barwani district panchayat

Ratan Singh Rauliya, a resident of Limbi village in Barwani district died two years back. But as per the government records he is still alive.

Khetia town in Barwani district became first nagar parishad in the state to achieve 100 percent vaccination on Thursday. The cent percent vaccination was also achieved in three gram panchayats of the district.

In the second phase of indirect elections for chairman and vice-chairman posts, BJP-supported candidates claimed victory in majority of the districts in Indore and Ujjain divisions, while Congress backed candidates won in Dewas district.

A total of 69% voter turnout was reported in civic polls conducted in the state on Wednesday. The polling held in 23 civic bodies were by and large peaceful.

Residents of 400 villages in Khargone and Barwani districts are angry over the lack of compensation they have received after flash floods caused significant damage to their crops and farmland. The local administration had assessed the damage and decided on a compensation of Rs 14 crore, but the distribution was hindered by the election code of conduct. Villagers blame the floods on the opening of dam gates on the Narmada river without warning. Politicians and social workers have visited the affected areas to assess the situation.

The MP high court, Jabalpur has taken suo motu cognizance of a story published in Times of India about a farmer at Sendhwa in Barwani district who had donated land for construction of anganwadi centre two-and-a half years ago but the building has not been constructed as yet.

Physical verification of the ballot boxes has revealed over 6,000 metal trunks available at all eight districts under Indore division are lying damaged and can’t be used in ongoing three-tier Panchayat polls.

A teacher allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence after he was terminated by the district panchayat block education officer (BEO) in Barwani on Thursday.

Three brothers, aged 6 to 10 years, were killed in a fire that broke out in a thatched hut in Borkund village of Barwani district on Monday. Their parents were busy digging a well and were around 12 feet below ground when the fire broke out, possibly from the 'chulha'. The children couldn't get out and burned to death. Nothing was left of the hut but ashes. Four goats and a bull were also killed in the fire.

Lack of clarity over state government's scheme of preparing 'new food coupon' (ration card) along with Unique Identification Card (UID Card) has created confusion among the residents of Barwani district.

The process of reservation for district panchayat presidents was conducted on Tuesday. The reservation was conducted as per the apex court guideline of reservation for scheduled caste, scheduled tribe and other backward class.

A pall of gloom descended on three villages in Pati block of Barwani district on Monday as the eight pilgrims who were killed in an accident in neighbouring Maharashtra were cremated. The cremations took place in the presence of police and administrative officials.

Rain and hailstorm lashed parts of Indore on Sunday bringing the maximum temperature down while heavy showers of hailstorm left the roads and farms in Jhirnya Janpad area of Khargone district covered in white.

A tribal woman in labour had to endure the agony of being carried 5km in a makeshift sling to an ambulance on Thursday because there aren’t any roads to her village in Barwani district.

After LPG subsidy, Union government has made Aadhaar card mandatory for job applicants under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The move, however, is being criticized by activists.