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Village headmen want role in municipal boards
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With the Meghalaya Government planning to hold the first ever municipal elections in the State, traditional village headmen today said their role in the municipal boards should first be ‘clearly defined’.
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Former Nagaland Minister Merachiba passes away
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Former Nagaland Minister Merachiba passed away at Merangkong village under Mokokchung district yesterday after a prolonged illness. He was 73.
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Women trained to serve as Village Health Volunteers in hilly regions
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To bridge the gap between villagers of hard-to-reach terrains and the healthcare delivery system, the Tirupattur Health Unit Division (THUD) has roped in women to don the role of Village Health Volunteers in the hilly regions
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489 panchayats to have women presidents
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489 Grama Panchayats in the state would have women at the helm after the local body elections. The high volume of woman presence comes due to the new amendment providing more than 50% reservation for women
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Compensation sought for displaced villagers
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Activists of the Gana Sangram Samity (GSS) handed over a memorandum to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Gopalpur Industrial Park.
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"Crack" in road rattles villagers
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Inhabitants of Humuki village of Aska block in Ganjam district are a panicked lot the past two days following development of a sudden long crack in the middle of the village.
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Steps afoot to save villages from erosion
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Efforts have been initiated to save villages in Kasinagar block and Kasinagar town of Gajapati district from increasing erosive action of the Vansadhara river.
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Control Over Subjects for Women Panchayat Representatives
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Union Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Dr. C.P. Joshi today informed the Rajya Sabha that Efforts are made towards sensitization, capacity building and awareness building of Elected Representatives
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Rural job scheme improves life of tribals
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Thanks to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the habitations on the Kalrayan Hills have got motorable roads and the economic condition of the tribals has vastly improved.
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Villagers protest gas leak from Singur factory
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Angry villagers organized a violent protest forcing closure of a chemical factory near Singur in West Bengal after smoke with heavy carbon content escaped from the unit afflicting the local people, reports said on Tuesday.
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Villagers to pay more for drinking water
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Even as rural Orissa is struggling to cope with scorching heat and acute drinking water crisis, rising power cost has made life miserable for those, who had even drinking water sources available at their doorstep.
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Barabanki court sniffs plot behind Big B’s college plan
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The local court of Barabanki has found ‘a criminal conspiracy’ in cine star Amitabh Bachchan’s desire to set up a girls’ inter-college in a non-descript Daulatpur village but later back-tracking from his promise.
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Rajasthan village gets nod to shed ‘derogatory’ name
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All is ‘well’ that ends ‘well’. For the residents of a hamlet in Rajasthan, the news that their village would be renamed after ‘wells’ has come as a long-awaited relief after it suffered the ignominy of being called ‘Chamaron ka Vas’ (village of cobblers) for 23 years.
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Dalim Gohain of Assam transforms life of his village
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Dalim Gohain's efforts to improve the lives of his fellow villagers have significantly contributed to the development of Bokdung Bharalua village of Assam,around nine kilometres from Chabua Town.
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SUCI alleges lack of relief for 'Aila' victims at Sunderbans
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The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) today lambasted the West Bengal government and the ruling parties for not providing relief to the actual victims of last year's cyclonic storm 'Aila' in and around Sunderban delta.
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Now, villagers will have legal aid at their doorstep
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For long, villagers have been at the wrong ends of justice being unaware of the functioning of courts and also sent on a merry-go-round while trying to procure a document -- be it a ration card, birth or castecertificate -- from panchayat or block offices.
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Drinking water projects inaugurated in three villages
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Drinking water projects were installed in three coastal villages in Chatrapur block of Ganjam district by the Orissa Sands Complex (OSCOM), a unit of the Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL).
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Assam's Garbhanga Reserve Forest villages march towards development
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With peace gradually returning to insurgent hit Assam the focus is shifting towards development and growth.
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Police adopt village in Krishnagiri
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The Department of Police, Tamil Nadu, adopted Melpoongurithi village in Bargur Panchayat Union located on the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border on Tuesday.
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Kin of tribals arrested as Maoists approach SHRC
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Cuddling her 11-month-old son, Imilia Oram, a young tribal woman from far off Sundargarh district, had her eyes filled with hopes when she stepped into Toshali Bhawan that houses the State Human Rights Commission here on Monday.
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West Bengal villagers take shelter in camps during anti-Maoist operation
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Hundreds of villagers in West Bengal's West Midnapore District took shelter in camps to protect themselves during the anti-Maoist operation.
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Impact Assessment of Nirmal Gram Puraskar
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The Department of Drinking Water Supply under the Ministry of Rural Development has organised the 'Assessment study of Impact and Sustainability of Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP)' awarded Gram Panchayats during 2005-2008
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Villagers hold protest demo against Mayor
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The villagers of Kanisi on the outskirts of city on Tuesday demonstrated in front of the offices of the Superintendent of Police (SP) and the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) southern division against Berhampur Mayor Siba Shankar Dash.
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The blanks in India’s new poverty line
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For most of her 80 years, through the partition of Bengal and its transition into emerging India, Feti Singh Sardar has had an unchanging constant: Hunger.
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This Gir village to run on the sun
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After living all their lives without electricity, maldhari community of Jambhutala has found light in solar energy.
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