Banda district. A series of violent cases have alerted the central government to the need for toilets in rural areas – but in India’s most populous state, toilets in schools run…
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Gyodi village, Mahoba district. A 45-year old Dalit woman was allegedly beaten up here by her ‘high caste’ neighbour and his 3 sons on 11 September 2014. According to the woman,…
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Fake Beneficiaries of Housing Scheme – Scandal Reported in Banda
द्वारा खबर लहरिया September 8, 2014Badausa village, Banda district. On 2 September, almost 50 residents of Banda’s Badausa village in Naraini block voiced their grievances against the village head. They alleged that he had been…
Roshan Nagar village, Faizabad district. On 3 September, a long standing land dispute in a village in Pura Bazar block of Faizabad, threatened to get out of hand as violence…
Banda district. It might have finally rained in Banda as September arrived, but the farmers here have already paid a heavy price for the kharif crop which is all but…
Banda district. In two separate cases, two pregnant women were burnt alive here on 22 August. Families of both of the women allege that the women were burnt since they didn’t…
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Farmers in Banda Terrorised by Debt, Drought and a Merciless Administration
द्वारा खबर लहरिया September 1, 2014Banda District. Early in the morning of 22 August, Jagpat Singh – a small farmer from Khurhand village in Banda district, was picked from his home by a group of men. Soon,…
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Flash Floods in Uttar Pradesh Leave 80 Dead, Thousands Affected
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 25, 2014Almost 1000 villages spread over 9 districts were severely affected by floods in Uttar Pradesh. The floods were caused after a cloudburst on the intervening night of 15 to 16…
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Post Pregnancy Death Leads to Protests in Banda, FIR filed
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 25, 2014Banda district. Angry protests followed 20-year old Gaura’s death in Banda on 20 August. Gaura, a resident of the district’s Mahua block had given birth to her first child on…
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No Electricity This Month for All 57 Gram Panchayats in Mau, Chitrakoot
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 18, 2014Mau town, Chitrakoot district. Half way between Allahabad and Chitrakoot is one of Chitrakoot district’s most populous blocks – Mau. Thousands pass through Mau town to go to Allahabad every day…