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Madhya Pradesh: Leopard beaten to death by villagers in Mandsaur district
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): A leopard was beaten to death by villagers after it attacked five villagers in Fatehpur village within the district.
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UP: No electricity since 2009, complain Bikanpur villagers
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Residents of Bikanpur village complained of being forced to live in darkness for the last nine years despite electricity poles, transmission wires being present in the village since decades. Most of the houses even have electronic meters in
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Dhar: No roads, no drinking water yet tribal's line at polling booths in h
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhar (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 19 (ANI): Walking on foot for as much as eight-ten kilometres, tribals and villagers of the district were seen lining outside polling booths on Sunday to exercise their franchise in the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Nalanda: Villagers boycott polls, smash EVM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Nalanda (Bihar) [India], May 19 (ANI): Shouting "No road, no vote", a group of villagers in Bihar's Nalanda district on Sunday boycotted polling and smashed an electronic voting machine (EVM).
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AP: Maoists threaten TDP leaders, ask them to assure release of jailed tri
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): CPI (Maoist) on Thursday threatened TDP leaders of dire consequences if the police did not release jailed tribal villagers.
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MP: Man, 2 women tied to tree, thrashed on suspicion of eloping
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a man and two of his female relatives, including a minor, were tied to a tree and thrashed mercilessly by villagers after the man allegedly eloped with a married woman.
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Disgruntled with condition of roads, villagers in Siddharthnagar boycott p
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Disgruntled with the abysmal state of roads and overall development, coupled with alleged apathy of successive governments and local administration, villagers of Gram Sangaldeep in Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh h
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Villagers in Purulia's Jhalda block decide to boycott LS polls citing 'no
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Purulia (West Bengal) May 11 (ANI): A day before the sixth phase of polling, nearly 500 residents of Bortar and Madhupur villages have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha poll to register their protest against the lack of development in their areas.
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In poll season, this Bathinda village demands sulphur-free air
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], May 11 (ANI): As soon as we approach Kanakwal village in Bathinda, the sharp and annoying odour of Sulphur gas welcomes us. Villagers blame oil HMEL refinery situated at the outer limits of the village for the foul smell.
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With no water and power for days, Bhubaneswar villagers stage protest
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 11 (ANI): Residents of Raghunathpur village in the district on Saturday staged a protest, alleging non-availability of water and power and discriminatory attitude of the authorities in carrying out the restoration work after they were hit by the cyclone '
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Villagers travel 3km for water as Godavari river dries near Aurangabad
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], May 8 (ANI): Residents of Navgaon village have to travel three kilometres to fetch water as there is a drought in the region after the water in Godavari river dried.
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MP: Damoh villagers threaten to boycott polls if water shortage issue not
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): With three phases of Lok Sabha elections around the corner in the state, all political parties are putting their best foot forward promising best of development for the state. However, the state of affairs in Samdai village in Damoh region narr
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