A well-planned drought: What does the latest disaster teach us?It would be an insult to the drought-hit millions, for the country to conveniently ignore Bundelkhand, Vidarbha and Marathwada and recline ...
12 May, 2016, 02.04 PM IST
Survey by Swaraj Abhiyan highlights plight of drought-hit Bundelkhand"The water crisis appears to have reached alarming proportions in four districts-Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Panna and Datia-of Bundelkhand lyin...
09 May, 2016, 07.12 PM IST
UP seeks Rs 11,000 crore to meet drought situation as CM Akhilesh Yadav meets PM Narendra ModiDays after rejecting Centre's offer for a water train for Bundelkhand, Yadav sought financial assistance to buy 10,000 tankers to carry wat...
07 May, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
SP walkout to protest sending empty water train to BundelkhandPrabhu refuted the charge of playing water politics, saying a steam-cleaned, 10-wagon train was on the way to fill water at Jhansi before g...
06 May, 2016, 12.58 PM IST
UP government announces relief package for drought-affected Bundelkhand regionThe poll-bound Uttar Pradesh government has announced a relief package for drought-affected Bundelkhand region, promising monthly free rati...
04 Apr, 2016, 09.08 AM IST
With eye on polls, UP govt pumps in funds for arid BundelkhandWith the opposition parties getting active in Bundelkhand, the chief minister had promised that his government would address the issues of ...
11 Feb, 2016, 04.54 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi to visit Bundelkhand on SaturdayRahul Gandhi will visit Bundelkhand on January 23 where he will hold a 'padyatra' to raise farmers' issues and meet the drought-affected fa...
21 Jan, 2016, 04.04 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi to meet Bundelkhand farmers on January 19Rahul Gandhi is set to tour the drought-hit Bundelkhand region on January 19 to raise the issue of farm distress afresh.
14 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
UP’s failure to implement the National Food Security Act intensifies survival crisis in drought-affected areasHad NFSA been operational in Bundelkhand, more than 80% of the rural population would be covered under an improved Public Distribution Syst...
21 Dec, 2015, 12.33 PM IST
Yogendra Yadav urges Akhilesh govt to declare UP drought-hitTerming the drought situation in Uttar Pradesh as alarming, former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav today demanded that the state be declared as "...
27 Oct, 2015, 07.24 PM IST
NITI Aayog to monitor implementation of SC and ST Sub PlansIn another reply on central assistance to Bundelkhand, he said, "The allocation (under the package) for Uttar Pradesh was Rs 3,606 crore in...
12 Mar, 2015, 07.32 PM IST
Rs 2,839 crore spent under Bundelkhand special package so farThe government released Rs 3,755.08 crore for the entire Bundelkhand region so far out of total allocation of Rs 8,048.96 crore.
28 Nov, 2014, 04.39 PM IST
'Pravasi chidiya' Uma Bharati lying about Bundelkhand: Congress MP Pradeep JainUma Bharati had recently promised voters a separate Bundelkhand state within three years, if BJP is voted to power at the Centre.
18 Apr, 2014, 02.55 PM IST
- BJP eyes 2014 polls in Bundelkhand resolution
BJP is eyeing a bigger pie in drought-hit backward Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
04 Apr, 2013, 06.50 PM IST
- Mayawati baulks at Centre’s Bundelkhand authority idea
The battle between Mayawati and Rahul Gandhi for drought prone Bundelkhand region is set for some more acrimony, with the UP chief minister...
01 Aug, 2009, 02.17 AM IST
- Mayawati writes to PM... opposes formation of Bundelkhand Authority
The battle for drought prone Bundelkhand region between Mayawati and Rahul Gandhi is set for some more acrimony.
31 Jul, 2009, 10.04 PM IST
- Pawar assures 1000-cr pkg for drought-affected Bundelkhand
The drought-affected Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh will get a special package of Rs 1000 crore from the Centre to tackle the crisis,...
23 May, 2008, 03.16 PM IST