-The Hindustan Times Indore: At a time when crime against women is on the rise and patriarchal mindset spurs people towards honour killing, the opium-cultivating village of Guradia Narsinghpur in western Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district has heralded a revolution of sorts. Located in a district notorious for girl child trafficking, Guradia Narsinghpur village under Gatod tehsil has adopted family planning vigorously. Most families do not have more than two children even if...
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Odisha: woman Sarpanch puts husband in the dock -Priya Ranjan Sahu
-The Hindustan Times Bhubaneswar: A woman Sarpanch in Odisha's Kendrapada district has lodged a complaint with the State Women's Commission and district collector against her husband, who allegedly has been misusing her position. In her complaint, Minati Naik (37), Sarpanch of the Alailo gram panchayat, about 130 km east of Bhubaneswar, said after being elected Sarpanch last year, she wanted to serve the people but her husband, along with some unscrupulous elements,...
More »No end to caste violence in Pabnawa village, two more Dalits attacked again -Vishal Joshi
-The Hindustan Times Kaithal: Just when the elders from both Dalit and Ror communities were deliberating on putting an end to caste tension at Pabnawa village, a group of youths from the dominating community allegedly attacked and injured two Dalits on late Tuesday night. One of the injured Ram Mehar, 23, was admitted to the advance trauma centre of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, in a...
More »RTI applicant told to collect info personally from Sarpanch -Bharat Khanna
-The Hindustan Times Mansa: In a bizarre reply under the Right To Information (RTI) Act, officials of the zila parishad had asked an RTI applicant, Hardev Singh, a resident of Dhingar village, to collect information from his village Sarpanch personally. Besides, the authorities have also violated RTI norms by sending a copy of the application to the village Sarpanch, who is supposed to submit the information sought by the applicant to...
More »Panchayats take first steps towards digital empowerment- Anuja
-Live Mint Even as India struggles in efforts to usher in transparency, some panchayats are offering a refreshing contrast Chandana/Jind: Sometime last year, Surendra Singh got a call from a military outpost in Srinagar. The soldier had an urgent inquiry for the 31-year-old Sarpanch of Chandana, a village in Haryana's Kaithal district. The man, who hailed from the village, had lost his voter ID card and needed a letter from the...
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