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Congress stands with tribals staging 'satyagraha' against 'Ken-Betwa project', will pressure govt: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi supports tribals protesting the Ken-Betwa river-linking project. He will visit the protest site to pressure the government. Tr...
Ken-Betwa activist Bhatnagar ends 18-day hunger strike on mother's requestActivist Amit Bhatnagar has ended his 18-day hunger strike against alleged irregularities in the rehabilitation and compensation of familie...
Police end 15-day Ken-Betwa protest marked by Jal, Chita, Faansi satyagrahasIn Chhatarpur, a 15-day demonstration against the Ken-Betwa Link Project came to a close on Sunday, as police intervened to disperse the pr...
Bundelkhand: Can Congress outshine BJP in a poor region with diamond mineThe Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, known for its poverty and droughts, has historically leaned towards the ruling BJP in elections. ...
UP targets to achieve full coverage of Jal Jeevan Mission in Bundelkhand-Vindhyachal by AugustChief minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting on Monday to review the progress of the scheme and directed officials to ensure tap water con...
PM Modi warns about ‘revadi culture’ of offering free stuff for votes“These days in our country, efforts are being made to distribute revadi (freebies) and gather votes. This revadi culture is detrimental to ...
Amit Shah and Akhilesh Yadav take battle to Bundelkhand, attack each otherShah says 2,000 people were killed during SP-BSP rule due to water crisis while Akhilesh highlights farmer suicides.
Over a third of ticket seekers in UP Congress are womenIn October, in a big move, Priyanya Gandhi Vadra had announced that the party will reserve 40% of tickets for UP elections for women.
Over 1,300 kilometers of expressways are speeding up growth in Uttar PradeshIn the districts of Jalaun, Hamirpur, Banda, Etawah, Mahoba, Chitrakoot and Auraiya - through which the 296-km four-lane (expandable to six...
Water projects worth Rs 10,000 crore sanctioned for Bundelkhand region: PM ModiPM Modi was addressing after the virtual inauguration of college and administration buildings of Jhansi-based Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agri...
Eye on migrant employment, UP to give sops to industries willing to invest in backward regionsUnder the 'Post Covid-19 Accelerated Investment Promotion Policy for Backward Regions', industrial undertakings will be eligible for 70% re...
Will not tolerate exploitation of farmers: Yogi AdityanathThe chief minister, who was in Banda yesterday, while reviewing the wheat purchase, directed the officials to ensure that the farmers' prod...
Water conservation programme for Budelkhand to be launched tomorrowThe Centre has planned an extensive water conservation programme for drought prone areas of Bundelkhand (Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh),...
Uma Bharti promises separate Bundelkhand to voters in JhansiI am always in favour of separate Bundelkhand. If my party is voted to power, I will ensure that Bundelkhand is made separate state within ...
More than 2,500 farmers committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh in 2012The farm suicides in AP have gone up from 2,206 in 2011 to 2,572 in 2012, Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar said "yes" in Rajya...
UP elections 2012: BJP's Bundelkhand hopes rest on Uma BharatiBundelkhand has remained a BSP stronghold ever since its late founder Kanshi Ram traversed the region on bicycles to reach out to the voter...
- Mayawati meets PM, demands Rs 2000 crore for power supply
Maya demands Rs 2K cr for 10-hr power in 58 drought-hit districts.
- Govt abandons Bundelkhand authority
Faced with all-round opposition to setting up the Bundelkhand Development Authority, the Manmohan Singh government was forced to abandon th...
- 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...
- 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.