they lose the support of the people, no one would care for them, a warning issued to her own party members in the backdrop of developments in Sandeshkhali, which has been on the edge since early this …

Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Minister Merugu Nagarjuna has assured the agitating members of the Prakasam Zilla Parishad that he would ensure the early completion of the repairs to gates of the Obul Reddy Gundalakamma reservoir. YSRCP MLA from Giddalur, Anna Ram Babu, pressed for speeding up the pending works relating to the Veligonda irrigation project, the lifeline of Prakasam district, …

Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh on Friday said that in the second phase, elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions will be held in nine districts next month. In these districts, voting for members of Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti will be held o,n November 9, and on November 12 for the posts of Sarpanches and Panches, Singh said in Panchkula. …

Udupi: The Garbage Black Spot Identification program in Udupi has received a good response from the public and Panchayat members. About 150 garbage Black Spots have been identified and cleared in the rural areas of Udupi districts in a span of one month. A month ago, on September 20, Udupi Zilla Panchayat had urged the public to inform the Gram …

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Gour Chandra Mandal, President of the Malda Zilla Parishad to withhold a meeting scheduled for July 8 to discuss a no-confidence motion against him. The notice of no confidence was served to Mandal by 23 members of the 38 strong district council.Justice Shampa Sarkar while dismissing the plea observed, ".an …

After SC Order on Reservation, 29 Members of Palghar Local Body Disqualified

In keeping with the Supreme Court’s Thursday order on reservations in local bodies in Maharashtra, the Palghar district administration on Saturday canceled the membership of 29 people in the local zilla parishad and panchayat samitis. The Supreme Court on Thursday said reservation in favour of Other Backward Classes in concerned local bodies in Maharashtra cannot exceed aggregate 50 per cent …