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Bihar floods: Ram Kripal Yadav slams state govt for 'not looking at rural
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): In wake of the floods creating havoc in Bihar, BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav on Wednesday criticised the state government for not looking at the flood-situation in rural areas and "only focusing on Patna".
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Here's Jonathan Van Ness' advice for overcoming bullies
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 2 (ANI): Hairdresser Jonathan Van Ness who grew up in a small conservative town in rural Illinois was not like an average kid and experienced some obstacle in childhood.
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Reducing duty on dairy products would cause major unrest among rural India
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Wednesday urged the central government to not sign Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations while cautioning that any such move would cause major unrest among rural India and adversely affect
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Maharashtra: 60 rural women giving Khadi contemporary twist to promote glo
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Wardha (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): With an aim to promote traditional Khadi globally, a self-reliance group of 60 rural women in Maharashtra's Wardha city are giving it a contemporary twist so that it could look stylish and fashionable at the same time.
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Pakistan: 'Karo- Kari' killings claim over 70 lives in 6 months in Sindh
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Sept 30 (ANI): Honour killings have claimed over 70 live in the rural parts of Sindh during the first six months of 2019, according to official figures in the local media.
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No difference in education schools impart to disadvantaged students as com
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 29 (ANI): There's no difference in the education of schools teaching disadvantaged, minority children and advantaged kids, a new study has found.
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Disqualify farmers burning stubble on panchayat land: Punjab Agri Dept
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): In a bid to reduce pollution, Punjab Agriculture Department has urged Rural Development and Panchayats Department to bar farmers who are cultivating panchayat land and indulging in stubble from taking the land on lease in the future.
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Shekhawat releases 10-year rural sanitation strategy
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 27 (ANI): The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) has launched the 10-year rural sanitation strategy (2019-2029) with focus on sustaining sanitation behaviour change that has been achieved under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G).
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Union Agriculture Minister inaugurates Rural Investors and Start-up Concla
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] (ANI), Sept 27: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday inaugurated Rural Investors and Start-up Conclave (RISC) 2019 here.
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Awareness drive on plastic waste management held at J-K's Srinagar
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj on Thursday organized one-day awareness program on plastic waste management in Srinagar.
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ED case against Sharad Pawar is politically motivated: Majeed Memon
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 25 (ANI): NCP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Majeed Memon on Wednesday said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case against the party chief Sharad Pawar is a "politically motivated move" by the top brass of the BJP, "fearing his rising popularity in rural Maharashtra" a
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Farmers backbone of country, govt should priortise development of rural In
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday acknowledged the farmers of the country as the backbone of the nation and stated that it is the responsibility of both state and Centre to priortise development of rural parts of the country.
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