-Scroll.in With anger building up over economic distress, voters might not be as forgiving about their farm losses this time. It took time but when it came, it was a flurry. A good ten days into the Assembly elections and with two phases of the seven-phased polling already over, the Bharatiya Janata Party finally addressed the stray cattle problem in Uttar Pradesh’s fields. The first to break to silence was Prime Minister Narendra...

-The Telegraph Akhilesh Yadav is trying to win over segments of these communities, and the extent of his success in the effort may decide his fate on March 10 Ghazipur (on UP-Delhi border), Mirzapur: Ramashankar Yadav, a retired block development officer chatting with fellow villagers at a tea shop in the Madhuban market, looks up suspiciously. “I hope you aren’t from the godi (lapdog) media?” he asks, referring to media outlets seen widely...

-ThePrint.in Starting with Vijay Kumar Bandhu’s initiative, demand for OPS has now become a key issue in UP, MP, Himachal, Andhra Pradesh & Jharkhand and features in the SP’s poll manifesto. New Delhi: Amongst the various poll promises covering all the party manifestos for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the entry of one new item in the Samajwadi Party’s programme is testament to a longstanding demand.  It is the widespread call to reinstate...

-Newsclick.in The Nishad community says their people are no more awarded with fishing and sand mining contracts, which is posing a major threat to their traditional livelihood. Sonbhadra: On April 3, 2020, when the nationwide lockdown was in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Anil Kumar Sahni, 26, had stepped out with his cycle cart to sell vegetables. As he reached the road passing through his hamlet, he was caught by...

-Newsclick.in On May 24, 2021, poor tribal peasants were shocked when they got an executive order informing them that the period of land leases given to them in Sirsi Dam foothills was over on March 31, and renewal stood cancelled. Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh): Talking about tribals and farmers in present day Mirzapur means inviting gloomy stories weaved into everyday sorrows and sufferings. Gone are the days when the areas inhabited by them...