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More forces deployed at aqua food park site

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
With the villagers, backed by some political parties, opposing the setting up of Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park Private Limited (GMAFPL) at Bhimavaram in West Godavari district, the district administration has mobilised forces as a precautionary measure ... The protesters organised agitations demanding that the government stop construction of the plant and protect standing crops in the neighbouring villages....

Village teachers roped in to aid vigil against infiltration

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
Recently , top cops in Kutch held a meeting with 200 primary teachers from 30 border villages ... "Although we are at a dominating position on the Indo-Pak border, we need to gather more intelligence from sensitive border villages to trace infiltration or spying," said Makrand Chauhan, SP, Kutch (west) ... details of suspicious activities from villagers....

Iraqi forces fighting all out to free Mosul from IS

Edit China Daily 18 Oct 2016
Abadi pledged to rebuild Mosul and other towns and villages in Nineveh province after they were destroyed by the extremist IS militants, and vowed to bring stability to Mosul. "Very soon, we will be with you to raise the flag of Iraq in the middle of Mosul, and in towns and villages as well," Abadi said, calling on the people of Mosul to cooperate with security forces to defeat the IS group....

CM inspects 2 alternative routes to airport, says 2 more identified

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
KIA is building a second runway and terminal on the southern side, and a new entry point needs to be readied from the direction of Mylanahalli village ... The CM said, "KIADB has been entrusted with the task of acquiring land around KIA's compound wall and the village road leading to the airport's back gate ... The third route will cater to citizens of west Bengaluru....

"The house became a total obsession" - interview with interior designer Hálfdan Pedersen

Edit Iceland Monitor 18 Oct 2016
Icelandic film set and interior designer Hálfdan Pedersen became enchanted by a neglected old house in the tiny village of Flateyri in the remote Icelandic West Fjords twelve years ago. Today, his stunning renovation of the home using only recycled materials has been published in a book called Scandinavia Dreaming ... ....

Jokowi welcomed in Papua, orders PLN to speed up projects

Edit The Jakarta Post 18 Oct 2016
In the two-day visit starting on Monday, Jokowi inaugurated projects including six power facilities in Papua and West Papua worth a total of Rp 988 billion (US$76 million) ... “Just now, I spoke with the [state electricity firm] PLN president director and he said the electrification program across Papua and West Papua would be completed by 2020....

Villagers prevent suicide of lovers, get them married

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
In a rare gesture, villagers of Harobelavadi in Dharwad taluk saved the lives of a boy and girl, who allegedly attempted suicide after their families opposed their affair ... On Saturday morning, they went to a field in Harobelavadi village to hang themselves from a neem tree.The owner of the field, Madiwalappa Hongal who had come to work, found them ... Prashant's father thanked the villagers for saving their lives."....

Halloween in Park Forest (Village of Park Forest, IL)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
Village of Park Forest, IL). The Village of Park Forest has a fantastic lineup of Halloween fun on tap for later this month ... The Village of Park Forest and Haunts Against Hunger present a 4-day Haunted House beginning Friday, Oct ... Advance tickets are available now at Park Forest's Village Hall with the Recreation and Parks Department ... At Village Hall....

On 7th day, rescue teams still digging parallel pit in Alwar

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
Even after seven days, the rescue teams have not been able to pull out the six-year-old girl trapped in a borewell at Bairair village in Alwar district ... In the past, when such accidents happened in Naugawa village of Neemachin and Bairer village in Rajgarh, the NDRF team, which conducted the rescue operation, failed to save trapped children ... He said the villagers had poured water and also put sand inside the borewell....

Teams to pacify agitated landowners of Purandar

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
Pune district collector Saurabh Rao told TOI that all channels of communication with the farmers of the seven villages of Purandar taluka, around 50km southeast of Pune, had been opened ... Officials have been instructed to go to the villages and talk to the farmers so that they understand what the project is all about and how they will gain from it." ... The heads of all the seven villages in Purandar held a meeting on Monday....

Self-repairing road could fix crater mess

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
Now, this nondescript village is grabbing headlines for becoming the first in the country to have a self-repairing road ... M Suresh of the National Institute of Engineering-Mysuru, who coordinated with Thondebhavi village authorities and University of British Columbia, said ... The 700-metre stretch, which connects the village with the road to nearby Gauribidanur town, has enthused residents....

Odisha rights panel seeks report on Maoist threat

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
Some months ago, the affected villagers, mostly tribals, had visited the Collector’s office in Malakangiri, seeking administration’s help and adequate security in their villages ... She had claimed that the tribal people were leaving their villages “out of fear” ... Some months ago, tribals has sought administration’s help and adequate security in their villages....

Varanasi stampede: Congregation organisers booked for giving 'false information'

Edit Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2016
The organisers had sought permission for nearly 3,000 people for the procession whereas allegedly nearly five lakh people were brought by them at the camp in Domri village under Ramnagar police station area in Varanasi, it said. "Keeping police in dark, the organisers in a pre-planned manner held their 'Shakti Pradarshan' in the village, which was a violation of rules," police alleged....
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