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PM Modi ridiculed MNREGA but had no courage to close it: Sachin Pilot
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Tehri (Uttarakhand) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that he ridiculed Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), but did not have the courage to close the scheme in the l
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Ahead of polls, Vishakapatnam rural police seize gold worth Rs 1.45 cr
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 6 (ANI): Visakhapatnam rural police on Saturday recovered unaccounted gold worth Rs 1.45 crore during a search operation from a private vehicle at S. Rayavaram junction of Addu Road in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district.
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Parallel Wireless partners with CCA to provide network solutions to mobile
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] April 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): Parallel Wireless, Inc, the leader in providing the world's first software-based unified end-to-end ALL G network solution (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G) and Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), on Thursday announced a strategic partnership to provide net
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LS polls: Rs 39 lakh unaccounted cash seized in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, Renigunta Rural Police on Wednesday seized Rs 39 lakh unaccounted cash from a vehicle in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district.
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Pune: Man arrested with explosives, detonators from Pimpalwadi village
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Apr 3 (ANI): Pune Rural Police arrested a person with explosives and detonators used to make bombs from Pimpalwadi village of Pune district, officials said on Wednesday.
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India inks MoU to set up agriculture, rural development institute in Malaw
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Consultancy Service (NABCONS) for setting up the India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi, a landlocked c
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LS polls: Cong releases list of 9 candidates, fields Krishna Punia from Ja
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The Congress on Monday released a list of nine candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
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Rahul promises to employ lakhs in Gram Sabhas for protecting environment
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that his party will employ lakhs of rural youth in Gram Sabhas to improve the environment.
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Pollachi sex scandal: TN police summons DMK leader Thendral Selvaraj's son
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): The Crime Branch-CID of the Tamil Nadu police, probing the Pollachi sexual assault case, has summoned Thendral Manimaran, son of DMK's Coimbatore rural district secretary Thendral Selvaraj.
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VP Naidu urges youth to fight 'social evils, bigotry and prejudices'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu called upon the youth to strive to build a new India which is "free of fear, corruption, hunger, discrimination, illiteracy, poverty, caste barriers and urban-rural divide."
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PFC signs pact to acquire majority stake in REC for Rs 14,500 crore
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire all 52.63 per cent shares of the government in Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) for about Rs 14,500 crore.
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NGO 'Jagrut' manufactures and supplies free sanitary pads for rural India
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] March 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): 'Jagrut' an NGO run by Narendra Hirani, very known social activists in the western part of Mumbai has currently taken up a major issue to provide free sanitary pads to females in the village.
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