Mahoba

Ten killed, 8.5 lakh affected in Assam floods; heavy monsoon triggers landslides in Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh

Heavy monsoon showers triggered landslides and house collapse in parts of the North East, claiming at least 10 lives and leaving over 8.5 lakh in Assam.

UP's Kabrai battles year-long dry period due to illegal sand mining; parched residents turn on each other for water

The real culprit is illegal sand mining, which this area of the Bundelkhand region is infamous for.

The village that won't vote: In Uttar Pradesh's Gudha, people are protesting against the 'disappearance' of a bank

A shift in the bank's location is what seems to have transpired, but it is a development that has been outside the ambit of the Gudha residents’ awareness

Four lakh fish die overnight in Uttar Pradesh's Mudari village; hapless villagers suspect poisoning

Fish production is a growing business, one that has consistently received the Centre’s support. But in rural Uttar Pradesh, poisoning is one of the most common problems fish farmers face

In UP's Mahoba district, amid govt's family planning initiatives, male sterilisation seems like a faraway goal

45 districts from Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in the country, make the cut for Mission Parivar Vikas.

Cash prizes for girl children: Scams perpetuated in the name of the Pradhan Mantri Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme

The WCD Ministry recently put up a notification on its website warning people of such scams being perpetuated in the name of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Reiterating the fact that the BBBP is not a direct benefit transfer scheme and has no such component of granting individual cash incentives, the notification makes it clear that any such fake forms received in the future would be “disposed of summarily”.

In Bundelkhand, the onset of the rains is marked by nostalgia for sawan celebrations of the past

After a long summer marked by the dry, scorching heat and a relentless sun, the onset of the rains is a harbinger of good things to come, especially for the parched Bundeli landscape and its people

An on-ground examination of the much-touted gaon baithaks in Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh

In what seems to be an attempt at inclusive governance, the UP government has ordered for regular open baithaks to be conducted in villages and towns across the state.

UP govt's anti-land mafia task force becomes yet another tool for organised oppression of helpless poor in Mahoba

This task force has become yet another tool for unleashing effective forcefulness onto swathes of the helpless poor, while the so-called land mafia comfortably go on with their lives. The latest victims of this organised oppression are the local street vendors of Mahoba, who woke up one morning to find their shops and stalls uprooted and their wares confiscated on account of their shops being illegal encroachments.

Buzzing in the Hinterland: The Demand for Separate Statehood for Bundelkhand

The demand for separate statehood for Bundelkhand is popular enough to find itself appear amongst campaign promises come election time, with neta after neta pledging it to the people.