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Tribal woman gangraped in West Bengal
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dinajpur (West Bengal) [India], Feb. 20 (ANI): An 18-year-old intellectually disabled tribal woman was allegedly gang-raped in South Dinajpur's Kushmandi.
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Pak poll body to hold Senate elections on March 3
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.19 (ANI): Senate elections in Pakistan's four provinces -- Punjab, Sindh, North West Frontier Province and Balochistan, and Islamabad and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), will be held on March 3, as 52 out of 104 senators will retire on March 11.
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Suffered for long in Pakistan, Pashtuns find support in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 09 (ANI): Afghans poured in support for hundreds of Pashtuns from Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan who have been protesting in Islamabad for the arrest of fugitive police official Rao Anwar who is involved in the fake encounter of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a
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Tribal village in Chhattisgarh takes up community farming
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bastar (Chhattisgarh)[India], Feb. 9 (ANI): A poverty-stricken tribal village in Bastar has adopted the eco-friendly practice of community farming to ensure a sustainable living for themselves.
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Pakistan Taliban operative killed in US drone strike
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], Feb .09 (ANI): A Pakistan Taliban operative or Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operative has been killed in a U.S. drone strike along with three Haqqani Network terrorists in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Thursday.
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Tribal women protest against relatives' arrest
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Landi Kotal (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], Feb. 06 (ANI): Tribal women and others staged a demonstration here on Monday to protest the arrest of their relatives by security forces last week.
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Maoists blast BSNL tower amid 'bandh' in Telangana
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Feb. 05 (ANI): A group of suspected Maoists on Monday exploded a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) tower in Telangana's Jayashankar Bhupalpally district during a shutdown in the area.
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Maharashtra's Tai Bamhane strikes gold at Khelo India School Games
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Tribal Girl Tai Bamhane of Maharashtra bagged a gold medal in girls' 800 metres race category in the first Khelo India School Games here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday.
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MP: Two tribals die after consuming local liquor
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb. 01 (ANI): A tribal community in Barwani district was struck with tragedy on Wednesday after some of its members consumed locally-produced liquor.
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PM Modi mentions ANI story in 'Mann ki Baat'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] January 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday mentioned ANI's story in his monthly radio address, 'Mann Ki Baat', while lauding the women power.
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Meet Lakshmikutty, the 75-yr-old Padma Shri awardee from Kerala
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kallar (Kerala) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): A 75-year-old tribal woman from Kallar forest area has received the country's fourth highest civilian honours Padma Shri Award for her breakthrough in practising traditional medicine.
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Two Haqqani network militants killed in US drone strike in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): At least two Haqqani network militants were killed on Wednesday in a US drone attack on a house in northwestern Pakistan.
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