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Pace of growth in rural areas major hurdle in India's development: Pranab
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said that the pace of growth in remote and rural parts of the country is a major hurdle in the country's development and advocated for a 'growth strategy' to make a 'decisive impact on poverty and trigger developme
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Karnataka: Pregnant police constable commits suicide at her residence
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Gagad (Karnataka) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Seema Shivanagowdara, a police constable working at Gadag Rural police station allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence on Friday.
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Sitharaman meets IFAD president Houngbo to boost efforts for rural communi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 28 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday met Gilbert F Houngbo, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), who is in India this week to meet government leaders for strengthening joint efforts to boost farmers' income and
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ADB hosts forum to promote farmers' livelihoods, rural development and foo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Oct 28 (ANI): Ensuring access to nutritious, safe and affordable food enabled by modern technologies and creative policies is essential to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, participants heard at the Rural Development and Food Securit
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Maharashtra poll: Cong's Dhiraj Vilasrao Deshmukh defeats NOTA on Latur Ru
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Latur (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): Congress candidate Dhiraj Vilasrao Deshmukh won from Latur rural assembly seat by bagging 1,35,006 votes. His nearest rival was NOTA against which 27,500 people cast their votes.
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Punjab: Govt approves Mohali Medical College faculty recruitment
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): The state government on Thursday approved the recruitment in Mohali Medical College (MMC) in a bid to provide affordable healthcare and diagnostic services to the public and to offer an opportunity to students to pursue a career in medical education.
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Bengaluru Tech Summit invites start-ups and innovators to showcase latest
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Oct 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Government of Karnataka invited start-ups, companies, VC's and students from across the country to be a part of the Indian subcontinent's largest innovation and technology summit - Bengaluru Tech Summit 2019 (BTS), scheduled to kick-st
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No scarcity of sand, says Andhra Mines Minister Ramachandra Reddy
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Mines and Geology Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy on Tuesday said that the government has agreed with 82 Patta landowners and permission has been given for sand mining in 10 Patta land
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Punjab: Amritsar Rural Police seize 7.59 kg heroin near BOP, two arrested
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): The city rural police arrested two smugglers and recovered 7.59 kg heroin during an operation near Border Out Post (BOP) Kakkar forward, Indo-Pak border here.
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CreditAccess Grameen expands presence in five new states
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Leading microfinance institution CreditAccess Grameen Ltd said on Monday that it expanded its footprint in five new states during June to September.
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J-K: Panchayat members pin hope on BDC elections for development of rural
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): As the state of Jammu and Kashmir is going to witness first-ever Block Development Council (BDC) elections being held on October 24, panchayat members hope that pace of development will further be enhanced after the polls.
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AP: Anakapalli police seize 40 kg cannabis from auto-rickshaw, arrest four
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Anakapalli rural police arrested four people and recovered 40 kilograms of cannabis from an auto-rickshaw here.
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