The Communist Party of India-Marxist will organise a roundtable conference on the problems faced by village panchayats in the State, here on July 11. CPI(M) state secretary V. Srinivasa Rao, in a statement on Sunday, requested the State government to immediately release the 15th Finance Commission funds to the village panchayats. Also, the State government … Read more
Paintings on the walls of a house in Lalbazar village, West Bengal. File | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Election time is when the phrase ‘writing on the wall’ also assumes a literal meaning in West Bengal, with artists and wordsmiths joining hands to paint catchy slogans. But there is one village in the State where, … Read more
Security personnel conduct a cordon and search operation, in Poonch district on Monday, May 29, 2023, following the movement of suspected people in the areas. | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces on May 29 carried out a search operation in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district following a tip-off about the movement of … Read more
A file photo of ‘Bombay’ Jayashri performing at the ‘Karunbithil Shibira’, in Nidle village in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. This annual event has been the highlight of Nidle for two decades. | Photo Credit: Rupa Gopal Nuances of Carnatic music are discussed, fans immerse themselves in concerts by stalwarts, students are guided in an atmosphere … Read more
Mahadev Mahaling Mali, aged 103 years and four months, cast his vote from his home in the presence of election duty officials in Ingali village of Belagavi district on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A centenarian chose to vote from home in this elections in Ingali village of Chikkodi, Belagavi district, on Tuesday. Mahadev … Read more
Lotus cultivated in the lake in Ammanneri village near Sholinghur town for nearly a decade by a small group of farmers. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A lake in Ammanneri village near Sholinghur town has been boosting lotus cultivation in the village for nearly a decade as a group of farmers have been supplementing their … Read more
Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan visits during Utkal Divas (Odisha foundation day) celebrations with villagers, at Kotia of Koraput district, on April 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan visited Phatsineru, a village in Kotia Gram Panchayat of … Read more
MLC candidate Rayapatti Jagadeesh interacting with the village and ward Secretariat staff in Ongole on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Andhra Pradesh Students Joint Action Committee President Rayapati Jagadeesh, the MLC candidate from East Rayalaseema Graduates constituency projected by the student unions in the region, has promised to strive for the setting up of … Read more
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court has set aside an order passed by a single judge to exhume all bodies that had been buried on a land classified ‘ Vandi Pathai’ (cart track) in the revenue records of Navakurichi village in Attur taluk of Salem district and relocate the remains to two designated … Read more
A mob of more than 200 people ransacked a mosque here in a village assaulting people who were praying inside and threatened to expel them from the village. Police have registered an FIR in the incident that happened in Bhora Kalan village Wednesday night, but no arrests were reported till Thursday evening. According to a … Read more