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- India
UP: Villagers demolish ‘illegal’ mazar after district admin warns of action
Bareilly: Following intervention of the district administration, people allegedly constructing a mazar illegally at a graveyard themselves demolished it, officials said on Monday. Police said there was no trace of the illegal…
- India
Chhattisgarh: Naxalites hang two villagers for being ‘police informers’
Bijapur: Naxalites hanged two men to death in a remote village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, accusing them of being police informers, police said. The police have received information about the incident…
- Telangana
Telangana: Crocodiles surface on banks of Krishna river in Narayanapet
Hyderabad: As heavy rains continue to lash Telangana, a crocodile bask appeared on the bank of the Krishna river near Pasupula village in Narayanapet district. Crocodiles surfaces in the #Krishna near Pasupula…
- India
Statue of Ambedkar desecrated in UP’s Pilibhit; villagers stage protest
Pilibhit: Villagers staged a protest here on Tuesday after some unknown persons desecrated a statue of Bhimrao Ambedkar in the Bisalpur area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said. The statue was…
- India
Maha: Villagers take over stage set up for R-Day events to demand road construction
Yavatmal: Protesting locals occupied a stage and forced authorities to cancel Republic Day programs to press for their demand for a road in their village in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal on Thursday. Several residents of…
- India
Maharashtra’s 55 villages wish to join Gujarat to taste ‘development’
Navsari (Gujarat): Fifty-five villages under Surgana taluka, which currently falls in Nashik district of Maharashtra, wish to be merged with Gujarat, as they want to ‘taste development’, which has not reached them…
- India
Rajasthan: 6 cops injured in stone pelting as villagers protest demolition of temple
Jodhpur: Six policemen were injured on Wednesday when a group of agitated villagers protesting against the demolition of a temple pelted stones at them in a village in Sirohi district’s Abu Road…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Mild tremors trigger panic in Chittoor district
Hyderabad: Villagers in a few parts of the Chittor district were shaken following tremors on Tuesday that lasted for a few seconds.Mild tremors were felt in many parts of the Chittoor district…
- India
Karnataka: Mob assaults 2 Muslim merchants, FIR registered after outcry
A mob of nearly 50 people brutally attacked two Muslim cloth merchants on their way home from business, near Kaniyur in Dakshina Kanada district. Goods worth rupees two lakh were also damaged.…
- India
Cheetahs at KNP: Villagers fear land acquisition, human-animal conflict
Sheopur: Amid the excitement over the arrival of Cheetahs in the Kuno National Park, villagers in surrounding areas of Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district have a variety of concerns including the fear of land…
- India
Villagers setting examples of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood in Bihar
Patna: After losing power in Bihar, BJP leaders are using every single opportunity to corner the leaders of the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance), including the Vishnupad temple controversy in Gaya where Chief Minister…
- Telangana
Telangana: Kadem Dam out of danger as water level lowers; no damage to nearby villages
Hyderabad: The water level in Kadem Dam has lowered from the dangerous 700 meters mark to 698 meters mark, thanks to an adjacent bridge where the excess water is currently flowing. “The…
- Telangana
Fish-laden truck overturns, Telangana villagers make off with catch
Hyderabad: Villagers in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district took away hundreds of fish home after a fish-laden truck overturned on Tuesday. The incident occurred near ITC Crossroads in Burgampahad mandal of the district.…
- India
Maharashtra: Nashik villagers fetch muddy water due to acute water crisis
Nashik: Amid the scorching summer, a village in Nashik is facing a severe water crisis. With the onset of summer, the water crisis has been reported from different parts of the country,…