Benches along the village pond It was after retirement — 10 years ago — that I started visiting my village. It happened to be close to the place where I settled, just one-and-a-half hours by road.

Keonjhar: A four-year-old girl drowned in a village pond in Keonjhar district. The victim, Litisa Naik, was playing with her friends near a pond adjacent to her house in Chhelianala village when she ...

A 39 year old man drowns in Surin pond; body retrieved after a 4-hour search. Family mourns unexpected tragedy.

The issue came to light after the State informed the court that it had deepened a village pond to prevent sewerage overflow.