Bear mauls three villagers, devours most body parts

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 00:29

Three persons including two women were mauled by a wild bear in a forest in Odisha`s Deogarh district, official sources said here on Saturday.

Pirni villagers celebrate Vajpayee`s 89 birthday

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 19:56

As former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee turned 89 on Wednesday, people of Pirni kept their tradition by celebrating the BJP leader`s birthday.

Villagers rush to aid rural Alaska crash survivors

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 11:33

Residents of a rural Alaska village reached survivors of a commuter plane crash two hours after the aircraft went down in freezing rain, authorities said.

Mamata committed to provide banking facilities in all villages

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 22:20

Mamata Banerjee said two years form now no Gram Panchayat would be there in the state without banking service and welcomed all nationalised banks to come forward and open branches in the villages to boost rural economy.

Villagers kill five suspected drug traffickers in Mexico

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 09:15

Five suspected members of a drug cartel were gunned down over the weekend by vigilantes in the Mexican state of Michoacan, prosecutors said.

Afghan villagers kill alleged bomber

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 09:13

Some villagers in Afghanistan killed a man, suspected to have set off a bomb which killed 18 people who were on their way to a wedding Sunday, officials said.

215 villagers booked for attacking police, forest personnel

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 14:16

Fourteen of them have been arrested, police said.

Naxals threaten Chhattisgarh villagers against voting in Assembly polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:53

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, Naxals are reported to be threatening villagers in the state.

LoC killings: Martyr`s villagers take Bihar minister hostage

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 20:28

A Bihar minister was on Bihar held hostage for about two hours by villagers of martyr jawan Premnath Singh demanding that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visit their place.

Villagers drive away MP state government officials

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 17:18

Villagers drove away government officials, employees and their vehicle from the `haat bazaar` of Khistaun village panchayat.

Second Sri Lankan dies after troops fire on villagers

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 23:22

A second Sri Lankan protester died from wounds suffered when troops fired on villagers demonstrating against contaminated water supplies, police said on Saturday, as tensions remained high in the area.