Villagers
(Search results - 89)IndiaJul 8, 2019, 12:44 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh: 25 men transporting cattle chained, forced to chant ‘gau mata ki jai’
A video of the purported incident showed several villagers carrying sticks and forcing the alleged cattle-transporters to do sit-ups holding their ears amid cries of "gau mata ki jai"
IndiaJun 27, 2019, 12:12 PM IST
Tamil Nadu water crisis: Villagers protest inside collectorate complex over lack of basic facilities
Due to water shortage and lack of basic facilities, the villagers of Kozhunthurai in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, decided to stage a protest. They moved to the collectorate complex and began to cook making it a unique fight for justice.
IndiaJun 25, 2019, 10:35 AM IST
Odisha villagers tonsure lovers, parade them on street as per decision of Kangaroo court
The Odisha police rescued the two and booked 21 people from the village based on the FIR lodged by the girl
IndiaJun 21, 2019, 5:18 PM IST
MyNation impact: Authorities pave road ahead for neglected Karnataka villagers
The people in this village grow a variety of expensive rice which is used for certain sweets, but they fail to carry them to the market due to lack of road and transportation.
PoliticsJun 20, 2019, 5:37 PM IST
Vijayawada: TDP, YSRCP supporters lock horns; villagers bear the brunt
Citizens in Andhra Pradesh are left to bear the brunt of political rivalry. TDP supporters are prevented from using certain roads simply because they didn’t vote for the YSRCP in the recently held polls.
ViewsJun 18, 2019, 1:11 PM IST
The gradual undoing of a successful brand - Mamata Banerjee
In Bengal, the undoing of the 34-year-long left regime started when police crushed a popular uprising in Singur by using firepower. The villagers were protesting forcible land acquisition by the state for a car manufacturing unit
IndiaJun 15, 2019, 3:08 PM IST
Karnataka minister supports Jindal; says 'villagers do not pay tax, businessmen do'
Despite protests across Karnataka against the government's land deal with Jindal, Congress leader and water resources minister DK Shivakumar is supporting the decision, while attacking low-income groups
IndiaJun 14, 2019, 12:34 PM IST
Water scarcity intensifies in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba
Villagers in Samba have claimed that the only water resource they are left with is one well, which is also on the verge of drying up
IndiaJun 11, 2019, 1:51 PM IST
Karnataka: Jevargi villagers consume contaminated water; 36 fall ill
36 Jevargi villagers of Kalaburagi, Karnataka consumed contaminated water and fell sick
IndiaJun 8, 2019, 4:08 PM IST
Karnataka: Residents get two frogs married in Udupi to appease rain God
Two frogs - Varuna and Varsha - were made to marry each other in Udupi, Karnataka, in a ritual that is expected to bring in rainfall.
IndiaMay 31, 2019, 3:53 PM IST
Karnataka: Villagers up in arms against Bindu packaged drinking water unit over drilling borewells
People of Narimogaru in Puttur accused Bindu packaged drinking water factory of drilling borewells to make packaged drinking water when the entire region is facing acute drinking water shortage.
IndiaMay 29, 2019, 10:37 AM IST
Telangana cop risks life to save 2 men stuck in 60-foot deep well
Though the villagers were crowded around the well, none had an idea on how to save the duo from the well in Karimnagar. It was then left to a police officer to risk his life and extricate them
IndiaMay 27, 2019, 4:52 PM IST
Man arrested for hunting peafowls near Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary close to Mandya
45-year-old Manjunath was operating near the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, when a tip-off by villagers led to him being arrested for hunting four peahens and a peacock.
IndiaMay 21, 2019, 7:28 PM IST
Rameswaram: Village survives on puddle of water as its source
These villagers in Rameswaram have only a puddle of water to bank on for their day-to-day consumption.
IndiaMay 20, 2019, 2:28 PM IST
Raichur villagers unable to stay or leave town
Raichur villagers have a tough time as they are neither able to stay back and work on their fields nor leave their village.