Thane (Marathi : ठाणे) (also called Thana) is a city in Maharashtra‚ India‚ part of the Mumbai Conurbation‚ northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane District. The city has an area of 147 km2. It had a population of 1.26 million according to the 2001 census.[1] Contents [hide] • 1 Geography • 2 Demographics and culture • 3 Transport • 4 See also • 5 References • 6 External links [edit] Geography Thane is located on Salsette
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Introduction Local government institutions have always existed in India in one form or another since ancient times. The present form of urban local government owes its genesis to the British rule. The initiation began with Samuel Laing‚ member of the Viceroy’s Council‚ in the Budget Speech (1861-62) proposing that local services should be based on local resources. Lord Mayo’s Resolution of 1870 introduced the concept of elected representatives in the municipalities. Lord Ripon is considered the founding
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Bethel School District Vs. Fraser 1986 is about an ASB President of a school who used sexual innuendos during a speech in front of the school‚ in order to try and help his friend become ASB Vice President in the upcoming year‚ and therefor got suspended. Seventeen years earlier Tinker vs. Des Moines 1969 is about siblings who wore armbands to protest the Vietnam War. They were sent home and were told they couldn’t come back until they agreed to remove the armbands. These two compare well because
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and the district chief executive of each district in the region‚ two chiefs from the regional house of chiefs and the decentralized ministries without voting rights. A DA consists of the district chief executive‚ two thirds of the members directly elected by universal adult suffrage‚ the members of parliament (MPs) representing constituencies within the district‚ and not less than 30% of the members appointed by the president in consultation with chiefs and interest groups in the district. The
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GUIDEPOSTS ON COCKFIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES: Local Government Units’ Power to Regulate Cockfighting I. As early as 1901‚ cockfighting was already recognized as an activity that needed to be regulated. Under Section 40 of Act No. 82‚ the municipal council was empowered to “license‚ tax or close cockpits.” II. In the 1930s‚ the Supreme Court thru Justice Villamor said that granting that the policy of the Government is to do away with gambling little by little‚ with special reference
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decentralization that is transfer of power to the provinces and form there to the Districts‚ Tehsil Councils and Union councils is a welcome step. Decentralization of power at the grass roots level leads to better provision of social and civil services‚ restoration of the real democracy in the country and a more active and beneficial interaction and participation of the masses in all tiers of governance‚. Successful District government will play a big role towards the establishment of a truly democratic
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AOWIN DISTRICT ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENCHI PROPOSAL ON IMPROVING UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS IN AOWIN AND SUAMAN DISTRICTS COMPILED BY ENCHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION Many has over the past years try to find out why unemployment in Ghana is always increasing at an increasing rate‚ various researchers has digested this problem in their localities‚ others have also taken the whole country at large; concerns has been raised as to ways to eradicate this
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Programme covers 250 districts in 27 States‚ of which 232 districts fall under the purview of Part IX and Part IX-A of the Constitution dealing with the Panchayats and the Municipalities respectively. The remaining 18 districts are covered by other local government structures‚ such as Autonomous District and Regional Councils under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and state specific arrangements as in the case of Nagaland and the hill areas of Manipur. The list of districts covered under BRGF
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Life has been hard in District 12 over the past couple of years. The government has stopped its partnership with few of the districts because of its unforgivable protest that cause major destruction and riot due to the districts’ disapproval on the new government. Katniss Everdeen was an intelligent hunter living amongst the people who stayed in District 12. During her whole life‚ she had been living in poverty. So has the rest of the community living in the district. Life was unchanging and
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poisonous berries. President Snow threatens Katniss telling her to find a way to stop all the rebellions in the Districts or her family and friends will pay. Katniss said that she will attempt to stop the rebellion in the Districts during the Victor Tour. The first destination for the Victor tour is District 11. At District 11 Katniss prepares a speech to the families of the District 11 tributes about how Rue was a important ally and how Thresh spared and saved her life. An old man the whistled
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