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UN chief strongly condemns killing of over 100 civilians in Burkina Faso a
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the heinous attack by unidentified assailants on a village in the province of Yagha in the Sahel Region of Burkina Faso, which resulted in the killing of over 100 civilians, i
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UP: Dalit man seeks police protection, alleges threat against riding horse
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Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 4 (ANI): A Dalit man in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district has asked sought police protection ahead of his wedding, alleging that local villagers have threatened him against riding a horse during the ceremony.
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Villagers in UP's Kannauj face disconnection of electricity after refusing
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Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 4 (ANI): The residents of a village in the Saurikh area of Uttar Pradesh's Kannuj have alleged that electricity connections of their houses were snapped after they refused to take COVID vaccine jabs.
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Security forces apprehend NSCN (R) cadre in Nagaland
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Kohima (Nagaland) [India], June 3 (ANI): In a joint operation by Indian Army and Nagaland Police, two active cadres of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-R) were apprehended at Chekiye Village in Dimapur district, informed PRO Kohima on Thursday.
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Maharashtra announces "Covid-free village" contest, winners to get Rs 50 l
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): In an effort to encourage the villagers to follow Covid-19 protocols to limit the spread of the virus, the Maharashtra government has announced a contest with an award of Rs 50 lakh for the village which bags the first position, informed Hasan Mush
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Mohali's 'adopt village for vaccination' gets popular
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Mohali (Punjab) [India], June 3 (ANI): As deaths due to COVID increased in rural areas, the Deputy Commissioner of Mohali came up with a new initiative of arranging sponsorship for vaccinating the people in the rural areas of the district.
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Punjab approves Malerkotla as 23rd district; allows creation of SPV to ope
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 2 (ANI): Punjab government on Wednesday gave a nod for the formation of Malerkotla as the 23rd district of the State and approved Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for carrying out operations and maintenance of large multi-village surface water supply scheme.
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Rights group highlights 'harassment' of Christian family in Pakistan's Pun
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Punjab [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has condemned the murder of Arif Masih, a 32-year-old Christian of a village in Toba Tek Singh district in Pakistan's Punjab province.
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J-K: Villagers of Rayor have no choice but to drink filthy pond water
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Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 2 (ANI): The people of Rayor, a remote village in Samba district, are drinking filthy pond water as they have no better option.
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Andhra sarpanch buys Rs 4 lakh ambulance with own money to aid villagers
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Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 1 (ANI): The sarpach of Ambapuram in rural Andhra Pradesh, in a noble gesture, purchased an ambulance worth Rs 4 lakh with his own mooney to help people in his village and surrounding areas during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
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J-K: Thanks to govt's scheme, 'Embroidery Lady' of Shopian shows the way i
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Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 31 (ANI): The government's scheme of providing financial assistance to energetic and hard-working entrepreneurs has changed the life of a local woman of Bhorihalan village in Shopian and earned her the title of the "Embroidery Lady".
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IED found in J-K's Awantipora defused by joint team of police, Army and CR
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Awantipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 31 (ANI): A joint team of police, Army and the Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF) on Monday defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which was detected in a container approximately 10 litres in capacity, at Panzgam village in Awantipora area o
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