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4-decade trial over Rs 20,000: Court reduces 75-year-old ex-sarpanch’s jail time in 1987 corruption case
June 02, 2026 9:33 am
The Orissa High Court was hearing the appeal filed by a sarpanch accused of misappropriating panchayat funds. He had challenged the conviction order passed by the trial court in 2000.
Supreme Court upholds removal of Gujarat sarpanch over Rs 13.52 lakh contracts awarded to husband’s firm
May 22, 2026 2:48 pm
The Supreme Court was hearing a special leave petition filed by a woman challenging a Gujarat High Court judgment that had upheld removal of a sarpanch under Section 57(1) of the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993.
Grassroots governance to Kartavya Path: how Maharashtra’s sarpanches took the national stage at Republic Day parade
February 03, 2026 12:10 pm
Sixteen sarpanches and their spouses were invited as special guests to the 2026 Republic Day parade as part of the Centre’s initiative to spotlight the role of gram panchayats.
Can adoption save your election? Orissa High Court dismisses woman sarpanch’s petition in ‘two-child’ ruling
January 21, 2026 11:48 am
Orissa Gram Panchayat Act: Justice V Narasingh was hearing a petition filed by a woman who was elected as a sarpanch of a village panchayat and observed that excluding adoption from the statutory bar would amount to rewriting the law.
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.
Beed sarpanch murder: Absconding accused declared wanted, reward announced
January 22, 2025 9:41 pm
Beed police have also announced a reward for any information that could lead to the accused's arrest and appealed to citizens to provide information about him.
Sharad Pawar seeks security to elected representatives raising their voice over Beed murder
January 06, 2025 9:42 pm
Sharad Pawar demanded that Fadnavis should ensure adequate safety arrangements for the elected representatives of all parties who are raising the issue of murder and demanding justice.
Govt forms 10-member SIT to probe Beed sarpanch murder
January 01, 2025 9:52 pm
To be headed by CID DIG; villagers demand arrest of absconding accused
BJP functionary among two ex-sarpanches killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
December 06, 2024 2:23 am
Chhattisgarh local body polls are due to be held next month but have yet to be announced.
Odd jobs in Canada to village heads: Meet the 3 foreign-returned sarpanches of Punjab
October 14, 2024 12:19 pm
The three Canada-returned sarpanches The Indian Express spoke to have been elected unopposed.
SARPANCH VIDEOS
Lady sarpanch among top 100 powerful women in India
January 07, 2016 10:30 am
Bhopal, Jan 07 (ANI): Bhakti Sharma, the girl who left attractive salary packages to serve her nation, has been named amongst the 100 most popular women in India. Bhakti Sharma, who is also a post graduate in political science, was chosen as the sarpanch of Barkhedi Abdulla village in 2015. The 25-year-old said that she is lucky to be chosen as one of the 100 popular women in the country. She also informed that she gives up her two months' salary to each family where a girl child is born in the village. Bhakti also appreciated the central government's schemes that have been brought for villages.
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