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NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday launched a social media campaign to spotlight the ‘Sarpanch Pati’ practice. Announcing the ‘Say No To Proxy Sarpanch” campaign, the ministry of panchayati raj (MoPR) said that it was aimed at giving more power to women sarpanches by calling upon citizens to join this movement, celebrate real Sarpanches and…
BATHINDA: A village sarpanch was shot dead in a daylight attack at his private gym in Baghapurana town of Moga district on Friday morning, police said.Harwinder Singh alias Happy, 37 — the sarpanch of Patto Hira Singh village—was targeted as he arrived at his fitness centre, ‘Sujan Fitness Club’, on the Baghapurana-Kotkapura road. Chandigarh: Power…
HYDERABAD: About 300 dog carcasses were found dumped in a pit in Jagtial district in the latest case of alleged mass killing of strays in Telangana, taking the total number of stray dogs found dead in the state this month to nearly 900. The latest “killings” in Pegadapally, roughly 200km from Hyderabad, occurred Thursday, allegedly…
HYDERABAD: Another 100 stray dogs have been allegedly poisoned to death in Yacharam village of Rangareddy district — about 50 km from Hyderabad — sparking fresh outrage among animal welfare activists. The killings come days after the mass murder of over 500 dogs across three districts in Telangana.It is suspected that here, too, the killings…
NEW DELHI: Former India opener Aakash Chopra has made a strong case for Shreyas Iyer’s immediate inclusion in the T20I squad, insisting the middle-order batter should be the “automatic” replacement for Tilak Varma, who has been ruled out of the opening matches of the series against New Zealand due to an abdominal injury.Go Beyond The…
AMRITSAR: An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sarpanch was shot dead while he was attending a wedding in Punjab’s Amritsar Sunday. Two armed assailants stormed the venue between 2.30pm and 3pm, opening fire at Jarmal Singh, the sarpanch of Valtoha village in Tarn Taran district. He was shot in the head at point-blank range, said officials.This…
Charred remains of the Birch by Romeo Lane Panaji: A Mapusa court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail applications of Arpora sarpanch Roshan Redkar, and suspended former secretary Raghuvir Bagkar, in connection with the fire at the nightclub, Birch by Romeo Lane on Dec 6.The court also issued notice on a bail application by Romeo…
HYDERABAD: A newly elected sarpanch from Nirmal district has literally taken the task of driving away monkeys into his own hands, after he was seen ‘monkeying around’ in a bear costume to tackle the menace in his village.Unusual approachIn a video that went viral on social media, Kummari Ranjith of Lingapur village in Kadam mandal…
The nightclub in Arpora, Goa, was devastated by a major fire on December 6 (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Original landowner Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Arpora–Nagoa sarpanch Roshan Redkar were questioned till late Saturday night by a magisterial inquiry committee probing the deadly fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in North Goa.Amonkar appeared before…
Shreyas Iyer of India (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images) Indian ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is currently undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Sydney hospital after suffering a serious internal injury during the third ODI against Australia.The incident took place when Iyer sprinted backward from the point position in an attempt to…
