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J&K: Shortage of doctors add to patients' woes in Samba
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 25 (ANI): A hospital in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba reeks of lack of medical facilities, with just three doctors in its emergency department.
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Struggling with water crisis, Hisar seeks merger with Rajasthan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hisar (Haryana) [India], June 25 (ANI): The locals and the farmers of Hisar district have decided to approach the Rajasthan government to seek a merger of their region with the state as the Haryana government has failed to resolve the issue of drinking water shortage.
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Odisha to close nearly 1000 schools having less than 10 students
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], June 23 (ANI): Close to 1000 schools having less than 10 students on the roll will be shut down in Odisha to tackle the teachers' shortage issue, the government said on Sunday.
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Bihar: Angry villagers shoo away LJP MLA for not extending support to AES
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Vaishali (Bihar) [India], June 23 (ANI): The angry residents of Harivanshpur village on Sunday shooed away LJP MLA Rajkumar Sah for not being with them, while they were grappling with the crisis of severe water shortage and the acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), which has claimed the lives o
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Villagers announce Rs 15,000 reward for locating Union Minister Paswan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Vaishali (Bihar) [India], June 22 (ANI): Residents of Harivanshpur village, who are faced with the problem of severe shortage of water and jolted by the death of several children, have announced reward of Rs 15,000 for locating their MP and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan for not being with
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Reports on schools, hotels shutting down due to water shortage are wrong:
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 21 (ANI): Media reports on schools and hotels being shut down in the city due to the scarcity of water are wrong, said Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami in a press briefing here on Friday.
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As water gets scarce, Chennai hotel urges guests to use water judiciously
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 20 (ANI): As the city continues to reel under acute water crisis, a five-star hotel here -- Radisson Blu GRT -- has requested its guests to use water judiciously during their stay.
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Chennai: Royapettah residents are now buying tokens for water
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] June 19 (ANI): Residents living in Royapettah area in Chennai are buying tokens now for having water supply from the water tankers. To assure no water theft, round orange coloured plastic tokens are distributed to the beneficiaries in order to keep a record.
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Delhi Congress, Sheila Dikshit protest against Kejriwal govt
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Delhi Congress organised demonstrations in all the 70 assembly constituency of the national capital to protest against alleged power cuts and water shortage problem in the city.
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The severe water crisis in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 18 (ANI): Tamil Nadu is facing its worst water crisis this year. With searing temperatures and delayed monsoon, most of the regions are facing water a terrible shortage of water.
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Ingenious 'bike' for climbing Areca nut tree to make farmers' lives easier
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): In wake of the fact that there is a shortage of traditional Areca nut tree climbers, farmers here are finding it difficult to sustain the Areca nut plantation. However, a 48-year-old farmer, Ganapathi, took it as a challenge and invented ingeniou
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Water crisis deepens in TN, soaring temp adds to woes
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu is reeling under acute water crisis for the past several months after Chennai's Porur Lake, which is considered one of the main sources of water, has reached its lowest level. Moreover, with mercury soaring in the region, there seems to
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