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Bengaluru: Gram panchayats across Karnataka have recorded a strong improvement in revenue mobilisation, realising 89% of the tax collection target for the financial year 2025-26, one of the highest levels in recent years, The Hindu reported. According to the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, 5,943 gram panchayats reported higher collections compared to the previous year. The total tax collection stood at Rs 1,382.57 crore, marking an increase of Rs 110.04 crore from Rs 1,272.54 ...Read More >
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has asserted that the Telangana Government is firm on ensuring that the schemes launched by the Government do not remain as mere entries on paper, but "bring about a tangible and distinct transformation in the lives of the people". The Government had accordingly launched the 99-day Prajapati Palana - Pragati Pranalika from March 6 to reach out to people, said Mr. Reddy, noting that it was launched with the coordination of all Government departments extended from ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Reiterating his resolve to place Telangana as number one state globally across all sectors, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday urged the people to work unitedly to make his dream a reality. In a message to the people as part of gram sabhas and ward sabhas held across the state under "Praja Palana, Pragathi Pranalika" action plan, the chief minister said: "Telangana's 40 million people must unite to emerge as a shining example for both the nation and the world. This is my drea ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Karnataka has achieved a major milestone in grassroots governance with 5,943 gram panchayats recording unprecedented tax collection and revenue realisation during 2025-26, according to RDPR amd IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge. He said the total tax collection stood at Rs 1,382.57 crore, an increase of Rs 110.04 crore over the previous year's Rs 1,272.54 crore. This shows a record 89% realisation. It is the highest in recent years. Kharge attributed the achievement to improved systems, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy on Thursday announced that the new Integrated Bhu Bharati (i-Bhu Bharati) portal will be expanded to one mandal in each district after a 45-day pilot phase in five mandals with necessary modifications. Launching the portal on a pilot basis at a gram sabha in Vithaipalle in Amangal mandal in Rangareddy district, Srinivas Reddy said the pilot project was being implemented in five select mandals, including Kusumanchi in Khammam, Aswaraopet in B ...Read More >
Hyderabad, April 2 (RAHNUMA): Marking the rollout of the State's ambitious "Praja Palana - Pragathi Pranalika" (99-Day Action Plan), Telangana Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao participated in a Gram Sabha at Tummaluru village in Maheshwaram mandal of Rangareddy district, interacting directly with the residents and officials. The programme, attended by District Collector Narayana Reddy and other senior officials, is part of a statewide initiative to strengthen grassroots governance through dir ...Read More >
Kannur: Left Democratic Front (LDF) will prioritise expanding public healthcare access if it retains power in Kerala after the April 9 assembly polls, CPI(M) leader and former health minister KK Shailaja said. LDF, which is seeking a third consecutive term that would be unprecedented in the state's history, would build on interventions made during its previous tenures, said Shailaja, the Left Front candidate for Peravoor constituency in Kannur district. "We focused on improving the public heal ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday said that the government had launched the 99-day action plan 'Praja Palana -- Pragati Pranalika' to bring visible and tangible changes in people's lives, and said that welfare schemes must go beyond paperwork and reach every eligible beneficiary. As part of the programme, gram sabhas were held across Telangana on Thursday, where officials read out the Chief Minister's message and explained details of various welfare initiatives. During the ...Read More >
The Union government has released ₹332.46 crore as a 15th Finance Commission grant for the 2025-26 financial year to rural local bodies in Punjab. The grant has been released for 13,231 eligible gram panchayats, 150 block panchayats, and 22 zila parishads to strengthen rural governance in the state. The second instalment of the 15th Finance Commission tied grant for the financial year was released on March 27, according to the Union ministry of panchayati raj. The tied grants can be used for ...Read More >
Agartala, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, on Thursday, criticised the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), accusing it of misleading the people with slogans such as "Thansa", "Greater Tipraland", and "Puila Jati". The tribal-based TMP, led by former royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, is an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Addressing a gathering at Kunjaram Para in Paharpur under the Natunbazar-Malbasa constituency in Gomati district ahead of the Tripur ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 2 (PTI) Karnataka has achieved a significant milestone in grassroots governance, with 5,943 gram panchayats across the state recording higher tax collection and revenue realisation in 2025-26 compared to the previous financial year, Minister Priyank Kharge said on Thursday. The Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj reported total tax collections of Rs 1,382.57 crore in 2025-26, marking an increase of Rs 110.04 crore over Rs 1,272.54 crore collected in 2024-25, the min ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday launched Karmayogi Sadhana Saptah, a national learning initiative under Mission Karmayogi, aimed at strengthening the capabilities, commitment, and citizen-centric orientation of public servants across the country. The Karmayogi Sadhana Saptah, being organised from April 2 to April 8, 2026, was inaugurated at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, marking five years of Mission Karmayogi. Conceived as a nationwide capacity-buil ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Governance today requires new capabilities to respond to technological disruptions and global uncertainties, while "mindset and empathy" remain critical to effective public service, Principal Secretary to the prime minister, P K Mishra, said on Thursday. Addressing the launch of 'Sadhana Saptah', a nation-wide learning initiative aimed at strengthening capabilities, commitment, and citizen-centric orientation of public servants, Mishra said that capacity building has evol ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State Government to grant approval for registration of an FIR against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri over alleged irregularities in the procurement of eco-friendly bags for distribution in Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and other Local Bodies. Justice M. Nagaprasanna ordered the Government to accord approval within four weeks under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act for the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Tax collection by gram panchayats in Karnataka has shown a consistent upward trend, with total collections reaching Rs 1,560.76 crore, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, and Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister, Priyank Kharge, said on Thursday. He stated on Thursday in Bengaluru that the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, through 5,943 gram panchayats across the state, has emerged as one of the best-performing in tax collection and revenue mobilisation th ...Read More >
Kolkata: Just three weeks ahead of the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly election, protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls spread across several districts of the state on Thursday, April 2, with agitators blocking roads and highways over the deletion of names from poll lists. Protesters burned tyres, blocked roads and held silent marches in Malda, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Purba Bardhaman, where voting will be held on April 23. A day earlier, seven judicia ...Read More >
Malda: Protests against the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) process of electoral rolls intensified sharply across Malda district for the second day today, spreading from Sujapur and Mothabari to Old Malda and English Bazar. Demonstrators demanding inclusion of 'valid voters' in the electoral list clashed with the police, leaving a police vehicle driver seriously injured. Law enforcement resorted to lobbing tear gas shells to bring the situation under control. The unrest follows a dramatic esca ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Apr 2 ( PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said the 99-day special programme of development works planned by the state government will be carried out like a "movement" to address people's issues from village level to state level. He said officials should ensure speedy clearance of pending files, transparency in decisions and cleanliness in offices as part of the programme that began on March 6. Based on its 'Telangana Rising 2047' vision document, the state go ...Read More >
Hyderabad, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Thursday that the state government aims to bring tangible changes in the lives of the people. He claimed that the government is working without compromise on welfare and development. The Chief Minister gave a message to people on the occasion of Gram Sabhas to be held across the state from Thursday as part of a 99-day action plan titled 'Praja Palana-Pragati Pranalika' (people's governance-progress plan), aim ...Read More >
The senior Congress leader framed the upcoming election as a broader ideological contest rather than a routine electoral fight, saying he believed in secularism Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has formally begun his campaign from Baharampur for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, signalling a return to state-level electoral politics after a long parliamentary career. Chowdhury, a five-term Member of Parliament from Baharampur, lost the seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha election ...Read More >
Kolkata: A cursory glance at the pre-poll status of the Baharampur assembly constituency in the Bangladesh-bordering Murshidabad district of West Bengal could suggest that the segment is bracing for a nail-biting triangular face-off between BJP's incumbent MLA Subrata Maitra, TMC's civic body chief Naru Gopal Mukherjee and former Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. But scratch the surface, and the story of Baharampur's electoral prospect that emerges seemingly revolves around two ...Read More >
KOLKATA: A cursory glance at the pre-poll status of the Baharampur assembly constituency in the Bangladesh-bordering Murshidabad district of West Bengal could suggest that the segment is bracing for a nail-biting triangular face-off between BJP's incumbent MLA Subrata Maitra, TMC's civic body chief Naru Gopal Mukherjee and former Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. But scratch the surface, and the story of Baharampur's electoral prospect that emerges seemingly revolves around two ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) A cursory glance at the pre-poll status of the Baharampur assembly constituency in the Bangladesh-bordering Murshidabad district of West Bengal could suggest that the segment is bracing for a nail-biting triangular face-off between BJP's incumbent MLA Subrata Maitra, TMC's civic body chief Naru Gopal Mukherjee and former Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. But scratch the surface, and the story of Baharampur's electoral prospect that emerges seemingly revolve ...Read More >
New Delhi / Khammam: Member of Parliament R Raghu Ram Reddy on Wednesday raised concerns in the Lok Sabha over the pending implementation of assurances made under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, urging the Centre to ensure balanced development for both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Participating in the proceedings, Khammam MP Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy highlighted that several commitments made at the time of state bifurcation remain unfulfilled. He stressed that the promises should ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Two gram panchayats from Telangana have secured the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskars, announced by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, for their outstanding performance in rural development and sustainable governance. Motukupalli gram panchayat, in Kotepalli mandal of Vikarabad district, has won the award in the "Good Governance" category. The recognition comes for its excellence in transparent administration, people's participation and effective implementation of deve ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Union government has released over RS 1,536 crore as 15th Finance Commission (XV-FC) grants to strengthen Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) across eight states, with Odisha receiving Rs 53.13 crore aimed at improving rural governance and essential services. According to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, the funds -- comprising tied and untied grants -- have been disbursed during 2025-26 financial year to states including Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasth ...Read More >
Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu congratulated the Panchayat Raj and rural development department, attributing the success to sustained governance reforms and administrative focus over the past 21 months. Vijayawada:Andhra Pradesh has clinched five prestigious National Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Awards for 2025, reaffirming its growing stature in grassroots governance and rural transformation. The awards, announced by the Union ministry of Panchayati Raj, recognise excellence across m ...Read More >
On Sunday, two prominent NCP leaders spoke out in support of a merger, contrary to the measured silence of top NCP leaders immediately after Ajit Pawar's demise, when the NCP (SP) leadership claimed a merger was in the works before he died. "If both the parties are to come together and the NCP is to grow under the leadership of deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, the time has not passed yet," said Sunil Shelke, NCP MLA from Maval, who is considered an Ajit Pawar loyalist. Shelke was supported ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh High Court has declared that any delimitation of Gram Panchayats carried out without adherence to statutory procedures is "patently illegal", issuing key directions ahead of the upcoming panchayat elections in the state. A Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Ranjan Sharma disposed of a batch of petitions, including Mahila Mandal of Village Umri vs State of HP, and stressed strict compliance with ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), April 1 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday introduced a key amendment to the Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, proposing to bar individuals involved in drug offences, financial irregularities, land encroachment and conflict of interest from contesting Panchayat elections. The amendment Bill was tabled in the Assembly by Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh, with the aim of strengthening transparency and accountability in grassroots governanc ...Read More >
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