Over 2,000 women demand MGNREGA jobs in Nagapattinam

Women hold up applications demanding work under MGNREGA during a protest led by former panchayat president R.V.S. Sivarasu in Nagapattinam. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement More than 2,000 women from Prathabaramapuram village panchayat in Keezhaiyur block of Nagapattinam district have…

Minor girl falls into water pit and dies in Tirupati district

A minor girl died after falling into a water pit at Lakshmipuram village of Varadaiahpalem mandal of Tirupati district on Friday. The pit was dug under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA). Born to daily wage earners, the…