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Dantewada craftsman faces marketing hurdles
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
(DANTEWADA, CHHATTISGARH)[India], July 29 (ANI): Anil Kumar taught himself how to make rakhis using chhind leaves while grazing cattle and when fellow villagers appreciated them, he began to teach the craft to women in his Jhodiyabadam village of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.
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Chhattisgarh: 3 arrested for chopping up, burying elephant 5 yrs ago
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 28 (ANI): Three villagers have been arrested for chopping up and burying an elephant which was electrocuted to death, over almost five years ago, and attempting to sell its teeth recently, police said. The tusker had died after coming in contact with
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Villagers obstruct plantation work at government land in Telangana
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Karimnagar (Telangana) [India], July 28 (ANI): People in Veernapally village of Telangana's Karimnagar district on Monday tried to obstruct the plantation work at government land claiming it to be owned by them, police said.
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Bihar: Parts of Darbhanga district flooded following incessant rainfall
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], July 27 (ANI): Following incessant rains, parts of the Darbhanga district of Bihar continued to remain flooded on Monday causing immense hardships to villagers and residents.
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Assam: NDRF team evacuate villagers, livestock in flood-affected Barpeta
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 27 (ANI): A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Sunday evacuated villagers and livestock to safer places from flood-affected areas of Dighirpam Bazar in Assam's Barpeta district.
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Villagers await help from admn while battling floods in Bihar's Samastitpu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Samastipur (Bihar) [India], July 24 (ANI): As rivers swell up due to heavy rains in Bihar, the rural areas in the Samastipur district of the state are battling floods yet again this monsoon season. The locals of the area are waiting for administrative help while shifting to safer places as t
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Andhra: Villagers lay thorny fence to protest against setting up of burial
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): Villagers of Rangampeta in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Thursday laid a thorny fence as a mark of protest against revenue officials for intending to set up a burial ground for COVID-19 victims in the village.
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Man allegedly killed on suspicion of practising sorcery in Andhra
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): On suspicion of practising sorcery a person was allegedly killed by stone-pelting by the villagers in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh.
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Villagers suspect COVID-19, stillborn baby thrown in canal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 21 (ANI): A man in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh threw the body of his stillborn child in a canal after village elders did not allow him to perform the last rites in the village as they feared the baby had COVID-19 infection, police said on Tuesday
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Chhattisgarh: 25 villagers injured after Naxals thrashed them in Dantewada
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 20 (ANI): In an outrageous incident in Dantewada, Naxals brutally thrashed 25 locals, including the mother of a newborn child, in the Parcheli village of the Katekalyan tehsil.
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Need to create awareness about COVID-19 protocols among rural population:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 18 (ANI): A day after videos surfaced in which BJP MP, Shankar Lalwani was seen riding a horse during a poll campaign with villagers chasing him while flouting social distancing norms, Lalwani on Saturday said there is a need to create more awareness amo
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5 arrested after villagers tie up electricity department officials in Tela
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Medak (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): Five persons were arrested for allegedly tying two electricity department officials to a pole after the officials visited the village to collect payment of electricity bills.
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