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‘Mukhiya is CM in panchayat; each panchayat to get ₹52 L in 10-15 days’

Jharkhand rural development and panchayati raj minister Deepika Pandey Singh speaks at an event at Chaibasa (HT PHOTO)

others

Published on Apr 15, 2026 03:04 am IST

Now, ‘SabhaSaar’ AI tool to record Panchayat meetings in real time in Prayagraj

Sabhasaar AI tool (Sourced)

others

Published on Oct 17, 2025 08:16 am IST

Raise index finger to summon help: Gram Sabha introduces unique solution for crisis situations

india news

Published on Mar 15, 2025 01:00 pm IST

Shirdi Gram Sabha to direct detailed census of residents following double murder

The diktat does not apply to devotees or those who are staying with legal documents. However, beggers and those who are unable to prove their identity are likely to face the scrutiny. (HT PHOTO)

pune news

Published on Feb 14, 2025 05:50 am IST

Green nod for Parsa obtained with fake documents: ST Panel

Forty-one residents of three villages – Salhi, Hariharpur, and Fatehpur – that fall under the Parsa coal block filed a complaint with the ST commission on August 8, 2021, alleging their consent for mining was fabricated. (HT Photo)

india news

Updated on Nov 06, 2024 06:42 am IST

Villages in East Singhbhum seek ban on non-tribals, allege encroachments

Two dozen villages in Haludbani and Purihasa gram sabhas in East Singhbhum district decided to ban the settlement of non-tribals (HT Photo)

ranchi news

Updated on Aug 07, 2023 09:46 pm IST

Forest conservation is the law. What does a new bill seek to amend?

PREMIUM

One of the proposed clauses in the bill exempts prior clearance for strategic developmental projects of national importance on forest land situated within 100 km of international borders, which will include ecologically fragile regions of Himalayas that are home to a variety of endemic wildlife like the red panda

analysis

Updated on Jul 20, 2023 07:56 pm IST

Hasdeo mines: An explainer

PREMIUM

Tribals and activists have been opposing coal mining in the Hasdeo Aranya forests, saying it will damage the biodiversity of the region

environment

Updated on Jun 30, 2023 11:26 am IST

Gorai, Culvem women hold sit-in against lake ‘beautification’

mumbai news

Updated on Apr 05, 2023 12:40 am IST

J&K’s back to village programme- 3 to focus on execution of first two editions

HT Image

chandigarh news

Updated on Oct 03, 2020 05:26 pm IST

Odisha to provide ₹1,040 crore loans to sharecroppers through joint liability groups

Around 140,000 such groups would be formed with each group comprising five farmers. Around 70,000 groups will get farm loans under the scheme this year. (Photo: Praful Gangurde)

india news

Published on Jul 04, 2020 07:10 am IST

Jharkhand murders expose fault lines in tribal village line

Chief minister Hemant Soren meets family members of those killed allegedly by Pathalgadi movement supporters, in West Shingbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday.

india news

Updated on Jan 24, 2020 12:05 am IST

State officials to reach out to gram sabhas, panchayats over budget

The new exercise aims a greater involvement of panchayats and planning at the micro-level on how the government’s money should be spent on welfare works.

india news

Updated on Sept 06, 2019 12:57 am IST

Waiting for Governor’s nod, bullet train project hits land acquisition hurdle

The revenue official further pointed at another amendment made in section 36A of the MLR Code that no prior sanction will be needed if the grazing land is purchased with mutual understanding for vital government project.

mumbai news

Updated on Aug 17, 2019 01:09 am IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath blames Congress for Sonbhadra incident

Adityanath said the origin of the incident could be traced back to 1955 and 1989 when the Congress was in power in Uttar Pradesh.

lucknow news

Published on Jul 20, 2019 08:44 am IST

There’s little evidence to show FRA is leading to large-scale deforestation

The first right FRA confers is individual forest rights (IFRs) to habitation and cultivation. The critics of FRA assailed it as a forest give-away. Some of them even took the maximum limit on IFRs (four hectares), and multiplied it by the number of scheduled tribe families in India to declare that millions of hectares of forest would be lost.

analysis

Published on Jul 15, 2019 08:12 pm IST

Save rainwater: PM Modi’s personal touch in letters to village pradhans

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a personal letter to ‘Gram Pradhans’ requesting them to conserve rainwater .

india news

Updated on Jun 15, 2019 11:33 am IST

Tribals start indefinite protest against mining in Dantewada hill

The tribals, however, stated the protest under the banner of Sanyukt Panchayat Samiti and demanded to stop the mining operations.

india news

Updated on Jun 08, 2019 10:19 pm IST

NDA 2.0: Environment ministry to fast-track draft policies on land banks, forest cover

Public sector undertakings (PSUs) and private companies may be given a chance to raise these trees and earn from it,” a senior official said.

india news

Updated on Jun 05, 2019 11:02 am IST

Tribals, Farmers to hold protest over forest law on Tuesday

The proposed amendment aims to give more power to forest officers

mumbai news

Updated on Jun 03, 2019 04:12 am IST

Christians won’t reconvert, face boycott in Jharkhand village

On Monday, Chandwa police station officer-in-charge, Mohan Pandey, conducted a meeting with village residents, who said the officer tried to pacify them and settle the issue.

india news

Updated on May 14, 2019 01:01 am IST

Will roll back tweaks in land, conversion laws: RJD manifesto

RJD Manifesto

lok sabha election 2019

Published on Apr 12, 2019 03:04 pm IST

Owners of places where mosquito breeding is found to be penalised

gurugram news

Published on Apr 12, 2019 01:20 am IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: UP village to boycott polls over ‘district administration’s inaction’

Residents of Kesurua Kala village in Uttar Pradesh say they will boycott Lok Sabha elections as the district administration has not taken action on their complaint.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 01, 2019 12:29 pm IST

Safety of women priority in south Delhi, says AAP

Two women at a demonstration of EVM and VVPAT machines by Election Commission officials on Wednesday.

delhi news

Published on Mar 28, 2019 01:43 am IST

In rejection of forest rights claims, duplications cited

State governments have attributed the high rate of rejection of forest rights claims largely to duplication of claims — either by one forest dweller making multiple claims or persons from the same family making separate claims.

india news

Published on Mar 06, 2019 11:07 pm IST

The SC’s February 13 order on FRA was consistent with its earlier stand

On February 13, the Supreme Court asked 17 state governments to evict an estimated one million tribal and other households living in forests after their claims of the right to live in forests were rejected under The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA). On February 28, the SC ordered a stay of its order.

analysis

Updated on Feb 28, 2019 08:00 pm IST