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Water crisis grips villages in Maharashtra's Solapur, residents struggle w
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
With most of their groundwater resources already depleted, the villagers have no choice but to limit their daily water usage. They are resorting to collecting water in utensils placed under cots for bathing, and then reusing the same water for washing.
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West Bengal: CBI team visits Sandeshkhali, meet villagers to probe land gr
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team visited Rajbari area of Sandeshkhali on Thursday to probe land grabbing allegations against Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan.
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Villagers forced to drink filtered sewage water: BJP Asansol candidate SS
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"The biggest issue here is potable water. PM Modi gave a call for 'har ghar nal se jal' and the people of UP benefited from this scheme but it was not implemented here in West Bengal. People in villages are forced to drink filtered sewage water. The state government did not do anything to pr
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EC directs repolling on one booth in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar on April 2
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The ECI directed the repoll after polling booth 146 in Indiganatta village of Chamarajanagar Loksabha constituency was vandalized by the villagers who had boycotted voting.
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"I will cast vote based on water and school issues in our village," says r
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
As the Lok Sabha elections approach, residents of Bhojtola village voice their concerns regarding critical issues such as education, infrastructure, and healthcare. From the persistent challenges of water scarcity and incomplete infrastructure projects to the lack of accessible education bey
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Odisha: Dharmendra Pradhan offers prayers at Maa Dakhinakali temple in his
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan offered prayers at Maa Dakhinakali temple and interacted with villagers and Kendu leaf pluckers at Rairakhol under the Sambalpur parliamentary constituency during his election campaign on Sunday.
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Himachal Pradesh: Giu village in Spiti gets surprise call from PM Modi as
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the villagers of Giu in Spiti valley on Thursday after the village got mobile network for the first time.
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Maharashtra: Security tightens in Naxal-affected Gadchiroli ahead of 1st p
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Neelotpal told ANI that they have appealed to the villagers to come out and vote without any fear of naxals.
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Lok Sabha Election: Youth in Nagaland village seek more educational instit
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Located just 15 km from the commercial centre of Dimpaur, Vikhoku village is still awaiting development, with villagers demanding a higher secondary school, college and healthcare facilities in the serene town.
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Chhattisgarh: Police camps encourage villagers in unsurveyed Abujhmad to v
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Abujhmad, a dense, almost impenetrable forest region whose name stands for "unknown hills", holding within it the last of the Maoist bastions in the country, includes around 200 villages.
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Chhattisgarh: CRPF personnel open doors of Ram Mandir locked up by Naxals
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The temple in Kerlapenda village which housed the deities of Lord Ram, Sita Mata and Laxman, was shut down after a Naxal attack in 2003. The Naxalites ordered villagers to stop offering prayers at the temple. The fear of Naxalites was so strong that villagers stopped coming to the temple exc
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Andhra Pradesh: Farmers say elephant herd damage mango trees in Tirupati
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to the villagers, the farmers, who had been guarding the mango plantations day and night since last year, were distressed by the destruction of the trees, causing damage and financial losses to them.
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