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Let it snow! Tourists beat winter woes with bevy of snow adventure sports
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb. 4(ANI): While the cold wave has subsumed half of North India in its inhospitable sheath of snow, the Himachal tourism industry is making sure to cash in on every inch of the wintry turf. Tourists from all across the country have been pouring down in Sh
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Not just Bengaluru lakes, Hyderabad's Musi River too sees rise in pol
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb. 3(ANI):After Bengaluru lakes hogging the limelight for pollution concerns, the Musi river, which meanders through Hyderabad is dying a slow death contaminating its surroundings just as the locals are dumping their waste into it.
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Ladakh digitally cut off due to OFC failure near Zojila
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb. 3 (ANI): The breakdown in the network of BSNL and Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) line from Srinagar to Leh has left the locals and mediapersons in particular despondent.
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Ludhiana locals vent ire against Badals for failing to end drug menace
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Jan. 30 (ANI): Extremely upset with the fact that the youth of Punjab are addicted to drugs like smack and cocaine, the locals in Ludhiana lashed out at the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) government for making false assurances and not coming up with firm steps to tackle
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Manipur blockade: Centre to dispatch 100 trucks containing petroleum produ
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 24 (ANI): Asserting that the Centre will ensure a steady supply of basic amenities to the locals being affected by the prolonged blockade in Manipur, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today stated that the 100 trucks containing a variety of petroleum product
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Battleground Jallikattu: Cops descend on Marina Beach as protests grow
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Jan. 23 (ANI): Monday morning witnessed a renewed clash between agitated locals and the police here at Marina Beach, now a battleground for the Jallikattu issue, as protesters swarmed in droves demanding a permanent solution and not a 'temporary' ordinance.
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Madurai: Locals furious against 'temporary' solution, assert won
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Madurai [India], Jan. 22 (ANI): One would think that all is well with the ordinance being approved to resume Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu, but the locals in Alanganallur in Madurai, where Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam is set to inaugurate the sport today, are determined to not go ahead with th
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Jallikattu row: Locals in TN urge SC to pass verdict after proper analysis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): The people of Tamil Nadu of Sunday urged the Supreme Court to pass the judgement on bull-taming sport Jallikattu after a proper analysis.
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Uttarakhand: Tourists frolic in snow but residents in trouble after heavil
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun, (Uttarakhand), [India], Jan. 7 (ANI): The heavy rains and subsequent snowfall in Uttarakhand have definitely brightened the mood of tourists who were waiting for the weather to take a flurry turn, but it has also made daily life an uphill task for the locals who are facing the herc
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WB: Leopard enters residential area, creates panic
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
North Dinajpur(West Bengal) [India], Jan. 3 (ANI):A leopard entered into a residential area in West Bengal's North Dinajpurand attacked locals, leaving at least one injured.
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Chhattisgarh: Digi-Dhan Mela to be organised in Raipur today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): To promote digital mode of payment and transactions in locals of Chhattisgarh state, Digi-Dhan Mela will be organised in the capital Raipur today.
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Nongkrem dance festival held in Meghalaya
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): Hundreds of locals recently thronged the Smit, the cultural centre for Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, to witnesses one of the most ancient and grand festivals of the indigenous Khasi tribe, the Nongkrem dance festival, here. The festival brought toget
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