The slain RTI and wildlife activist, Amit Jethwa, who paid the price for trying to expose illegal mining around the Gir Sanctuary with his life, has become an inspiration for the local RTI activists in Kodinar taluka. Cashing in on the popular sentiment, Congress has named two RTI activists to contest Kodinar taluka panchayat polls to be held on October 21. Jethwa was murdered outside Gujarat High Court two months ago....
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Tribal body to oppose panchayat polls in Schedule Areas
The Adivasi Budhajivi Manch has decided to oppose Panchayat elections in Schedule Area of Jharkhand. The manch, a forum of intellectual tribals of the state, claimed that Panchayat elections in Schedule Area is against the provision of the Constitution. The decision to oppose state government decision to organize Panchayat elections was taken after a meeting of tribals from different parts of the state. The manch decided to initiate legal battle against...
More »Cash, liquor flow free in UP panchayat polls by Virendra Nath Bhatt
This time in Uttar Pradesh, Panchayat elections — the first phase starts Monday — are being fought with an intensity never seen before. Eight persons have already died in poll-related violence over the past 15 days. All the trappings of a typical poll are there — hoardings; free flow of liquor, money and clothes for voters; and candidates moving about in SUVs. “So much money and violence was seen neither in the...
More »In 22 UP districts, teen girls to get help with food, studies by Tarannum Manjul
Adolescent girls from 22 districts of the state will now get Centre’s support to continue education and receive complete nutrition. The Centre has chosen 22 districts from Uttar Pradesh to implement the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent girls (RGSEAG-Sabla). To be formally launched across 200 districts in the country from mid-November, the scheme aims to empower out-of-school girls ¿ by educating them and providing them with nutritional support. The Department...
More »In UP panchayat polls, lure of NREGA money fuels contest by Virendra Nath Bhatt
Elsewhere, people may be obsessed with the Commonwealth Games, but games of a different kind are being played in UP villages these days. Panchayat elections in UP are round the corner and these are being fought with an intensity not seen before. The poll are still three days away and at least eight persons have lost their lives in the last 15 days in the polls-related violence. Hoardings dot countryside; feasts...
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