Last Updated: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 21:09
A day after a sarpanch was shot dead by militants in Sopore, All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 00:37
In a novel way of protesting a recent attack on a lady sarpanch, women activists on Tuesday demonstrated carrying the injured leader in a stretcher.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 22:59
Women activists demonstrated carrying the injured leader in a stretcher to demand arrest and exemplary punishment to the culprits.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 20:11
A sarpanch of Mankeli village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh was allegedly stabbed to death by Naxals on Wednesday, police said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 13:34
Three persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for murdering a village sarpanch three years back.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 23:18
Sarpanchs in a few districts of J&K were targeted by militant groups sometime back.
Last Updated: Monday, November 5, 2012, 16:48
Playing down threats to village heads by Hizbul chief Syed Sallah-ud-Din, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday ruled out providing security to each and every sarpanch.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 20:09
A teenage girl was allegedly raped by a Sarpanch of Mehkepar village in the district, police said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 17:17
Muraliya Panchayat in Jammu district Tuesday threatened to boycott the BDC polls, scheduled in November this year, over the alleged "delay" in empowerment of panchayats.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 22:25
A block development officer and two former village heads were arrested for their alleged involvement in multi-crore "border area rural development" scam.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 16:14
Despite assurances by the Jammu and Kashmir government, over 100 more terror-stricken panches and sarpanches announced their resignations.
Last Updated: Monday, September 24, 2012, 12:25
A village sarpanch was gunned down by unidentified militants in Jammu and Kashmir`s Baramulla district late Monday evening.
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