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Bardhaman villagers paint walls with messages of lockdown, preventive step
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): After seeing political party symbols on walls for years, the villagers of Hiranyagram in Bardhaman have taken up the task of painting the walls with messages of the lockdown and other precautionary measures of coronavirus.
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Containment zones made in Punjab's Mohali and Mauli Baidwan districts afte
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 4 (ANI): Containment zones have been made in Punjab's Mohali and Mauli Baidwan districts on Saturday after two more people tested positive for coronavirus from these districts. Movement has been restricted in these areas. The village has been isolated by th
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Plea in SC seeking payment of wages to MGNREGA workers amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Social activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey have approached the Supreme Court, seeking directions for the payment of wages to MNREGA workers during the lockdown, issuance of temporary job cards to migrants, who returned to their native villages, and for an inc
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Imam and his aide arrested for conducting prayers in Kerala
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kasaragod (Kerala)[India], April 4 (ANI): Nileswaram police have arrested the Imam of a mosque and his aide for conducting prayers at the Arai Juma masjid in Madikkee Village, Kasaragod District.
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Andhra's Atkuru village blocks road to village amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): In view of the national lockdown aimed at containing the spread of the novel coronavirus, villagers of Atkuru in Ungutur Mandal blocked the entry road to their village, on Friday.
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Village in AP declared 'red zone' after man tested COVID-19 positive
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): After a man was tested positive for coronavirus here, the local administration has declared Muppalla village as red zone.
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COVID-19: Elderly man spends quarantine on boat in West Bengal village
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): A 60-year-old man has been living in a boat for the past four days after villagers allegedly forced him to do so following doctors advising him to go for 14 days quarantine.
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5 sarpanches suspended in Haryana for not informing about return of Tablig
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Palwal (Haryana) [India], April 2 (ANI): Five sarpanches (village heads) were suspended after failing to notify authorities about the presence of individuals who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi and returned to their villages, Palwal District Collector, Naresh Narwal said o
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RSS serves needy people in AP during lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers in a village of Vizianagaram district are engaged in serving food to the poor and needy people during the lockdown period.
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2 Tablighi Jamaat attendees quarantined in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): Two persons, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizamuddin area have been quarantined in the Gannavaram quarantine centre.
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COVID-19: 5 villages in J-K's Rajouri district declared red zones
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 1 (ANI): Five villages of Manjakote tehsil in Rajouri district have been declared as red zones to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to the Department of Information and Public Relations, Jammu and Kashmir.
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Indigram Labs Foundation Announces Winners of its Smart Village Program -
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI/ NewsVoir): Indigram Labs Foundation, a leading agri-tech focused incubator, has announced the winners of its smart village program - 'Adhunik Gram', an initiative to empower agribusiness in rural India.
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