Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 19 (UNI) Dalit people of Vengaivayal, a remote hamlet in the Annavasal block of Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu boycotted the Lok Sabha elections citing failure of the police to arrest culprits involved in mixing human faeces in the drinking water tank although more than a year has lapsed.
Kolkata, Apr 18 (UNI) The Election Commission of India has made an exclusive arrangements for voters residing in the barbed fencing villages in the India-Bangladesh marking borders of Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar in West Bengal''s northern districts, which go to polls on Friday, the first of the seven-phase voting in the state.
United Nations, Apr 18 (UNI) UN humanitarians said on Wednesday armed rebels raided a Central Africa Republic (CAR) village in southern Mbomou prefecture, killing 14 civilians, wounding several others, and setting homes on fire.
Kendrapara, April 17 (UNI) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Principal Secretary of the Department of Water Resources of the Odisha government and the Sundergarh district administration regarding the lack of rehabilitation measures for villagers displaced due to the construction of Rukuda Dam in Sundargarh district.
Beirut, Apr 14 (UNI) A Lebanese civilian was killed and five others injured early Sunday morning in Israeli air strikes on a village in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources.
Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Apr 13 (UNI) In a major seizure ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Election Flying Squad officials seized Rs One Crore cash from the house of Ettarai Panchayat Union President A.Dhivya at Ettarai village in Tiruchirapalli district on Friday night.
Azamgarh (UP), April 10 (UNI) Four children drowned while taking bath in a village pond in Didarganj area of Azamgarh district here in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, a police officer said here.
Agartala, Apr 8 (UNI) A 70-yr-old villager in Kapalitilla village of Maharanipur in Tripura’s Khowai district was trampled to death on Sunday night in an attack by wild elephants, police said here on Monday.
Jammu, Apr 3 (UNI) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh and BJP Candidate for Udhampur, Doda, Kathua Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday said that whereas for nearly six decades the successive Congress and its allied governments including the UPA government from 2004 to 2014 could not provide a decent road connectivity even between the two premier towns of Doda and Bhaderwah in district Doda, it was only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over in 2014 that the government headed by him connected even remote villages of the district with the National Highway.
Shillong, April 1 (UNI) A boy was killed, 25 others injured and over 4000 people were affected in 98 villages by a devastating storm in Meghalaya, officials said on Monday.
Hamirpur (UP), April 1 (UNI) Three children drowned while taking a bath in a village pond in the Bewar area of Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, a police officer said.
Nanded, Apr 1 (UNI) Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashokrao Chavan had to turn back after a group of villagers blocked his convoy and tried to pelt stones at the cars when he went to Kondha under Nanded parliamentary constituency to campaign for the BJP candidate Prataprao Chikhalikar on Monday.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Mar 26 (UNI) In a volatile encounter, an alleged drug smuggler was fatally shot, while an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) and a Head Constable (HC) sustained injuries during a police raid in village Mewa Miani under the Dasuya police station''s jurisdiction.
Aizawl, Mar 22 (UNI) Laboratory tests conducted at the College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in Selesih, near Aizawl, have unveiled the cause behind the illness of 67 individuals who consumed fermented soybean in Khumtung village, situated in central Mizoram''s Serchhip district.