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Uttar Pradesh Cremation Ground divided on caste lines The division was done in the Banail village with the consent of Dalits who even contributed to the cost of the fencing Sunday February 21, 2021 12:54 PM, IANS Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh): A barbed wire was set up across a cremation ground, dividing it into two -- one portion for the upper castes and the other for lower castes. The administration, later removed the wire. The division was done in the Banail village with the consent of Dalits w...

URL copied Bengal tea garden workers say will not vote if demand for metalled road not met Workers of a tea garden in West Bengals Jalpaiguri district on Saturday said that they would not cast their votes in the upcoming assembly elections if their demand for a metalled road connecting the garden with National Highway 31 is not met. The tea garden workers under the banners of Trinamool Congress Cha Mazdoor Union, and the Adivasi Vikas Parishads Sramik Sanghatan marched on the kuchc...

District Level exhibition cum kisan mela organised at Ghordi block in Jammu and Kashmirs Udhampur district. J-K: One-day exhibition cum kisan mela organised in Udhampurs Ghordi ANI | Updated: Feb 12, 2021 10:12 IST Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 12 (ANI): The Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare of Udhampur on Thursday organised a one-day district level exhibition cum kisan mela at Ghordi block in Jammu and Kashmirs Udha...

Activist alleges ‘help’ from panchayat chief to illegal resorts in MTR Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Lawyer and environment activist ‘Elephant’ G. Rajendran has written to the District Collector expressing his apprehensions that the Masinagudi village panchayat president was ‘helping’ people running illegal resorts and home-stays in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR). In his petition, Mr. Rajendran alleged that the Masinagudi village panchayat president was ‘attempting to he...

581 Our Correspondent Palampur, February 7 Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today said the Congress had lost ground in the state and fighting for survival. The Chief Minister said the party was also facing serious leadership crisis as there was no leader left in the state to lead the party. The people had rejected the Congress in the elections held for Zila Prishad, Municipal Councils and Block Development Samitis. Addressing a prees conference here, he regretted that the party had failed to play ...

In the elections of Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperative Societies (PACCs) of Bihar, Biscomaun Chairman and RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh has won Dumari-Buzurg PACCs falling in Saran District of Bihar unopposed. The election concluded on Tuesday. He has been elected unopposed as the Chairman as no candidate had filed their nomination papers against him. The elections of the remaining PACCs are underway. There are over 8,463 PACSs societies in Bihar, out of which the elections of around 1500 soci...

Over 300 activists of Nagrik Ekta Manch on Wednesday staged a Rail Roko agitation at the Goelkera Railway Station of the Howrah-Mumbai main line, demanding the stoppage of mail and express trains there. Men and women sat on the railway tracks and started their agitation from 8:45 am, disrupting train movement along the route. Several senior railway officials of South Eastern Railways Chakradharpur  division including the senior divisional commercial manager Manish Pathak rushed to the spot. De...

Villagers demand restoration of drinking water supply Updated: Updated: The supply was hit following the recent flood in the Tamirabharani river Share Article AAA After a gap of ten months, Collector V. Vishnu received petitions from the public during the weekly grievance redressal meet held at Tirunelveli Collectorate on Monday.   | Photo Credit: HANDOUT The supply was hit following the recent flood in the Tamirabharani river Demanding restoration of drinking water supply to residents, a gro...

Councillors walk out of Virudhunagar panchayat union council meeting Updated: Updated: Members opposed the “wasteful expenditure” proposed by the chairperson of the union Share Article Members opposed the “wasteful expenditure” proposed by the chairperson of the union A majority of the councillors, including those from the ruling AIADMK, staged a walk out from the Virudhunagar Panchayat Union council meeting held here on Friday protesting against the “wasteful” expenditure proposed...

Interim relief handed over to farmers whose livestock were killed by wild animals Updated: Updated: January 30, 2021 04:09 IST The campaign was held jointly by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF - India) and Talavadi Adhivasigal Munnetra Sangam (TAMS), Share Article AAA Nihar Ranjan, Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, handing over a cheque to a farmer at Hasanur in Erode on Friday.   The campaign was held jointly by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (W...