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Odisha reveals how Mahua flowers and seeds are a Wonder Oil

 
/ November 1, 2016

25 Adivasi (tribal) families live in a hamlet called Bhalukhola village, in the Sambalpur district of Odisha. It is surrounded by hills and trees in abundance. The natural resources are plentiful. Our community correspondent, Mamta, reports for Indiaunheard. The women of this village have mastered an age-old art of taking...

Pellets kill 11-year-old School Boy in Srinagar, Kashmir

 
/ October 31, 2016

The civilian uprising against the Indian rule in Kashmir has been going on from July 8, 2016. During the clashes between Security forces, 92 civilians have been killed while as 13000 people are estimated to be injured. As per the reports emerging in local newspaper of Kashmir, 1000 people have...

Pellets kill 11-year-old School Boy in Srinagar, Kashmir

 
/ October 31, 2016

The civilian uprising against the Indian rule in Kashmir has been going on from July 8, 2016. During the clashes between Security forces, 92 civilians have been killed while as 13000 people are estimated to be injured. As per the reports emerging in local newspaper of Kashmir, 1000 people have...

Kashmir Tourism suffers due to the continued Unrest

 
/ October 28, 2016

Kashmir has been embroiled in a continued state of unrest since July 8, 2016. The constant state of conflict and curfews since the past four months has affected the tourism industry of Kashmir by almost Rs. 4000 crores. A lonely Shikarawala Abdul Salaam Dar floats on the Dal lake. If...

Rural women left behind as village benefits from Ujvala Yojana | Guddi reports for IndiaUnheard

 
/ October 26, 2016

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana aims at providing 5 Crore cooking gas (LPG) connections in the name of women for Below Poverty Line households across the country.  But in Koili village of Sitamari District of Bihar, five to seven women are still waiting for their connections. They had filled applications for...

Narmada Oustees Cry Foul over Administration’s Non-Compliance to Laws

 
/ October 26, 2016

Over 900 people living on the banks of Narmada in Madhya Pradesh are seeking justice for being driven from their ancestral lands for the Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD) project. The residents of Belkheda village in Badwani district, Madhya Pradesh had their land submerged in 2000 with promises of rehabilitation, land...

Crumbling Government School in the Model State of Gujarat

 
/ October 25, 2016

This government school in Gujarat has been partially damaged during the 2016 monsoon. Since the roof collapsed, wrecking the two classrooms , children of class IV and V are studying in the open grounds. However, the children brave all weathers and still attend classes, eager for education. Under the Right to...

In Sickness and Death there is no Medical Facilities at the Horizon

 
/ October 24, 2016

A father lost three children to sickness which could have been easily treated by a doctor. But with no medical facilities or doctors around for 25 km around Koskapur village, in Araria, Bihar, Dhana Rishi the father was helpless. The ‘roads’ leading to the nearest hospital are also not helpful....