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block development officer news

Phillaur: Woman run over after bike skids on waterlogged road; BDPO suspended

Deceased Paramjit Kaur was riding pillion on a motorcycle, which skidded on the Phillaur–Nawanshahr road near Nagar village due to the sewage-waterlogged stretch.
Published on Dec 04, 2025 07:04 am IST

Rajpura BDPO suspended for ‘recommending’ specific newspaper to panchayats

The sarpanches and panchayat secretaries were asked to send their photographs after subscribing to the said newspaper.
Published on Aug 15, 2025 04:34 am IST

BDO booked after squabble with Agra DM

The case has been registered under section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 332 (preventing a pubic servant from discharging duties) of the Indian Penal Code at Rakabganj police station of Agra. (For representation)
Updated on Feb 11, 2024 07:58 am IST

Jalandhar bypoll: AAP threatening sarpanches to garner votes, says SAD’s plaint to ECI

Senior SAD leaders Balwinder Singh Bhundur and Pawan Kumar Tinu, at a press conference at Jalandhar press club. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 01:13 am IST

U.P. Dy CM Maurya hints at direct block pramukh election

Uttar Pradesh dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya presiding over a meeting in Agra on April 2. (HT photo)
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 11:27 pm IST

Role model: ZP school in Pabe finds unique way to teach students during lockdown

Suresh Koli, principal, zilla parishad primary school, Pabe at Velhe taluka
Updated on Jun 26, 2020 04:28 pm IST

Odisha official mocks women migrant workers as they request change in quarantine centre

Migrants workers walk along the national highway for their native places, during the nationwide lockdown, in Bhubaneswar on May 12.
Published on May 15, 2020 07:59 am IST

NRC panic grips Bengal, rush for updated papers

A Muslim woman checks for names in the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on a printed sheet of paper in Pabhokati village in Morigaon district, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Saturday, August. 31, 2019.
Updated on Sept 26, 2019 07:11 am IST

Free tutorials by govt teachers for poor kids, Bihar village shows the way

For giving tutorial classes in the village, teachers working in nearby government schools have volunteered.
Updated on Jul 07, 2019 02:25 pm IST

28 thatched houses collapse in Ghatsila, 40 trains cancelled

Meanwhile, South Eastern Railway (SE Railway) has stated that its EMU service on Friday was cancelled as per schedule of Sunday. Moreover, nine other Up EMU locals and 10 Dn locals were also cancelled today.
Updated on May 04, 2019 02:40 pm IST

Blazing a new Swachh trail with uniform approach

Even if the staff are working on assignments unrelated to ODF or cleanliness goals, they all become walking billboards and ambassadors for these goals because of the ‘Swachh Firozabad’ monogram on the blazers.
Published on Jan 28, 2019 03:21 pm IST

Two die in Bengal after consuming hooch, 14 deaths in nine days

Two men died after consuming hooch in a remote village in Bengal’s Darjeeling district on Wednesday night. (Representational Image).
Published on Dec 06, 2018 06:59 pm IST

Bhangar agitators file nominations through WhatsApp in face of ‘TMC intimidation’

Protesters stand in front of a vehicle burnt during the Bangar land agitation. Villagers have been demanding the scrapping of a power grid project in the region since early last year.
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 10:25 am IST

Firozabad fast-tracks ODF assignment

An under construction toilet in gram panchayat Rudhau.
Published on Apr 13, 2018 10:39 am IST

BJP, Congress move courts for ‘free, fair’ Bengal rural polls

In Delhi, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra agreed to hear on Friday a petition filed by the BJP.
Updated on Apr 05, 2018 09:50 pm IST