94% panches elected unanimously in Leh

Many rural areas in Ladakh, the cold desert of the country, have unanimously elected new sarpanches and panches for the restoration of grass-roots level democracy. Nearly 40 per cent sarpanches and 94 per cent panches in Leh district have already been elected unopposed even as the panchayat elections are to start in the Ladakh region … Read more

Primary health centres, primary schools, anganwadi centres in Jammu and Kashmir to be run by panchayats after local body elections

Govt school student Jammu kashmir

For the first time, primary health centres, primary schools and anganwadi centres in Jammu and Kashmir will come under the administrative control of the panchayats when elections to the local body will be completed next month, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. The home minister said powers for ‘own fund generation’ like collection of … Read more