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A dirty stream is the only source of water in this Assam village
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India] Apr 9 (ANI): It has been over 70 years of Independence, yet, locals in this Assam village lack a source of clean drinking water, forcing them to use water from a dirty stream in the village.
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Villagers in UP's Saharanpur to boycott LS polls
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 6 (ANI): People of the Manoharpur village in Saharanpur have decided to boycott the ensuing Lok Sabha polls alleging that no developmental work has been done in the village since independence.
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2,000 voters to boycott LS polls in Jamui due to poor condition of road
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Jamui (Bihar) [India] Apr 4 (ANI): With seven days left for the first phase of polling to begin in the country, about 2 thousand voters of Dabil village in the Jamui parliamentary constituency have threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha polls over unavailability of a proper road in the villa
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Economy not to take off if poor in villages don't have toothpaste, soap, s
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bundi (Rajasthan) [India], March 26 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that the engine of the economy of India will not start unless "toothpaste, soap, shampoo and new shirt are seen in the houses of poor" and the "Bolero" car is seen in the villages.
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NGO 'Jagrut' manufactures and supplies free sanitary pads for rural India
Updated : 7 years, 2 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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Village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj facing lack of basic amenities for survival
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Development is still a far cry for more than 700 villagers of tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. As claimed by villagers, the village is facing lacks of basic amenities for survival.
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Rajasthan: Villagers claim receiving condoms in reply to RTI query
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Two residents from Chhani Bari village of Bhadra Tehsil in the village claimed to have received condoms in reply to their Right to Information (RTI) query.
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Telangana CM pitches for development of villages
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao instructed officials to organise a full-fledged training programme to the elected Sarpanches and Upa sarpanches in the ongoing village Panchayat elections to provide a total understanding to them in sh
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KCR urges people to concentrate on development of villages
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Exhorting people to concentrate on the development of villages, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has stated that the state and the country can only develop if the villages are developed.
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NRI gives facelift to Haryana village
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana), [India], Dec 1 (ANI): A non-resident Indian Gaurav Aggarwal, settled in the United States of America, has spent Rs 1.5 crore on the development of Dangra village in Tohana assembly seat. He has adopted the village on call of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal, who has u
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Slurry powder menace in Jalore invokes health issues
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalore (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Jalore is well known for its Granite business in the state of Rajasthan, but the villagers of the area are bearing the brunt of the industry as the production of Granites from various factories across the village has led to the spreading of slurry po
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In this Andhra village nighties allowed only at night
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Women in Tokalapalli village of Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district are reportedly forbidden to wear nighties during the daytime. It is because the elders of the village have decided that no woman should wear nighties from 7 am to 7 p
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