The youth who died was identified as Nitin Ahirwar (18), a resident of Barodiya Nainagir villager in Sagar district. The incident occurred under Khurai police station in the district on Thursday.
Speaking to ANI, a villager Raju Nath said, “Our children play with snakes, we are not rich enough to be able to buy toys, so our children play with snakes. Our forefathers, fathers used to play with snakes, we have been playing with snakes for many generations.”
A swollen Sutlej, and floods in the nearby villages have caused panic among the villagers near Nangal. The administrative teams as well as political leaders are making a beeline to these villages.
On Independence Day, the tap water supply will start to more than 1.5 crore houses in rural areas of UP. It will be the first time that more than half of the rural families of the state will be connected to tap water.
Even as the much-anticipated 'Gadar 2', a sequel to the blockbuster Sunny Deol starrer 'Gadar', is weaving its magic across big screens all over the country, hundreds of villagers in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Sunday came to a movie theatre, riding on their tractors, to watch the film.
Residents of Rassain in Ghordi block of Udhampur district locked out a government school in the village to protest against the School Education Department over the pitiable state of the school building, officials informed on Wednesday.
Ex-servicemen and villagers of Battal in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur and adjoining areas of the Sunderbani sector came out with the Indian Army to commemorate Kargil Vijay Diwas - 2023 at a local government school.
The incident took place at the Ahatguri area in the Morigaon district where a group of villagers caught three persons on suspicion of cattle smuggling.
Villagers have expressed frustration and disappointment with the police's inability to protect them. They said that approximately 400 armed men reportedly passed by four police stations, several security pickets, and even the National Highway with impunity, The Express Tribune reported.
Herds of elephants were seen roaming in Rangappavalasa village, located in Therlam mandal of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh, according to forest officials.
Continuous and heavy rainfall from last night has wreaked havoc in the Udhampur district, particularly in the residential area of Panchayat Sattani, where severe water logging has disrupted normal life for the villagers. This annual problem has left the locals frustrated and they are calling