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By Varsha Torgalkar
No Aadhar card, voter ID, ration card, housing, drinking water, jobs or toilets … that’s how 35 families from the de-notified bhil tribe have been living in a small hamlet not very far from Mumbai
No Aadhar card, voter ID, ration card, housing, drinking water, jobs or toilets … that’s how 35 families from the de-notified bhil tribe have been living in a small hamlet not very far from Mumbai
By Ranvijay Singh
The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!
The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!
By Ranvijay Singh
Many villagers in Uttar Pradesh these days are running from pillar to post after their names disappear from the ration card distribution list and they stopped getting ration. They say this happened during online registration and verification process
Many villagers in Uttar Pradesh these days are running from pillar to post after their names disappear from the ration card distribution list and they stopped getting ration. They say this happened during online registration and verification process
By Ranvijay Singh
No house, no LPG connection, no ration card, no voter ID, no electricity … just like Puttanlal, who lives in Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh, many are still miles away from various government welfare schemes
No house, no LPG connection, no ration card, no voter ID, no electricity … just like Puttanlal, who lives in Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh, many are still miles away from various government welfare schemes
By Mudassir Kuloo
Residents of Keran in the LoC [Line of Control] in J&K welcome the government’s move to promote tourism in the area.
Residents of Keran in the LoC [Line of Control] in J&K welcome the government’s move to promote tourism in the area.
By Kuldeep Chhangani
Chanan Khan is perhaps one of the last musicians who can play the Sur Mandal in the desert district of Rajasthan. Artists like him, and Kishanlal Suthar who crafts this musical instrument are fast disappearing.
Chanan Khan is perhaps one of the last musicians who can play the Sur Mandal in the desert district of Rajasthan. Artists like him, and Kishanlal Suthar who crafts this musical instrument are fast disappearing.
By Pratyaksh Srivastava
Chandra Kumar Chakma, the 28-year-old healer from Tripura, has documented over 500 medicinal plants, formulations and healing practices of his tribe and has profiled them in his Chakma language.
Chandra Kumar Chakma, the 28-year-old healer from Tripura, has documented over 500 medicinal plants, formulations and healing practices of his tribe and has profiled them in his Chakma language.
By Virendra Singh
Every year, as many as 100,000 villagers in Barabanki relocate to temporary shelters when the Ghaghara river inundates their villages and destroys their crops. These rural residents are trapped between the embankments of the river built for flood control. Villages like Tepra are washed away and for the past three years now, people are living on an embankment awaiting compensation and rehabilitation. Will the UP election results change their fate? A ground report.
Every year, as many as 100,000 villagers in Barabanki relocate to temporary shelters when the Ghaghara river inundates their villages and destroys their crops. These rural residents are trapped between the embankments of the river built for flood control. Villages like Tepra are washed away and for the past three years now, people are living on an embankment awaiting compensation and rehabilitation. Will the UP election results change their fate? A ground report.
By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee
Financial support for housing and health under the Beedi Workers Welfare Organisation has not been coming in, complain beedi workers, who have a paltry earning and a hoard of health problems. A ground report.
Financial support for housing and health under the Beedi Workers Welfare Organisation has not been coming in, complain beedi workers, who have a paltry earning and a hoard of health problems. A ground report.