Local issues
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Water, electricity cut off in Dalit settlement of Odisha village
Bolangir: Water and electricity services were cut off in a Dalit settlement, with residents alleging caste-based discrimination in Odisha’s Balangir district. However, a village official attributed the disruption to a local feud.…
- India
Maharashtra polls: Pune electors raise local issues through ‘citizens’ manifestos’
Pune: With the Maharashtra assembly polls just around the corner, residents of Pune have drafted their own set of demands as part of “citizens’ manifestos” to highlight basic issues, and have urged…

