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Family feud has tarnished SP's image in Mainpuri, claim villagers
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Despite Mainpuri candidate and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav showcasing unity after a long-running family feud, locals in the party's stronghold Saifai are divided in their opinions of s
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Amethi villagers celebrate Robert Vadra's birthday
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 20 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband, Robert Vadra, on Saturday posted photos on his social media, which shows a group of people celebrating his birthday in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.
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Villagers boycott voting in Fatehpur Sikri over development
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 18 (ANI): Anguished over dismal development works, residents of a village in Agra in Uttar Pradesh refused to cast their votes for Lok Sabha elections on Thursday.
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Maharashtra: Villages in Beed district face acute water shortage
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Villagers from the Beed district are not getting enough drinking water in their area. The Babi village in the district is one such village, where villagers have to walk under the scorching sun for kilometres to get some drinking water as they face an
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Remote villagers in Arunachal Pradesh voted for the first time
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kurung Kumey (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): People of Gyapin, a remote village in Kurung Kumey district, voted for the first time in their own village, in the history of elections in India, during the first phase of polling on April 11.
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Bihar: Govt has done nothing, but we'll cast our vote, say villagers
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhagalpur (Bihar) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Even though the Gopalpur Bindtoli villagers in Bhagalpur allege that they have been facing issues pertaining to floods since years, the Bihar government hasn't paid any heed to the difficulties of the people. However, the villagers haven't lost their
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Gujarat: Untadi village reeling under water scarcity, villagers forced to
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Surendranagar (Gujarat) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Poor connectivity, infrastructure, and power shortage are the various issues that have been plaguing Untadi village of Surendranagar district. From the past few months, an issue of water crisis has compounded the woes of the villagers.
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As Alipurduar gears up for polls, villagers of Buxa Tiger Forest express c
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): Amid big poll promises, a village in Alipurduar claim to be deprived of minimal facilities and has accused political parties of treating them just as "vote banks."
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WB: No school, water or healthcare facilities, but villagers say will vote
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): On the route to the hills of Bhutan and two kilometers away from the bank of Jayanti river is the village of Bhutia Basti, which was settled during the British period.
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Songadh: Villagers near Ukai dam irked by water scarcity, unavailability o
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Songadh (Gujarat) [India], April 10 (ANI): With elections approaching and all political parties making big promises in their election manifestos, there exists a village in Songadh district where people still have to walk for kilometers to fetch clean drinking water.
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Tamil Nadu: Villagers boycott LS polls to protest lack of basic amenities
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 9 (ANI): The residents of Melasirupothu village on Monday took out a protest march to boycott Lok Sabha elections, alleging non-availability of basic facilities here.
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Mountain Man's village still deprived bare minimum basic facilities, villa
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Gehlaur (Bihar) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The people of Gehlaur, a village in Bihar known for its 'Mountain Man' Dashrath Manjhi feel neglected and cheated as they claim that the state government hasn't fulfilled a single promise made to them in the past.
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