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Bihar: 2 killed by Naxals on suspicion of being police informers
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jamui (Bihar) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Two villagers were shot dead by Naxals on suspicion of being police informers in Bihar's Jamui district.
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Villagers struggle to keep age-old bullfighting tradition alive in Nepal
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Nuwakot [Nepal], Jan 15(ANI): The district of Nuwakot in Central Nepal draws a large number of revellers every year in mid-January as it hosts the annual festival of bullfighting that has a historical background dating back to over two centuries.
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Tortured by villagers, leopard cub dies in Maharashtra
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Gondia (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): A leopard cub died after being manhandled by the locals of Koyalari village in Maharashtra's Gondia district. The incident took place on January 8.
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Stray cows locked in UP school: FIR against 28 people
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh police have registered FIR against 28 people in connection with the case in which villagers allegedly locked the stray cows inside the premises of primary school located in their village. Among the 28 accused, 6 are named In FI
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Dantewada: Naxals force villagers to flee
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Police have decided to set up camps in Dantewada after receiving complaints that Naxals have compelled over a dozen families to leave their village here in suspicion of them being informers.
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Meerut: After Bulandshahr clashes, cops ask locals to pledge against cow-s
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 15 (ANI): Two weeks after clashes erupted in Bulandshahr over alleged cow slaughter, police in Meerut are making villagers take a pledge against cow-slaughtering by holding meetings in villages.
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Beekeeping providing sustainable source of livelihood in Nagaland
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], Dec13 (ANI): The people of Nagaland have been inherent beekeepers since time immemorial and it's a sustainable source of income for many villagers.
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K'taka: Villagers empty lake after HIV+ woman jumps into it
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dharwad (Karnataka) [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Residents of Morab village, located around 30 kilometres away from Hubli, have refused to drink water from a lake after a suspected HIV-positive woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into it a week ago.
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Jasana village in Rajasthan says no to vote
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 5 (ANI): At a time when campaigning in Rajasthan is in full swing with banners and hoardings all over the place, villagers of Jasana in Nohar in Hanumangarh district have decided not to exercise their franchise.
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Bhima Koregaon: Pune police registers fresh FIR against 5 more accused
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra), Dec 4, (ANI): The Pune Police on Tuesday registered a fresh First Information Report (FIR) in Shikrapur Police Station against five more accused in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence that erupted beginning of the year. With this, a total of 33 FIRs have so far be
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Slurry powder menace in Jalore invokes health issues
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Jalore (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Jalore is well known for its Granite business in the state of Rajasthan, but the villagers of the area are bearing the brunt of the industry as the production of Granites from various factories across the village has led to the spreading of slurry po
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Villagers flee homes as fear of violence, arrest grips Bahraich
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): There is an uneasy calm in the Khaira Bazar village of Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich.
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