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Kashmir Set To Appoint 10,000 Educated Men As Village Heads, Security Guards
The Lieutenant Governor-led administration in Jammu and Kashmir has nearly completed the process of appointing around 10,000 young and educated people from different villages to grassroots-level posts of lambardars and chowkidars, officials said.
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Gone, For Rs 44 Lakh - Sarpanch Post In Madhya Pradesh Village
At a village in Madhya Pradesh, the post of Sarpanch or village head was given to the highest bidder. Villagers were unanimous - an auction, instead of an election, would do away with any "tension among aspirants".
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Cop Who Forced People To Vote For Relative During UP Civic Polls Suspended
A head constable posted at the Vijay Nagar Police Stationwas on Saturday suspended for allegedly terrifying and forcing villagers to cast their votes in favour of his relative during panchayat elections here, officials said.
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"Namaste Darshako": Guide Sara Ali Khan Is Back With A Tour Of India
The actress posted a video collage featuring glimpses of her trips to Vaishno Devi, Rishikesh, India Gate, a village in Bihar, Jaipur and Goa
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Village Head's Killing Sparks Violence In UP, Police Post Set On Fire
A mob of agitated villagers on Friday set ablaze vehicles and a police post after killing of a village head in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district.
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Polling For First Phase Of Panchayat Elections In Rajasthan On Friday
All preparations have been made for the first phase of polling in 2,726 gram panchayats of Rajasthan on Friday, a senior poll official said.
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Woman Suffers Injuries After Bird "Dive-Bombed" Her, Sues Disney World
A woman is suing Walt Disney World Resort after she says she was "dive-bombed" by a bird, sustaining severe head and neck injuries, according to her lawyer and the lawsuit.
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Telangana Man Attempts Suicide After He Wasn't Elected Village Head: Cops
An aspirant for the post of village head in the upcoming panchayat polls "attempted suicide" in Jagital district after his attempts to get elected unanimously did not materialise, police said Wednesday.
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Watch: How Villagers Helped Rescue Baby Elephant Trapped In Well
Two heartwarming videos show how villagers in Thailand came together to help rescue a baby elephant trapped in a muddy well. A video posted on YouTube shows the elephant calf struggling to keep its head above the muddy waters. Another video posted on Facebook captures the exact moment the elephant is finally rescued.
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Blog: As A Kashmiri, Let Me Explain How We Got To Where We Are Today
Days before Burhan Wani, the poster boy of Kashmir's new-age militancy, was killed in South Kashmir, in a remote village of Lolab in North Kashmir, a family was hounded by a crowd of over 5,000 people over rumors that the head of the family, Doda Khan, was an army informer and helped troops to kill a militant during an encounter. I visited Doda Kha...
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A Yazidi Woman Shares Her Story Of Terror At The Hands Of The Islamic State
On Aug. 15, 2014, Islamic State fighters who had surrounded her small Iraqi town for days ordered Nadia Murad and other Yazidis to walk to the local school, where men were to head upstairs, women downstairs. A sight along the way terrified the 20-year-old even more: backhoes at work. She'd seen videos of Islamic State fighters filling mass graves. ...
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Crashed Indonesian Plane Was Carrying Nearly $500,000 in Cash
An Indonesian passenger plane that crashed with 54 people on board in Papua province was carrying cash worth around $470,000 for remote villages, a post office spokesman said on Monday as rescue teams headed to the mountainous site where it went down.
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Blog: Dear Anand Sir: A Farmer's Son, Headed to IIT, Writes to Super 30 Founder
I want to study mechanical engineering at IIT Kharagpur. I want to be an entrepreneur and work within India. I live in a village where the government hospital has been barely functional for years. I want to build a hospital at my village. That's my dream.
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Kashmir Set To Appoint 10,000 Educated Men As Village Heads, Security Guards
The Lieutenant Governor-led administration in Jammu and Kashmir has nearly completed the process of appointing around 10,000 young and educated people from different villages to grassroots-level posts of lambardars and chowkidars, officials said.
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Gone, For Rs 44 Lakh - Sarpanch Post In Madhya Pradesh Village
At a village in Madhya Pradesh, the post of Sarpanch or village head was given to the highest bidder. Villagers were unanimous - an auction, instead of an election, would do away with any "tension among aspirants".
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Cop Who Forced People To Vote For Relative During UP Civic Polls Suspended
A head constable posted at the Vijay Nagar Police Stationwas on Saturday suspended for allegedly terrifying and forcing villagers to cast their votes in favour of his relative during panchayat elections here, officials said.
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"Namaste Darshako": Guide Sara Ali Khan Is Back With A Tour Of India
The actress posted a video collage featuring glimpses of her trips to Vaishno Devi, Rishikesh, India Gate, a village in Bihar, Jaipur and Goa
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Village Head's Killing Sparks Violence In UP, Police Post Set On Fire
A mob of agitated villagers on Friday set ablaze vehicles and a police post after killing of a village head in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district.
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Polling For First Phase Of Panchayat Elections In Rajasthan On Friday
All preparations have been made for the first phase of polling in 2,726 gram panchayats of Rajasthan on Friday, a senior poll official said.
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Woman Suffers Injuries After Bird "Dive-Bombed" Her, Sues Disney World
A woman is suing Walt Disney World Resort after she says she was "dive-bombed" by a bird, sustaining severe head and neck injuries, according to her lawyer and the lawsuit.
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Telangana Man Attempts Suicide After He Wasn't Elected Village Head: Cops
An aspirant for the post of village head in the upcoming panchayat polls "attempted suicide" in Jagital district after his attempts to get elected unanimously did not materialise, police said Wednesday.
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Watch: How Villagers Helped Rescue Baby Elephant Trapped In Well
Two heartwarming videos show how villagers in Thailand came together to help rescue a baby elephant trapped in a muddy well. A video posted on YouTube shows the elephant calf struggling to keep its head above the muddy waters. Another video posted on Facebook captures the exact moment the elephant is finally rescued.
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Blog: As A Kashmiri, Let Me Explain How We Got To Where We Are Today
Days before Burhan Wani, the poster boy of Kashmir's new-age militancy, was killed in South Kashmir, in a remote village of Lolab in North Kashmir, a family was hounded by a crowd of over 5,000 people over rumors that the head of the family, Doda Khan, was an army informer and helped troops to kill a militant during an encounter. I visited Doda Kha...
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A Yazidi Woman Shares Her Story Of Terror At The Hands Of The Islamic State
On Aug. 15, 2014, Islamic State fighters who had surrounded her small Iraqi town for days ordered Nadia Murad and other Yazidis to walk to the local school, where men were to head upstairs, women downstairs. A sight along the way terrified the 20-year-old even more: backhoes at work. She'd seen videos of Islamic State fighters filling mass graves. ...
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Crashed Indonesian Plane Was Carrying Nearly $500,000 in Cash
An Indonesian passenger plane that crashed with 54 people on board in Papua province was carrying cash worth around $470,000 for remote villages, a post office spokesman said on Monday as rescue teams headed to the mountainous site where it went down.
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Blog: Dear Anand Sir: A Farmer's Son, Headed to IIT, Writes to Super 30 Founder
I want to study mechanical engineering at IIT Kharagpur. I want to be an entrepreneur and work within India. I live in a village where the government hospital has been barely functional for years. I want to build a hospital at my village. That's my dream.
