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  Real life 'Swades'! Software engineer shuns US job to start farming

  News | September 07, 2020 19:22 IST

  Bored from his monotonous job, a software engineer left his job to start farming in his village in Kalaburagi.

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  Village level officer arrested for taking bribe in Rajasthan

  Crime | November 14, 2019 14:27 IST

  Varsha Patidar, posted at Chandu Ji Ka Garha in Ganoda tehsil of the district, had demanded a bribe from the complainant Rohit Patel in a land mutation case. The complaint was verified and a trap was laid to arrest the accused on Thursday, the ACB spokesperson said

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  Nodal officers to ensure farmers do not burn stubble in Haryana

  India | November 12, 2019 9:17 IST

  Nodal officers have been appointed across Haryana to ensure that farmers do not burn the crop residue, according to a statement issued on Monday. The Deputy Commissioner of every district has appointed one nodal officer per village for management of stubble burning

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  Buffalo hit by tractor, man killed chasing driver

  India | November 11, 2019 13:12 IST

  A young man was killed while trying to chase and stop the driver of the tractor trolley that knocked down a buffalo in Maal area of Lucknow

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  Mysterious deaths: 6 children die in Odisha village in 2 weeks

  India | November 10, 2019 23:20 IST

  The children, aged between the age of six months and four years, died at Tamanpalli village under Kalimela block in the past two weeks, Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Ajay Kumar Baitha said.  

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  Man found dead inside govt school in Greater Noida

  Crime | September 02, 2019 15:50 IST

  The body was found inside the school in Chuhadpur village, under Eco Tech 1 police station limits.  

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  Adityanath to visit village in Sonbhadra district to meet families of clash victims

  India | July 20, 2019 20:29 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will on Sunday visit Ubbah village in Sonbhadra district to meet the families of 10 people who were killed in a clash over a land dispute, an official said on Saturday.

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  From less-cash villages to cashless ones

  India | July 12, 2019 20:06 IST

  Sharma, from whom she bought candles and match box, runs a small shop, selling vegetables, mustard oil, kerosene and other items in exchange for food grains. On the same lines, Mukesh Jadoun of Ledor Khurd village has been running a small grocery shop for 10 years. He says it is common for residents to engage in barter system.

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  Even after 72 years of independence, electricity has not reached Chhattisgarh's Trishuli village

  India | June 13, 2019 9:45 IST

  There are around 100 houses in Chhattisgarh's Trishuli village. Locals have written to the collector and requested him for electricity supply.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 2 polling | This village refrains from voting: Here’s why

  April 18, 2019 14:30 IST

  "Nobody has turned up to vote till now," ANI quoted polling official of booth number 41 as saying on Thursday which also happens to be the day when polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 is underway.

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  Noida villages' body asks for job quota, panchayat system revival ahead of LS poll

  April 05, 2019 7:19 IST

  The voter turn out in Noida in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was around 50 per cent, lesser than the overall 60 per cent across Gautam Buddh Nagar.

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  Fire breaks out in Noida's Sarfabad village

  India | January 04, 2019 12:07 IST

  The fire broke out at Sarfabad village in Sector 73 at around 3.15 am, a senior officer said.

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  Aaj Ka Viral: Powerful mudslide crashes through village in Switzerland

  Aaj Ka Viral | August 10, 2018 21:27 IST

  Aaj Ka Viral: Powerful mudslide crashes through village in Switzerland

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  In a first, village goods, khadi product sales cross Rs 50,000-cr mark

  May 01, 2017 10:57 IST

  In what seems to be a result of the government’s push to promote village industries and use of khadi products, the low-profile segment notched up sales of over Rs 50,000 crore for the first time.

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  Watch: Lions caught on camera roaming freely on village streets in Gujarat’s Amreli

  India | March 07, 2017 12:57 IST

  A spine-schilling video captures three lions roaming around freely on the streets of Gigasan village in Amreli district of Gujarat.

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  Lanura beats cash crunch, becomes first village to go cashless in J&K

  December 18, 2016 20:26 IST

  Beating the cash crunch going on in our country post demonetisation, a village in central Kashmir's Budgam district has become the first in the state to go 'cashless'. Lanura village, about 30 kms from

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  AP village adopted by Sachin Tendulkar goes through complete transformation

  Cricket | November 16, 2016 17:25 IST

  The past two years have seen a near transformation for Puttamrajuvari Kandriga village in Andhra Pradesh with being "Open defecation free" one of its greatest feats. The reason that makes this tenure of two years

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  Not for the movie sets: When Nawazuddin Siddiqui did farming (See Pics)

  Bollywood | September 20, 2016 18:06 IST

  Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui comes from a humble background. Life of the small town boy from UP changed after he became an actor, but even after giving memorable performances in films like 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', 'Kick'

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  ‘Sonu Moge wala’: ‘Dabangg’ actor planning to adopt this village in Punjab

  Bollywood | September 15, 2016 18:41 IST

  Sonu Sood is reportedly planning to adopt a village named Bahona in his home state Punjab.

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  Happy Teachers Day! All you need to know about Karnataka’s Inchal village, where every house has a teacher

  India | September 05, 2016 16:57 IST

  In signs of attestation that teaching does continue to be one of the noblest professions till date, an inspiring statistic from a Karnataka village reaffirms the value of education and the importance that needs to