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One arrested for looting Rs 22 lakh from petrol pump staff in Ghaziabad
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): A combined team of Ghaziabad Crime Branch, Special Operations Group (SOG) Rural and Masuri Police arrested one accused after an encounter for allegedly looting petrol pump staff of Rs 22 lakhs.
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Study finds people's neighbourhood influences their sense of direction
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 1 (ANI): According to a new study, growing up in rural or urban areas or, in cities of varying complexity, influences people's sense of direction in adulthood.
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Frequent power outages grip Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Pakistan is facing a severe power crisis with all nine power distribution companies (Discos) on Thursday starting hours-long interruptions of electricity supply in urban and rural areas across the country. On the other hand, consumers blamed the governmen
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HDFC Bank adjudged best performing bank in SHG linkage by NRLM, Ministry o
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 1 (ANI/BusinessWire India): HDFC Bank has been adjudged the Best Performing Bank in SHG Linkage by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.
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Sonia Gandhi urges Centre to ensure proper MGNREGA budget allocation
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged the Central government to ensure proper budget allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) while also making payment of wages to labourers within 15 days
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London NGO Wells On Wheels ropes in actor Sanjay Kapoor for rural upliftme
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 31 (ANI/PRNewswire): Indian film actor and producer, Sanjay Kapoor announces his partnership with UK based charitable institute Wells on Wheels (WOW) founded by dental marketer Shaz Memon.
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Pune rural police seizes cash worth 4 crore on Mumbai-Pune expressway
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 30 (ANI): Cash worth Rs 4 crore has been seized by Pune rural police on the Mumbai-Pune expressway near Lonavala on Tuesday Morning.
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Nabet India collaborates with PNB Housing Finance Ltd for a unique employm
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI/SRV): Nabet India and PNB Housing Finance Pvt Ltd joined hands to carry out a special women's health and wellness initiative. While Nabet India is committed to promoting livelihood for women particularly in rural areas, it also promotes health and wellness to
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Karnataka Minister quashes allegations he demanded commission from contrac
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 29 (ANI): Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister KS Eshwarappa on Tuesday quashed the allegations by a contractor that he demanded 40 per cent commission and said that he has filed a defamation case against him.
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Ashoka Innovators for the Public identifies 14 finalist teen changemakers
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], March 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Ashoka Innovators for the Public, which supports the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs, has shortlisted 14 teenage changemakers as finalists from different parts of the country, including rural areas and small towns, for i
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Odisha: Vigilance registers highest cash seizure of Rs 1.36 cr from engine
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 28 (ANI): Odisha's vigilance department registered its highest-ever cash seizure when it recovered Rs 1.36 crore along with 1.2 kg of gold from a superintendent engineer (SE), rural works.
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No hindrance in achieving targets of PM Ujjwala Yojana: Govt in RS
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): The Central government on Monday apprised the Rajya Sabha that there is no hindrance in achieving the targets set for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)--a flagship scheme of the current dispensation to provide LPG cylinder to rural and deprived househ
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