In a new series of articles, Khabar Lahariya explores the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission in rural Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme was announced on Independence Day…
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Girl Commits Suicide After Being Harassed, Police Apathy Questioned as Government Remains Silent
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 3, 2015Last week, on the 25th of July, a Class 12 girl allegedly committed suicide after being constantly harassed by some local boys, in Hamirpur district‘s Binwar village, bringing the entire…
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UP Villages Unprepared for Floods – Year after Year after Year
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 26, 2015Barabanki and Faizabad. The monsoon has barely hit central Uttar Pradesh but villages in Faizabad and Barabanki are already threatened by impending floods and have even started leaving their homes. In the…
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Why Being a Farmer in Uttar Pradesh is Fast Becoming the Least Desirable Job
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 26, 2015Kulpahad, Mahoba. Farmers from several villages came together to submit an application to the Sub Divisional Magistrate here on 21 July, a vocal reminder that as farmers across north India…
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Of Forgotten Promises and Unsmart Facilities: A Glimpse of Varanasi’s Public Health Care
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 21, 2015In Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi, it’s been something of an uneventful year. From promises of making it a smart, Kyoto-like city, to opening a special mini PMO, Varanasi has had…
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Bundelkhand Shows Signs of an Ailing MNREGA: Workless Job Card Holders Migrating to Cities for Work
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 14, 2015A decade after it was enacted, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) is triggering exactly what it was known to curb: labour migration to cities. The Panchayati…
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Communal Tension in UP’s Mahoba, Section 144 Imposed Till Eid
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 14, 2015This past week, Uttar Pradesh has been simmering with communal tension across different districts – Mahoba, Kannauj, Pratapgarh. Although the incidents started as minor events, the role of local political…
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World Bank Says 59 pc PDS Grains Don’t Reach People, Bundelkhand Shows You Why
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 6, 2015In a report in 2011, the World Bank had stated that almost 59 percent supply of the public distribution system (PDS) fails to reach households in India. The World Bank…
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Banda: Man Shoots Wife Over Dowry, Booked for Homicide ‘Not Amounting to Murder’
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 6, 2015A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district surrendered at the Baberu Kotwali a day after allegedly shooting his wife over dowry. Babbu, who surrendered on June 29, has been arrested…
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After Suspensions and Sleepless Nights, UP Police Cracks the Case of Missing Buffaloes
द्वारा खबर लहरिया June 30, 2015In a state that registers the highest crime rate in a year, this is one case that had been giving sleepless nights to the Uttar Pradesh police. 17 months after…