Panchayat Raj

Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat polls: State preparing to hold elections under a cloud of militancy

Normalcy has been restored in Kashmir, after witnessing a five-month-long agitation. But the resentment among locals persists, eight months after the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani

Lesson for AAP, Kejriwal: Why people power leads to mobocracy

In our hierarchical society where in a large measure we have failed to create the idea of a citizen, the devolution of all powers to a small number of people is dangerous and will not work.

Telangana ministers appeal to AP NGOs to call off strike

Ministers from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh today appealed to AP non gazetted officers to call off their indefinite strike and pave the way for division of the state

The sarpanch war: Rahul Gandhi vs Omar Abdullah

With the young heavyweights, Omar Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi taking each other on over the security of sarpanches in the Jammu and Kashmir, can the panchayat raj benefit?

Won't allow coward militants to derail Panchayat: Omar Abdullah

Calling militants cowards for targeting panches and sarpanches, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today dared ultras to carry out an attack on him saying they would not do it fearing a befitting reply.