Biju Patnaik birth anniversary: The BJP government in Odisha announced on Monday that it will celebrate 'Panchayati Raj Divas' on April 24, and March 5 will be observed as the birth anniversary ...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on February 23 said, “The third and final phase of voting for the three-tier Panchayati Raj elections is being completed. Today, I have come here to my ...

Specifically, in Gram Panchayat Paraswara, husbands of six elected women panchs reportedly took oaths as sarpanchs, violating Panchayati Raj norms ... representative in Chhattisgarh’s Pandariya.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt on Monday announced that the state will now observe Panchayati Raj Day on April 24, shifting from the earlier date of March 5, to align with the national celebrations.

The BJP-led Odisha government has decided not to celebrate former chief minister Biju Patnaik’s birth anniversary — which falls on March 5 — as Panchayati Raj Divas, a tradition that has continued for ...

Former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik strongly criticised the decision of Chief Minister Mohan Majhi’s government to shift the Panchayati Raj Divas ...

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday staged a peaceful demonstration protesting against the decision of the Mohan Majhi government to shift the Panchayati Raj Diwas celebration from March 5 to ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government’s recent decision to delink Biju Patnaik Jayanti from Panchayati Raj Divas and discontinue the public holiday on March 5 has sparked sharp political reactions.

Former Odisha chief minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state for not celebrating March 5 as Panchayati Raj Diwas ...

Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Minister Anirudh Singh has accused the Central Government of discrimination against Himachal Pradesh. He claimed that the revenue deficit grant (RDG ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has achieved a significant victory in the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj by-elections, winning 10 out of 16 Panchayat Samiti seats. The party also secured 2 out of 3 ...