Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], 12 Nov (ANI): A notification has been issued by the state government declaring 1,388 villages of 13 tehsils in Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Hanumangarh in Rajasthan as 'drought-affected'.
Sukma (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): A villager was killed by Naxals as he was suspected of being a police informer in Jagargunda village, Sukma district on Sunday night.
Sanaa [Syria], Nov 11 (ANI): At least eight people were killed and more than 20 others sustained injuries after a small truck exploded outside a bakery in the Syrian village of Suluk, located southeast of the town of Tel Abyad on Sunday, authorities said.
Balasore (Odisha) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Around 350 people from Baincha village have taken shelter in Balasore District after Cyclonic storm 'Bulbul' created havoc in the region.
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Close to 200 people of the villages struck by cyclone Bulbul here have taken shelter at the Sagar Pilot Station of the Kolkata Port Trust on Sunday.
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Farmers continue to burn stubble on Nakodar Phillaur Highway at Barwalla village in the district as on Sunday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 10 (ANI): Authorities here have so far evacuated about 100,000 people from its low-lying coastal villages and islands as Cyclone Bulbul crossed the coast of West Bengal with a maximum wind speed of 110-120 km per hour gusting upto 120 km per hour into Bangladesh.
Panaji (Goa) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): A 20-year-old American tourist who had gone missing on Thursday from the North Goa beach village of Anjuna has been found, police said on Saturday.
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 9 (ANI): In a unique initiative, a man has set up a factory which recycles plastic material and uses the same for the construction of roads at Battal Ballian village in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.
Panaji (Goa) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that he would inquire about Parra village Panchayat allegedly charging tourists for taking pictures in the area.
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): The forest department is planning to erect electric fences to minimise human-elephant conflict, to keep the animals away from villagers and raiding crops around the forest villages under Kurseong Forest Division in Siliguri.
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): A farmer identified as Allu Jaganmohan Rao on Wednesday tried to immolate himself by pouring petrol over himself over a land dispute with the village officials at Dokulapadu village of Narasannapeta mandal.