Keeping up with UP: Can beggars turn into entrepreneurs or skilled workers?

India, Oct. 26 -- Vishal, 14, used to beg, dressed as Bhagwan Shankar at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi. He had become the face of poverty in Varanasi when the German Ambassador had taken a selfie wit... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Mayawati may have to do more than rally to shed 'BJP B' tag

India, Oct. 19 -- Her supporters came in droves, cheered her endlessly but returned home uncertain about her plan to finally resurrect the BSP. Mayawati's one message that excited the rallyists was h... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Men and women can be both breadwinners and cooks at home

India, Oct. 13 -- Latest statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) showed that the total reported cases of crime against women stood at 445,256 in 2022. Disturbingly, if not surprisingl... Read More

In Bihar, the INDIA bloc fights a perception battle

India, Oct. 13 -- Will it be the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that will assume office in Patna on November 14, when the Bihar assembly election results are announced? Or will it be the Mahagathb... Read More

In Bihar, INDIA bloc fights a perception battle

India, Oct. 12 -- Will it be the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that will assume office in Patna on November 14, when the Bihar assembly election results are announced? Or will it be the Mahagathb... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Why ban on caste references may boomerang

India, Oct. 3 -- In the 2024 national polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) seats in Uttar Pradesh fell from 62 out of 80 in 2019 to 33, as the party's overall tally dropped below the majority mar... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Will Raebareli elect future PM or will there be 1977 repeat?

India, Sept. 29 -- On September 11, Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, and Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Pratap Singh had a heated exchange at a development coordination and moni... Read More

Keeping up with UP: How Sunder Lal Bahuguna's warnings remain relevant

India, Sept. 14 -- Before Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh as a separate state in November 2000, the late Gandhian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader Sunder Lal Bahuguna frequently... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Push for skilling as rising joblessness shapes poll agenda

India, Sept. 7 -- Growing unemployment has been among the key election issues. It was an issue during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and remains one ahead of the Bihar assembly polls this year. Apart fr... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Ganesh Chaturthi continues to unite as politicians divide

India, Aug. 31 -- Mumbai displayed usual devotion and cohesiveness as men, women, and children chanting "Ganpati Bappa Morya" danced this week to drum beats on Ganesh Chaturthi. Maharashtra Navnirman ... Read More

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