Villagers
(Search results - 89)IndiaOct 21, 2019, 10:54 AM IST
Haryana poll: Datoli villagers boycott voting
People of a tiny village Datoli near Charkhi Dadri have decided not to cast their votes as their water-related problems are not solved for the last three decades.
IndiaOct 18, 2019, 12:57 PM IST
Maharashtra: Maoists give election boycott call, candidates quit campaign
The constituencies are tense as Maoists have put up posters and banners, urging villagers to ensure a total success to the boycott call. They have also issued threats to anyone who defies the boycott call.
IndiaOct 11, 2019, 6:47 PM IST
Three soldiers from Bangladesh detained for trespassing border to enter India
Three soldiers, allegedly belonging to the Rapid Action Batallion of Bangladesh were detained for trespassing the border and entering India. Two women, allegedly linked to the three detained persons from Bangladesh, were also caught by Sipahijala villagers in Tripura.
IndiaOct 3, 2019, 8:27 PM IST
Hiranagar villagers living in fear due to heavy cross border firing in Kathua
While Pakistan continues violate ceasefire at the border, the residents living in Kathua are living in fear due to cross-border firing
IndiaSep 22, 2019, 10:49 AM IST
Jammu villagers hand over Pakistani man who snuck into India to police
Mukesh Singh, inspector general of police, Jammu, confirmed the arrest of a 20-year-old Pakistani man Basharat Ali, a resident of Sialkot in Pakistan.
IndiaAug 29, 2019, 6:23 PM IST
Karnataka: Chikkamagaluru villagers use coracle to shift dead body; video goes viral
According to villagers Holekudige village, politicians had promised them to build bridges and functional road connectivity, but for the past five years, no development occurred in the village. Schoolchildren to patients are commuting through coracle on River Bhadra.
IndiaAug 26, 2019, 4:02 PM IST
Unique protest in Tamil Nadu: Ramanathapuram villagers perform electric poles’ last rites
The villagers from Thiruvetriyur, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, staged a protest against the Centre stating that they failed to provide electricity to the villagers under UDAY scheme
IndiaAug 16, 2019, 9:48 AM IST
Karnataka’s Bagalkot battles floods to hoist Indian tricolour
Villagers of Shurpali in Bagalkot district of Karnataka celebrated India’s 73rd Independence Day braving floodwaters to hoist the Indian flag. Bagalkot is one of the districts that is reeling under floods and torrential rains.
IndiaAug 6, 2019, 10:34 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh villagers worship scorpions in Telangana, allow them to crawl on their bodies
Kandukur natives celebrated Nagula Panchami in the form of 'Teella Panchami'. The devotees on the special day allowed scorpions to crawl on their body and also on their tongues
IndiaAug 3, 2019, 4:20 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh: Godavari floods leave 30 villages inundated, heavy rainfall warning till August 5
Floods in Godavari have inundated 30 villages in Andhra Pradesh. Warning with respect to heavy rains until August 5 has been issued.
IndiaJul 27, 2019, 12:53 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh: Mob beats tigress to death in Pilibhit; 4 arrested
A video has taken the internet by storm wherein angry villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit can be seen thrashing a tigress to death
ViralJul 26, 2019, 3:56 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh women hit eve-teaser with slippers; video goes viral
A man teasing women working under MGNREGS at Jalaun gram panchayat in Uttar Pradesh, was beaten up with slippers. The video has gone viral.
IndiaJul 24, 2019, 6:13 PM IST
Tamil Nadu villagers denied water for being Dalits?
At a time when the state of Tamil Nadu is reeling under acute water crisis, two villages in Ramanathapuram district were left protesting for better water supply. District collector Veera Raghava Rao has asked the local panchayat officials to arrange water supply.
IndiaJul 23, 2019, 10:26 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh: Villagers shoot video of beating up two men charged with theft; face police action
Two youths were tied to a tree and beaten up at Jamalpur in Raebareli on the charges of theft. Residents recorded a video and made it viral, prompting police to take action against youths as well as the mob that beat them up.
IndiaJul 9, 2019, 7:55 PM IST
TRS leader abducted by suspected Maoists in Telangana
Nearly 200 villagers and TRS leader N Srinivas Rao's family members have left for Chhattisgarh to locate him, Telangana Police said, adding they have not received any complaint so far in this connection