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Odisha: Suspected of practicing witchcraft, 6 men tortured, forced to eat
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ganjam (Odisha) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): In a grisly incident, six elderly men were allegedly forced to eat human excreta and their teeth were pulled out by a group of villagers in Gopapur, Khallikote here who suspected them of practising witchcraft.
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Chhattisgarh: District court judges visit Naxal affected village on Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, a team of Judges of District and Sessions Court, Dantewada visited the Gumra village which is notorious for intense Naxalite activities, as a part of an anti-liquor drive and advised t
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President pitches for varsities contributing to Universities' Social Respo
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi[Jharkhand], Sept 30 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said that universities should contribute towards Universities' Social Responsibility (USR) and at least five students from each of them should go to nearby villages at an interval of about two months and communicate with t
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Rajasthan: Villagers beat up man, woman for alleged love affair
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): A man and a married woman were beaten up on Saturday evening by few people in a village of the district on the allegations of a love affair between the two.
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Chhattigarh: Villagers threaten to boycott panchayat polls over non-constr
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): Residents of Piprahi village in the Ramnagar gram panchayat of the district have threatened to boycott the upcoming panchayat elections, owing to unavailability of a permanent bridge to cross a pond which connects their village to other parts
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WB: Flash floods in Malda due to breakage of embankment on Fulahar river
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Malda (West Bengal) [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Following incessant rainfall from the last few days here, a temporary embankment on the Fulahar river broke, which flooded the villages of Ratua I block here affecting around 8000 villagers on Thursday.
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Houses allotted to dead people, NRIs under PMAY, allege Barabanki resident
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 25 (ANI): In a big setback to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, villagers of Shekhpur Alipur village in the Ram Nagar block here alleged corruption in implementing the scheme saying that some of the houses were allotted to NRIs and dead people.
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BJP MP Narayanaswamy denied entry to temple over caste welcomed with garla
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): A week after he was denied entry into a village temple in Tumakuru because he is a Dalit, BJP MP Narayanaswamy on Monday was welcomed by villagers with garlands.
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Jharkhand: One person loses his life, 2 critically injured in mob-lynching
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Khunti (Jharkhand) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): In a gruesome incident, three people were beaten by a mob of villagers over the suspicion of selling banned meat here, said Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) AV Homkar on Sunday.
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Chhattisgarh: Villagers install elephant statue to keep pachyderms from de
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 20 (ANI): In order to prevent elephants from wreaking havoc in their fields and destroying crops, villagers here have installed a statue of an elephant near their farms with a firm belief that it will ward off the herd from devouring their crops.
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Chhattisgarh: Woman health worker wades through to provide healthcare faci
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 17 (ANI): In absence of a bridge, a woman health worker wades through the river to bring healthcare facilities to villagers in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district.
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Chhattisgarh: CRPF officers conduct classes in Koleng school due to non-av
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Koleng (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): In a move that has won the hearts of villagers, CRPF officers here are taking classes at a school in Koleng due to non-availability of teachers.
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