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In this tribal village in Jharkhand, women 'own' their houses
Holding her six-year-old daughter Roopa in her arms, Lakhimni Munda, 35, proudly looks at the nameplate outside their house. It reads 'Roopa and Lakhimni Munda'. Tiring is the first tribal village...
Neetu Singh 9 Aug 2019 9:57 AM GMT
Uttarakhand's health centres sans health facilities
At first go, it is hard to notice 26-year-old Beena Devi lying on the bed of gynaecology ward of Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, a private hospital in Dehradun. Reduced to 45-kg, she is...
Megha Prakash 8 Aug 2019 12:23 PM GMT
Maharashtra facing unprecedented floods as Kolhapur, Sangli, Sindhudurg and Nashik districts are inundated
On August 6 night, Balasaheb Patil, residing near collector's office in Kolhapur, was at his home when water started to rise rapidly and gush inside his house. He had already kept some valuable stuff...
Nidhi Jamwal 7 Aug 2019 1:00 PM GMT
This all-girls band is cool. They use kitchen equipment to create music
It is not uncommon to associate a musical band with only men but this path-breaking female rock band is the first ever female mission rock band of India. With the sole medium of its songs, this band...
Neetu Singh 7 Aug 2019 9:36 AM GMT
Unnao case: Rape survivor in AIIMS, Sengar in Tihar
The Unnao rape survivor who had been battling for life in the trauma centre of King George's Medical University was flown from Lucknow to Delhi in an air ambulance on Monday evening for treatment in...
गाँव कनेक्शन 6 Aug 2019 8:35 AM GMT
अच्छी पहल : यहां नागपंचमी पर गुड़िया पीटी नहीं झुलाई जाती है
सीतापुर। उत्तर प्रदेश में एक नई शुरुआत हुई है। ऋषि मुनियों की धरती नैमिष में नागपंचमी के अवसर पर गुड़ियों को झूला झुलाया जाता है। वर्षों से यूपी समेत कई राज्यों में इस त्योहार पर गुड़िया पीटने की...
Basant Kumar 5 Aug 2019 5:37 AM GMT
बिहार के इन जिलों के किसान अभी भी झेल रहे हैं भीषण सूखा
अख्तर अली, कम्युनिटी जर्नलिस्टपटना/आरा(बिहार)। बिहार का कुछ भाग भीषण बाढ़ की चपेट में है तो वहीं बिहार के कई इलाके अभी भी सूखे की मार झेल रहे हैं। पटना जिला मुख्यालय से करीब 25 किलोमीटर दूर बिहटा के...
गाँव कनेक्शन 1 Aug 2019 11:55 AM GMT
Beat this: He plays the flute with his nostrils
Brijlal Netham can't see. For him, his flute is his life – he earns his bread playing it. But after an accident while crossing a road damaged his jawbone, broke his teeth, left him unable to play the...
Tameshwar Sinha 31 July 2019 8:10 AM GMT
An ace footballer who is training village kids to be national-level players
Deepak Rawat, 32, has represented Bihar in the Santosh Trophy. But, when he realised his footballing abilities were not landing him a job, he put his talent to the next best use – train kids and...
Ankit Kumar Singh 30 July 2019 7:47 AM GMT