12 killed as violence rocks Bengal panchayat polls

West Bengal's rural polls drew towards a bloody finish as 12 people died, bombs exploded and all parties leveled allegations of strong arm tactics against their rivals on Saturday.  IMAGE: A......

2 IAS officers suspended after Punjab U-turn on panchayat dissolution

Hours after taking a 'U-turn' by informing the high court that it is withdrawing its notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state, the Punjab government suspended two senior Indian......

Cong suffers blow in Raj panchayat polls; BJP says mandate for farm laws

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan suffered a jolt with the Bharatiya Janata Party beating it in panchayat elections, an outcome which the winning party on Wednesday called a 'farmers' mandate' amid......

Violence mars Bengal panchayat poll nomination filing

Violence rocked parts of West Bengal over the filing of nominations for the July 8 panchayat poll as activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition parties clashed prompting the police......

Posco's Odisha project faces local ire

Slamming the Odisha government's claim that land acquisition for the proposed Posco project near Paradip was complete, Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) said demolition of betel vines did not......

Anti-Posco protestors seal routes

Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti, the organization spearheading agitation against the 12 million tonne steel plant of Posco in Orissa, decided on Wednesday to re-erect the barricades blocking the......

Tension at Posco site as villagers up the ante

It could be Nandigram all over again. Tension gripped the three panchayats near Paradip in Orissaon Wednesdayas the state government sought to quell the villagers agitating against acquisition of......

Yogeshwar questions favouritism in wrestling trials

Yogeshwar questions ‘unfair’ trial exemption given to 6 wrestlers by IOA ad-hoc panel IMAGE: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia and his wife Sangeeta during their protest......