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Bihar: Angry villagers shoo away LJP MLA for not extending support to AES
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Vaishali (Bihar) [India], June 23 (ANI): The angry residents of Harivanshpur village on Sunday shooed away LJP MLA Rajkumar Sah for not being with them, while they were grappling with the crisis of severe water shortage and the acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), which has claimed the lives o
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Villagers announce Rs 15,000 reward for locating Union Minister Paswan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Vaishali (Bihar) [India], June 22 (ANI): Residents of Harivanshpur village, who are faced with the problem of severe shortage of water and jolted by the death of several children, have announced reward of Rs 15,000 for locating their MP and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan for not being with
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Doll marriage brings villagers together in face of drought, financial cris
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Wardha (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): A doll marriage brought the people of Shivanfal together to pray for rain when drought and the acute financial crisis have hit the village.
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Ratlam: Villagers angry over lack of developement tie panchayat secretary
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 21 (ANI): Angry residents of the Bhimakheri village in the Ratlam district held the Panchayat secretary captive and tied him to an iron pole as they were unhappy with the development work being left midway in the village, said Agam Jain, Chief Superin
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Want to do 2-4 'village stays' every month: Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Yadgir (Karnataka) [India], Jun 21 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday revived his 2006 rural outreach programme, in which he stayed at the homes of villagers.
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West Bengal: Three police personnel injured in clash with villagers
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Paschim Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], June 19 (ANI): Three police personnel including Circle Inspector (CI), station in-charge and Constable, were attacked and seriously injured by locals of Sawra village during an alleged clash between the workers of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bhara
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To avoid man-animal conflict, villagers near UP's Suhelwa Sanctuary stay a
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 17 (ANI): People residing in villages near the Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh are forced to stay awake at night most of the time to avoid any conflict with animals, especially leopards, which come out of the forest area seeking water.
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J-K: Samba residents forced to drink contaminated water as crisis deepens
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 13 (ANI): Padal village in Samba district is reeling under acute water shortage, forcing villagers to drink contaminated water.
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Trishuli village has no electricity 71 years after India's Independence
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 13 (ANI): The villagers of Trishuli in Balrampur district complained of being forced to live in darkness for the last seven decades despite the availability of electricity poles in the region.
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Karnataka: Priest, villagers held for parading man naked inside temple
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka) [India], June 12 (ANI): A man belonging to the Scheduled Caste was paraded naked at Shaneshwara Temple in Gundlupete by priest and villagers who alleged that he intended to destroy the idols.
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Bunkers continue to be elusive for villagers near LoC in J-K
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 11 (ANI): Cleaning the picture of his late family members, Soudaghar Mal, whose family was killed in a cross border shelling by Pakistan, reminisces that they might have survived had the bunkers been built before.
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Villagers of Melghat face acute water crisis
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Amravati (Maharashtra), June 10 (ANI): People in Melghat, who have been facing acute water crisis, are forced to walk miles away to fetch water for their mundane needs in the scorching summer heat.
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