Panchayat Raj
- Telangana
Telangana HC upholds two-child rule for local poll candidates
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has upheld the validity of the two‑child norm prescribed under Section 21(3) of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, ruling that contesting in local body elections is not a…
- Telangana
Telangana govt releases Rs 325 cr for local body elections
Hyderabad: The Telangana Panchayat Raj Department has released Rs 325 crore for the conduct of the upcoming local body elections. Of this, Rs 150 crore will be spent on conducting ZPTC and…
- Telangana
Telangana Assembly passes Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill
Hyderabad: The Panchayat Raj Amendment Bill, 2025, was passed in the Telangana Assembly on Sunday, August 31. This paves the way for the implementation of 42 per cent reservation for backward classes…
- Telangana
Telangana rains: Rs 147.70 cr worth rural road damage estimated
Hyderabad: The recent spell of heavy rains across Telangana has caused extensive damage to rural roads under the Panchayat Raj department. According to a preliminary engineering report submitted to minister Seethakka on…
- Telangana
Telangana Panchayat Raj dept uncovers fake attendance scam
Hyderabad: The Telangana Panchayat Raj department has uncovered a widespread scam involving 553 gram panchayat secretaries who allegedly uploaded fake photos to mark their attendance on the facial recognition app without being…
- India
Parliamentary standing committee advises Centre not to disengage with NIRDPR
Hyderabad: The parliamentary standing committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (2024–25), has presented its tenth report in the Parliament on July 22, strongly recommending the continued engagement of the National Institute…
- Telangana
Telangana min proposes dedicated fund for environmental protection
Hyderabad: Telangana Panchayat Raj and Rural Development minister Seethakka has announced that she will recommend to the cabinet the creation of a special fund under the Water, Land, and Trees Act (WALTA)…
- Hyderabad
Telangana CM issues orders for timely payment of gram panchayat staff salaries
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy has ordered the higher officials of the panchayat raj, rural development and finance department to ensure that payments for all the gram panchayat staff are paid…
- Telangana
Telangana: Sarpanches threaten statewide protest if demands not met by Sept 30
Hyderabad: Former sarpanches of various gram panchayats in Telangana held a peaceful protest at the Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park near the assembly on Monday, demanding the payment of the pending…
- Telangana
Telangana: Unpaid for 10 months, GP workers lock office in Mahabubabad
Hyderabad: The workers of Nerada gram panchayat of Kuravi mandal in Mahabubabad district staged a protest in front of the gram panchayat office after locking it on Thursday, demanding the State government…
- Telangana
Telangana rains: 8 die in Mulugu, relief operation continues
Hyderabad: Eight people were swept away in flood waters of a rivulet in Mulugu district, and their bodies have been recovered, according to police reports. Incessant heavy rains have caused flood-like situations…
- Telangana
Telangana government all set to regularise services of JPS
Hyderabad: Suggesting the constitution of district-level committees headed by the district collectors to evaluate the performance of the Junior Panchayat Secretaries (JPS), the Telangana chief minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday decided…
- Telangana
Telangana: JPS in Warangal dies by suicide, oppn slams BRS govt
Hyderabad: A female junior panchayat secretary, Bari Soni died on Friday, purportedly by suicide, in the Panchayat Raj office of the Rangapuram village, Khanampuram mandal in Warangal. She had done a survey…
- Telangana
Telangana wins 8 out of 27 National Panchayat Awards
Hyderabad: Finance minister T Harish Rao on Friday said that Telangana has won 8 out of 27 National Panchayat Awards 2023, crediting chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s leadership and focus on rural…
- Telangana
KTR challenges oppn to compare Telangana’s schemes to other states
Hyderabad: After continuous potshots from the opposition, the state IT minister KT Rama Rao challenged opposition parties to compare the welfare and development programmes being implemented in Telangana with those in Congress…
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