Uttar Pradesh

Many a times we hear of teachers not attending to their classes. And in such circumstances how can we expect imparting of good education. Such cases are mostly in government schools, particularly in remote areas, and states like UP have comparatively very high such cases. Here comes a very positive

Not much is done or even talked about of relief to victims of acid attacks. Here comes a positive story of one Sheroes Hangout, a cafe in Agra. This is run by five acid attack survivors. This cafe has been started by an NGO - Chaav Foundation. This cafe, a first of its kind in India, has a feminism

Many have heard of the Gulabi gang of Bundelkhand which was started sometime in 2010 to fight against domestic abuse and violence against women. And the members of Gulabi gang were all women between the age of 18 and 60. Encouraged by this movement a few ex-students of Banaras Hindu University and

This is the story of a cane variety that has transformed the fortunes of UP sugar industry. It is about a cane variety, Co 0238, that has made a huge difference to UP’s 115-odd sugar mills and its 25 lakh-plus cane growers. Till the 2012-13 season (October-September), UP farmers hardly cultivated

Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Tourism and Culture laid the foundation stone of 6 development projects under Spiritual Circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh today. Dr. Satyapal Singh, Member of Parliament, Baghpat and many

This is a story of how farmers came together to rebuild a dam which was damaged in 1990. They waited for so long for the government to do this. And when this was not done decided to do on their own. They collected 70,000 Rupees from among themselves. Some farmers even helped in kind. Such stories of

News in TOI talks of another Sakshi Malik in the making. Dehradun girl Neha Tomar, 18, loves to take on male wrestlers. She is so good that the locals have started calling her the 'Sultan' of the ring. Daughter of a farmer from Dhakrani village in Dehradun, Neha is in the ring from a tender age of

This is the story of one Suman Gangwar, a 31-year old woman working as a maid, who mortgages her jewellery to construct a toilet in her house. She says that she took this decision as her two sons, aged 12 and 4, faced inconvenience. Her husband is a daily-wage labourer. Suman is from village

Iconic old city area along Ganga to be transformed under Area Based Development Rs.2,520 cr to be spent on rejuvenation of ghats, infrastructure, e-governance to turn Smart One of the ancient cities of the world, Varanasi seeks to acquire smart city features through retrofitting of an area of 1,389

Shraddha Shukla of Kanpur, a swimming wonder, popularly known as 'Nanhi Jalpari', will take the 'clean Ganga' message by covering 550-km distance between Kanpur and Varanasi in 70 hours. The girl, who took a plunge in the Ganga near Massacre Ghat in Kanpur on the eve of National Sports Day (August

Ananya Verma, less than 5 year old, has been given admission in Class-IX in Lucknow on Monday. And she comes from a family of prodigies - her brother complete BCA at 14 and her sister got enrolled for PhD at 15. The sister had cleared her 10th boards when she was 7+. And their mother cannot read or

इलाहाबाद. यहां के पंकज मौर्या ने ऐसा कारनामा कर दिखाया है कि गूगल के सीईओ भी उनके मुरीद हो गए हैं। 12वीं पास किसान के इस बेटे ने एक ऐसा वेबसाइट बनाया है जिससे वर्ल्‍ड के लोगों को मुफ्त में कंप्‍यूटर की शिक्षा मिल रही है। खास बात ये है कि पंकज ने बिना किसी टेक्‍निकल इंस्‍टिट्यूट में दाखिला लिए 'टूल्स