(A panchayat is a five-person elected village council.).    From Wordnik.com.  [What Is the Role of Women in Indian Politics? Growing Stronger...] Reference

JHAJJAR - Haryana's Jhajjar district authorities Friday warned a village 'panchayat'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

'panchayat' or the women, but even the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference

In this age of democracy, it will be headed by a panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exchange Of Toasts With Indian President Narayanan] Reference

A few sets were privately-owned or placed in the panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

He is bright and intensely focused on wiring the 250,000 panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Vander Ark: Investment & Enterprise, Not Protectionism] Reference

For many women, attending a panchayat meeting means sacrificing a day's wage.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Is the Role of Women in Indian Politics? Growing Stronger...] Reference

That is what is happening here, '' said Joy Kaidaram, Village panchayat member.    From Wordnik.com.  [India's First Alcohol-Free Village is Now Flooded with Liquor] Reference

This is on top of a similar quota that women enjoy at the local or panchayat level.    From Wordnik.com.  [India's Government By Quota] Reference

West Bengal: Third phase or final phase of panchayat election held today at Westbengal.    From Wordnik.com.  [3 rd phase of panchayat election in Westbengal] Reference

He is bright and intensely focused on wiring the 250,000 panchayat, local village centers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Vander Ark: Reversing the Dumbing of America] Reference

The parsi panchayat faces real threat of lawsuit from the local community about the smell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Endanger vulture causes worry for Parsis] Reference

So off went the owner of the cow to the Raja and told him that he wanted to call a panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Folklore of the Santal Parganas] Reference

In rural areas, they're enforced by informal councils of village elders, called khap panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [India Struggles To Stem Rise In 'Honor Killings'] Reference

No one could deny that the reason was a good one and so the panchayat had to allow the divorce.    From Wordnik.com.  [Folklore of the Santal Parganas] Reference

Such a political instance was seen in the Board formation in a village panchayat in West Bengal.    From Wordnik.com.  [BJP Backs CPI(M) in West Bengal Rural Body] Reference

The project area is located at Bhorletar and Aarikosi village panchayat in Lamjung district in Western Nepal.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. SALLERI-CHIALSA MICRO HYDEL PROJECT, NEPAL] Reference

She raises Rs. 5,000 from a self-help group to set it up in her own home, or in a room given by the panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [For the Love of Reading] Reference

For us, the United Nations is the global panchayat, and that is why we wanted to be democratized and sustained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exchange Of Toasts With Indian President Narayanan] Reference

While government-built houses are provided free of cost, residents are required to pay a small tax to the panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [India's Rural Poor: Why Housing Isn't Enough to Create Sustainable Communities] Reference

Detractors contend that delegating teacher-selection to each panchayat will make it subject to bribes and corruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Is the Role of Women in Indian Politics? Growing Stronger...] Reference

Larger villages might have a school, a panchayat (local governing body) office and a small gathering room for meetings.    From Wordnik.com.  [India's Rural Poor: Why Housing Isn't Enough to Create Sustainable Communities] Reference

He however refused to accept the decision and said that he would go and find two people to represent him on the panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Folklore of the Santal Parganas] Reference

Improve rural infrastructure, including giving every panchayat (village council) a broadband connection within three years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drawing a Line Under Poverty in India] Reference

Simplistic as it seems, solving health and education is a common thread among panchayat leaders, whether they are men or women.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Is the Role of Women in Indian Politics? Growing Stronger...] Reference

There is a Kenchamma of Nereleke gram panchayat in rural Karnataka, who survived life threats during her two terms as council leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Is the Role of Women in Indian Politics? Growing Stronger...] Reference

On seeing him they started to run but he called to them to stop and telling them all that had happened asked them to come to the panchayat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Folklore of the Santal Parganas] Reference