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(LINK) Jhansi - Govt Official Website

http://jhansi.nic.in/

Jhansi Tourist Places:

The Jhansi Festival is organized in Jhansi, a town in Uttar Pradesh. The festival takes place in the February-March and lasts for about one week. The main aim behind the Festival of Jhansi is to showcase the arts, crafts and culture of the town. The perfect place for poetry lovers, it commemorates the memories of the legends who had excelled in the field of Poetry. A number of cultural programs are organized at the festival that includes folk songs, dances, mushairas and ghazals.

From January 1, the state’s Department of Rural Development will ensure that the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is used as an effective tool to bring relief in the drought-hit Bundelkhand region.

Instead of waiting for the new financial year, which begins in April, the department will start relief measures immediately along with plans to provide job to each household in the region.

My hunger of news and experimentation forced me to roam in Bundelkhand. For one week the ETV team was in Bundelkhand. The real motto behind the tour was to get the first hand information that how a part of the state has been neglected by the state and central government. To give voice to the voiceless farmers and villagers was the main motive behind the tour.

A delegation of Congress leaders led by Rita Bahuguna, the newly appointed UPCC president, called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to press for the creation of a separate state called Bundelkhand, comprising Jhansi and Banda.

For a party that has been in the doldrums for almost two decades, the latest demand appears to be a desperate measure to stem the growth of parties like the SP and the BSP, which have pushed the Congress party to a position of an also -ran in the state.

बांदा। जीवन में कामयाब वे होते हैं जिनके अंदर प्रतिकूल परिस्थितियों से लड़ने का माद्दा होता है और वे जीवन में मिले किसी भी अवसर से फायदा उठा लेते हैं। राष्ट्रीय शूटिंग टीम के कोच रामेंद्र शर्मा इसी बात की मिसाल हैं। भारत की राष्ट्

The stories of the victorious Rajput generals can still be heard in Orchha. Just that the folklores have been pushed to one of the corners of an open air terrace restaurant. It takes you some while to understand what a group of villagers are doing in your restaurant terrace. And it takes you a lot more time to understand their importance in history.

After ordering an Old Monk with warm water Me & Sambit decided to sit in the open to finish our drinks. We were the only people in the terrace that evening and lucky enough to get the sole attention of our entertainers.

That was

(NEWS) 1 Killed, 13 hurt in Banda Uttar Pradesh

Banda, Dec 27: A child was killed and 13 others were severely injured after a dilapidated government building caved-in at village Mawai here today.

By the time nearby people rushed to rescue, an unidentified child had already died. The injured were admitted to hospital in a life threatening condition, ASP Saligram Verma said.

Courtesy: OneIndia.in

Infant's death raises starvation issue

KANPUR: Recently sold to safe hands and then forcibly returned to his penurious parents allegedly by the local administration in Banda, the perennially malnourished four-month-old Chandan finally passed away on Friday. The death of the infant once again epitomizes the unabated starvation deaths in the drought-hit Bundelkhand region and the callousness being maintained towards mitigating the crisis.

(NEWS) A train finally to Khajuraho

Khajuraho, one of India's best known tourist spots, will finally get a rail link from February.

Railway officials said work on the 64-km track length between Mahoba and Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh was progressing at a fast pace.

Once the track was laid between Mahoba and Khajuraho, it would be possible for tourists to take trains from Agra or Jhansi directly to avoid a hard five-hour drive by road from Jhansi.

(NEWS) आत्महत्याएं नहीं सीधे तौर पर मर्डर है: कोलिन गो साल्वेज (Colin Gonsalves -Senior Advocate, Supreme Court)

(POEM) Play Not thy Flute By: KedarNath Agarwal
(English Translation)

Play Not thy Flute
"Bansi na bajao majhi - बंसी न बजाओ माझी "

(POEM) WHEN WE ARE NO MORE By: KedarNath Agarwal
(English Translation)

WHEN WE ARE NO MORE
"Fool nahin rang bolte hein"

(POEM) Strike the Hammer By: KedarNath Agarwal
(English Translation)

Strike the Hammer
'marhathauda'

(POEM) Along the river Ken By: KedarNath Agarwal
(English Translation)

Along the river Ken

"ken kinare, patthar baitha gum sum - केन किनारे, पत्थर बैठा गम सुम"

(BOOK) Hamid Ansari releases book titled "Jhansi Mein Kranti"

New Delhi : Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, released a book titled Jhansi Mein Kranti (1857-86) authored by Vir Singh Parmar at a function here today.

Speaking on the occasion, Ansari said: We all should impart the learning of the freedom movement to the next generation, and this change should continue.

Complementing the author, he said, Parmar deserves appreciation from all for imparting his valuable knowledge regarding the freedom movement, especially of Jhansi Kranti.

(VIDEO) UP's aid for drought-hit farmers lands in wrong hand

(ARTICLE) बुंदेलखंड की संग तराश कला बर्बादी के कगार पर

बांदा। पुलिस ने एक ऐसे मजदूर परिवार को दबंगों के कब्जे से मुक्त कराया है जिसको पिछले आठ महीने से बंधक बना कर जबरन काम कराया जा रहा था और मजदूरी मांगने पर पिटाई की जाती थी। दबंग इस परिवार को छोड़ने के लिए उसके परिजनों से तीन लाख रुपय

(ARTICLE) BBC News Spotlight at 'Gulabi Gang'

India's 'pink' vigilante women

By Soutik Biswas
BBC News, Banda