Uma Devi is a frontline healthcare worker in rural Uttar Pradesh who has marched on despite strife in her personal life, and has been honoured by Kareena Kapoor, actor and brand ambassador for UNICEF, for promoting mother and child health.

Uma Devi is a frontline healthcare worker in rural Uttar Pradesh who has marched on despite strife in her personal life, and has been honoured by Kareena Kapoor, actor and brand ambassador for UNICEF, for promoting mother and child health.

In Uttar Pradesh, 560,408 women self-help groups across the state’s 75 districts have helped rural women into self employment and economic independence. In Bareilly district, women associated with more than 7,000 SHGs are making barbed wire fences to masalas, growing their business and becoming self-reliant.

In Uttar Pradesh, 560,408 women self-help groups across the state’s 75 districts have helped rural women into self employment and economic independence. In Bareilly district, women associated with more than 7,000 SHGs are making barbed wire fences to masalas, growing their business and becoming self-reliant.

Originally hired as part of a literacy program for adults, ‘prerak’ teachers in Uttar Pradesh have been asked to perform various auxiliary duties but they haven’t received their payments for almost three years now. With the election fervour running high in the state, the protesting teachers have intensified their struggle for the payment of their services. Details here.

Originally hired as part of a literacy program for adults, ‘prerak’ teachers in Uttar Pradesh have been asked to perform various auxiliary duties but they haven’t received their payments for almost three years now. With the election fervour running high in the state, the protesting teachers have intensified their struggle for the payment of their services. Details here.

Uttar Pradesh Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahanpur, has developed a variety of sugarcane that is pest resistant and may be the answer to the red rot disease. The new variety, KoSha 13235, is being distributed to the farmers through sugarcane cooperatives and they in turn are being encouraged to share it with fellow farmers.

Uttar Pradesh Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahanpur, has developed a variety of sugarcane that is pest resistant and may be the answer to the red rot disease. The new variety, KoSha 13235, is being distributed to the farmers through sugarcane cooperatives and they in turn are being encouraged to share it with fellow farmers.

Urad dal farmers in Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh in a welter of woes as unexpected rains and flooding of rivers damage their ready-to-harvest crops

Urad dal farmers in Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh in a welter of woes as unexpected rains and flooding of rivers damage their ready-to-harvest crops

Their paddy was ripe and the farmers, after harvesting it, had placed it in neatly arranged bundles in their fields. They had hoped that the sunlight would rid their harvest of the little moisture left in their crops. But heavy rainfall in the past three days has washed away their hopes leaving them buried under debt. Details here.

Their paddy was ripe and the farmers, after harvesting it, had placed it in neatly arranged bundles in their fields. They had hoped that the sunlight would rid their harvest of the little moisture left in their crops. But heavy rainfall in the past three days has washed away their hopes leaving them buried under debt. Details here.

A resident of Behti Khurd village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district, Lance Naik Satyam Kumar Pathak died of a heart attack yesterday in a bone-chilling cold of Ladakh. His mortal remains arrived at his village today morning where he was given a final farewell. He is survived by his four children, his widow and old parents.

A resident of Behti Khurd village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district, Lance Naik Satyam Kumar Pathak died of a heart attack yesterday in a bone-chilling cold of Ladakh. His mortal remains arrived at his village today morning where he was given a final farewell. He is survived by his four children, his widow and old parents.

Working from within their homes, 20 women of an SHG in a small village of Uttar Pradesh, are making products like straws, baskets and slippers from eco-friendly bamboo and khus, and supplementing their family incomes.

Working from within their homes, 20 women of an SHG in a small village of Uttar Pradesh, are making products like straws, baskets and slippers from eco-friendly bamboo and khus, and supplementing their family incomes.

Yesterday, October 11, five Indian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir. Twenty-six-year-old Sepoy Saraj Singh, who belonged to Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was one of them. Son of a farmer, his two elder brothers are also in the armed forces. Saraj’s mortal remains are expected to reach his village tomorrow.

Yesterday, October 11, five Indian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir. Twenty-six-year-old Sepoy Saraj Singh, who belonged to Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was one of them. Son of a farmer, his two elder brothers are also in the armed forces. Saraj’s mortal remains are expected to reach his village tomorrow.

On October 3, eight people were killed in violent clashes in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh. A journalist, Raman Kashyap, died too. Gaon Connection met the scribe’s family which was visibly upset with some media groups who, the family members said, were trying to present Raman’s death as lynching.

On October 3, eight people were killed in violent clashes in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh. A journalist, Raman Kashyap, died too. Gaon Connection met the scribe’s family which was visibly upset with some media groups who, the family members said, were trying to present Raman’s death as lynching.