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‘With 3500 forged, they call us India’s fake birth certificate capital’ – How Bengal’s passport ‘scam’ left one village shamefaced
September 14, 2025 9:56 am
In June, Gautam Sardar, a resident of Pathankhali Gram Panchayat, was arrested for supplying fake birth certificates used to forge Indian passports. For the gram panchayat residents, the alleged scam and the arrest have brought on shame and ridicule
Net gain: Maharashtra panchayat adopts eOffice system
June 16, 2025 4:57 am
Rohini inDhule district is possibly the first village panchayat to adopt paperless governance
Ending ‘sarpanch-patis’: Giving agency to women leaders
March 06, 2025 11:21 am
Governments move to end proxy leadership in panchayats is much-needed.
Civic Polls: In issues surrounding merger of villages, parties find common cause
November 23, 2021 7:17 am
BJP corporator Haridas Charvad said the staff of the newly merged 11 gram panchayats have not got their salaries in the last six months.
Amid spike in Covid cases in rural areas, Karnataka CM to interact with gram panchayats tomorrow
May 26, 2021 6:55 am
"Tomorrow the Chief Minister will interact with select gram panchayats with high cases, via video conference," Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Tuesday.
Under BharatNet, 1.1 lakh gram panchayats given optical fibre connectivity: Govt
February 08, 2018 3:51 pm
The government has said that optical fibre networks under its BharatNet project have been laid in 1.10 lakh villages.
Andhra’s WiFi push: 13K gram panchayats to enjoy free service by ’19
May 19, 2015 6:20 am
The project envisages connecting to all gram panchayats from mandal headquarters which are already connected through the BSNL network.
Cabinet clears ‘Digital India’ programme
August 21, 2014 1:57 am
It also envisions providing a “cradle to grave digital identity” that is “unique, lifelong and online”.
Nominations filed for sarpanches and panches on last day
December 05, 2013 1:26 am
Panchayat elections on December 15 for electing 12 sarpanches and 132 panches.
Panchayat polls on Dec 15,counting on December 17
November 30, 2013 2:16 am
The State Election Commissioner on Friday notified the schedule for elections to the gram panchayats for 12 villages of Chandigarh.
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