Banda and Chitrakoot districts. In the interiors of Banda and Chitrakoot districts of Bundelkhand, as autumn comes, cool and fragrant each year, scores of women tuck in their saris and make…
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Banda’s Healthcare System: Terminally Ill?
द्वारा खबर लहरिया October 13, 2014Banda district. There have been a spate of delivery deaths here. On 3rd October Genda Devi died after child-birth in the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Atarra town. What is…
Chitrakoot. Bitto Singh, from Kasahai in Karwi town, has been a dancer in the local Ramlila performance since the age of five. 33-year-old Bitto tell us, ‘When I was living in…
Tanda block, Ambedkarnagar district. Inhabitants of nine villages here are engaged in a battle over the compensation being offered for the acquisition of 265 acres of their land by the…
Chitrakoot. The Ramlila has been performed here since a historic 153 years. We spoke to the star artiste of this show, Bajrang Singh. Bajrang actually wanted to go to Bombay…
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Busy Station Sports Tin Roof, Poses Danger for Passengers
द्वारा खबर लहरिया September 29, 2014Shivrampur, Chitrakoot district. Barely 12 kilometres from the popular religious town of Chitrakoot is Shivrampur. With a population of close to 15000, Shivrampur is an important station. Yet it sports…
Anhaari village, Sitamarhi district. According to the state government policy in Bihar, patients are to be given a sum of 1400 rupees for treatment of ‘kala azar’ (black fever) to ensure…
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Brutal Attack on Dalit Woman, Accused Still On the Run
द्वारा खबर लहरिया September 23, 2014Garauti village, Banda district. A Dalit family in Banda’s Garauti village has accused Ram Thakur of the same village of having brutally attacked their daughter on the night of 14 September.…
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Sitamarhi’s District Hospital is Short of Basic Medicines
द्वारा खबर लहरिया September 23, 2014Sitamarhi district. After the shocking multi crore scam in the public health sector in Bihar came to light a few weeks ago, many government run district hospitals are still short…
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Farmers Call Mahapanchayat in Mahoba, Won’t Tolerate Government Apathy
द्वारा खबर लहरिया September 23, 2014Mahoba district. 18 September saw farmers from Bundelkhand turn up at the Kirat Sagar in Mahoba town in large numbers to attend a mahapanchayat. Angered and frustrated with government inaction…