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No drinking water, no vote: Villagers caution in poll-bound MP
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): As the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are inching closer, residents in Damoh's Jabera are staging protests over the lack of clean drinking water in the village.
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Irked by low turnout, minister Pon Radhakrishnan refuses to take dais
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan, refused to get on the stage at a government event in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district after he expressed discontent over low crowd turnout at the venue.
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Jharkhand: Threatened by Naxals, villagers fear to return home
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurabanda (Jharkhand) [India], Sept. 23 (ANI): After being coerced by Naxals to to leave their homes, villagers in Gurabanda fear to return due to persistant threats by the ultras.
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Chhattisgarh: Man builds water basin to help villagers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Fulfilling the wish of his grandfather, a man in Gadapal village in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district has built around 50-meter long water basin to provide water to the inhabitants, especially farmers, living in surrounding areas.
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Uttarakhand: Sans bridge, villagers use rope to cross river
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], Sep. 5 (ANI): After torrential rains in the region washed away the only bridge built on a river two months back, the locals of a village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli are forced to use a rope to cross the river, even when the water current is high.
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UP: Man lynched over buffalo theft suspicion
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): In another heart-wrenching mob lynching incident, a man was allegedly beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly city by the villagers on the suspicions of cattle theft.
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15 villagers killed in Bastar, not Naxals: Cong MLA
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Congress MLA Kawasi Lakhma on Sunday claimed that 15 innocent villagers were killed in the recent crackdown on Naxals by the security forces and not 15 Naxals.
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Chhattisgarh CM's new tiffin scheme to feed over 10 lakh labourers
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, who launched the Manrega Mazdoor Tiffin Yojna on Friday, said that labourers in the state will be provided healthy food under this scheme.
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Naxals threaten families to leave village in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kondagaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 29 (ANI): The Naxals have threatened three families consisting around 24 villagers to leave a village in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon or face the consequences.
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PM Modi gifts 200 cows to Rwanda village
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Rweru Model Village (Rwanda) [ East Africa], July 24 (ANI): In his maiden visit to Rwanda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gifted 200 cows to villagers as a part of Rwandan Government's Girinka Programme.
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Punjab cop thrashed over sexual harassment allegations
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Faridkot (Punjab) [India], Jul 17 (ANI): A home guard jawan was tied up and beaten by villagers over alleged rape attempts on Tuesday in Punjab's Faridkot district.
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Villagers risk lives in Chikmagalur, cross damaged bridge
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chikmagalur (Karnataka) [India], Jul 17 (ANI): Risking their lives every day to meet their basic needs, people including students in Karnataka's Chikmagalur are facing problems while crossing a river through a damaged bridge.
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