In Andhra Pradesh, the Naidu government's Janmabhoomi model of development gutted the panchayats and curbed local democracy. Hence, the panchayats have proved totally ineffective during the agrarian crisis, reports P Sainath.

Many plantations have shut down, throwing thousands out of work. The once-numerous Tamil migrant labourers are far fewer today, and out-migration of local labour is the new trend. P Sainath finds the off-screen agrarian crisis is very dramatic too, and has emptied the audiences for big screens in the region.

It's no longer just landless labourers on the bus to Kutta. Many masons and carpenters are also crossing the border into Karnataka in search of work, spurred on by the collapse of employment in Wayanad. P Sainath continues his series on the agrarian crisis in Wayanad.

Toddy is legal in Kerala, while arrack is banned. Also, while a litre of toddy costs Rs. 30, a sachet of arrack goes for Rs. 11. As the farm crisis sees thousands of migrants crossing over into Karnataka, arrack shops right on the border are booming. P Sainath continues his series on the agrarian crisis in Wayanad.

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The state has witnessed 30,000 farm suicides in a decade. Vidarbha is the worst place in the nation to be a farmer, writes P Sainath.

With the SC striking down the Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation Act, concerns over the Mullaperiyar Dam could create tension anew between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Could a new study contain a potential solution to the issue? P N Venugopal explores.

Despite the tall claims made by the state government and an increase in attendance in the schools, children at many places are simply not getting mid-day meals at all, or are getting it in insufficient quantities. Shuriah Niazi did a reality check.

Panchayats of Madhya Pradesh provide reservation of up to 50 per cent for women, but the participation of women in governance has gone beyond such new roles. Shirish Khare reports on how women leaders are transforming the very traditions and symbols of grassroots politics.

In the name of housing Commonwealth Games participants for a mere 10 days, an exclusive gated community is being established on the Yamuna banks, in areas previously protected as green spaces in the heart of Delhi. Kannan Kasturi reports.

Thousands of miles away from India, the Norwegian Government's pension fund has recognized what has gone wrong with a global corporation's mining interests in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills. But the decision will be made in the Supreme Court, and things do not look promising, notes Kanchi Kohli.

Once-young fighters from Sri Lanka are now mostly family men entrenched in Malkangiri town. The way the one-time, once-brash warriors have woven themselves into the community is touching, writes P Sainath.

Why bother complying with regulations if a committee can decide that it didn't matter much that the law was bypassed? MoEF finds itself on the backfoot, after its experts look away from the law. Kanchi Kohli reports.

The battle between Sterlite Industries and tribal communities over mining in the Niyamgiri hills may not be just over yet, but the most recent Supreme Court judgment empowering the gram sabha has come as a temporary reprieve for the people. Kanchi Kohli reports.

Mani Shankar Aiyar fails on two counts - his poor arguments for secularism, as well as his scant attention to his party's role in creating the economic conditions for communalism. Ashwin Mahesh reviews Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist.

Venu Govindu reviews Siddharth Dube's Words Like Freedom : Memoirs of an Impoverished Indian Family 1947-1997

The Government of Karnataka's Working Group on Decentralization discusses institutions for upward accountability in Panchayati Raj. The second in a series of articles adapted from the Working Group's 2002 report.

The Government of Karnataka's Working Group on Decentralization discusses mechanisms for democratizing decision making in Panchayats. This is the third in a series of articles adapted from the Working Group's 2002 report.

A hurriedly passed amendment to the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act last week gives MLAs unwarranted powers over panchayats, which are themselves a separate tier of local goverment. Nandana Reddy and Damodar Acharya say the amendment is contrary to the spirit of decentralisation and the Constitution.

The Karnataka state legislature's amendment to the Panchayati Raj law has already attracted severe criticism from civil society. The governor had also expressed his objections. There is now an outpouring of wrath from women panchayat members around the state as protests intensify. Kathyayini Chamaraj reports.

A retired physician in small-town Manipal in Karnataka sets an example in kitchen gardening and highlights the many benefits it brings apart from the yield itself. Shree Padre brings us his remarkable story.

As Gram Panchayats in Karnataka go to the polls this year, Madhavi Rajadhyaksha explores the untapped potential of these grassroots institutions and suggests ways in which their capabilities may be leveraged and capacity strengthened.

Geeta Seshu reports on a recent study that recently looked at decreasing funding for women specific schemes.

With government health machinery not being of help, distress-ridden peasantry in Vidarbha unable afford private health care are now falling victim to the Chikungunya viral fever. This is bad news for agriculture, with crops already devastated by floods and heavy rains recently, reports Jaideep Hardikar.

Vidarbha farmers are shifting to soybean and oilseeds as substitute, harangued by dipping cotton prices, highly volatile markets and withdrawal of government support. Jaideep Hardikar reports on the trend, the risks and the other alternatives for the farmers.

Fertilizer shortages have sparked unrest across large swathes of rural Maharashtra and other States as well. In Washim, every constable and officer is deployed right within the police compound, distributing fertilizer. P Sainath reports.

The lofty aim of land re-distribution to the poor fell short for a number of reasons, but the most cruel of them is that the state failed to play its role. Videh Upadhyay urges change, even at this late hour.

दुनियाभर में लोगों की मानसिक स्थिति को देखते हुए विश्‍व स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य संगठन (World Health Organization) के प्रमुख डॉक्‍टर टेड्रॉस एधनॉम ग्रेब्रेसस ने पूरी दुनिया को एक चैलेंज दिया है.

वीडियो में यूट्यूबर अभिनव भट्ट दिखाया है कि यह बाइक सिर्फ 5 सेकेंड में 100 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा की स्पीड पकड़ लेती है

हाल ही में कंपनी ने घोषणा की थी कि अब 500 सीसी की क्षमता वाले क्लासिक और थंडरबर्ड मॉडल की बिक्री अब नहीं की जाएगी.

Yamaha Majesty S 155 में 155सीसी का सिंगल सिलिंडर इंजन दिया गया है जो कि 7500 आरपीएम पर 15 पीएस का पावर और 6000 आरपीएम पर 14 एनएम का टार्क जेनरेट करता है.

रॉयल एनफील्ड (Royal Enfield) की आने वाली बाइक का नाम Meteor 350 fireball बताया जा रहा है. हालांकि, कंपनी की तरफ से अभी तक कोई ऑफिशियल कन्फर्मेशन नहीं है. लेकिन, बाइक से जुड़ी कुछ जानकारियां ऑनलाइन लीक हो गई हैं.

रॉयल एनफील्ड की इन 14 नई बाइक्स को पिछले साल कंपनी के प्रॉडक्ट स्टैटिजी हेड मार्क वेल्स ने प्रस्तावित किया था...

सरकार ने IVRS सर्विस, फीचर फोन (feature phone) और लैंडलाइन (landline) के लिए आरोग्य सेतु सर्विस लॉन्च कर दी है...जानें कैसे करें इस्तेमाल.

आज सुबह रामायण (Ramayana) टीवी पर आते ही सोशल मीडिया (Social Media) पर लोगों ने इसे देखते हुए तस्वीरें शेयर करनी शुरू कर दी हैं. ट्विटर (Twitter) पर #Ramayan नंबर 1 पर ट्रेंड करता दिखाई दिया.

रामायण (Ramayan) और महाभारत (Mahabharat) के बाद अब टीवी पर पुराने विज्ञापन (90s Advertisement) लौट आए हैं.

रामायण (Ramayan) का दौर एक बार फिर वापस आ गया. ऐसे में जानें जामवंत (Jamwant) का रोल निभाने वाले अभिनेता राजशेखर उपाध्याय (Rajshekhar Upadhyay) के बारे में.

रामायण की सीता (Sita) यानी एक्ट्रेस दीपिका चिखलिया (Deepika Chikhalia) ने उस दौर की कहानी बताई जब रामायण (Ramayan) का पहला एपिसोड शूट हुआ था.

रामायण (Ramayan) के लक्ष्मण (Laxman) यानी एक्टर सुनील लहरी (Actor Sunil Lahri) की पुरानी फोटोज (Old Photos) जबरदस्त वायरल हो रही हैं.

30 सालों में कितने बदल गए 'रामायण' (Ramayan) में लव-कुश (Luv-Kush) का किरदार निभाने वाले अभिनेता मयूरेश क्षेत्रमाडे (Mayuresh Kshetramade) और स्वप्निल जोशी (Swapnil Joshi).

रामायण (Ramayan) में भगवान राम के भाई 'भरत' (Bharat) का किरदार निभाने वाले अभिनेता संजय जोग (Sanjay Jog) के बारे में जानें कुछ अहम बातें.

रामायण (Ramayan) की सीता (Sita) यानी एक्ट्रेस दीपिका चिखलिया (Deepika Chikhalia) ने अहम सीन काटे जाने पर खुलकर नाराजगी जाहिर की है.

परशुराम जयंती (Parshuram Jayanti) के मौके पर देखिए 'रामायण' (Ramayan) में राम (Ram), लक्ष्मण (Laxman) और परशुराम (Parshuram) का संवाद.

रामायण (Ramayan) के निर्माता रामानंद सागर (Ramanand Sagar) और जामवंत (Jamwant) का किरदार निभा चुके एक्टर राजशेखर उपाध्याय (Rajshekhar Udadhyay) के बीच काफी अच्छी दोस्ती थी.

रामायण (Ramayan) के अहम सीन्स को काटे जाने के आरोपों के बीच अब लक्ष्मण (Laxman) का किरदार निभा चुके अभिनेता सुनील लहरी (Sunil Lahri) ने इस पर बात की है.

रामायण (Ramayan) ने दुनिया भर में फैंस बना लिए हैं और इसके साथ ही एक जबरदस्त विश्व रिकॉर्ड (World Record) भी स्थापित किया है.

दूरदर्शन (Doordarshan) ने ट्वीट के जरिए दर्शकों को धन्यवाद कहा है. इस ऐतिहासिक विश्व रिकॉर्ड के लिए कहीं न कहीं दूरदर्शन के दर्शक भी क्रेडिट के हकदार हैं.

रामायण (Ramayan) में भगवान राम (Lord Ram) का किरदार निभाने वाले अभिनेता अरुण गोविल (Arun Govil) ने कोरोना वायरस (Coronavirus) पर फैन (Fan) के सवाल पर दिलचस्प जवाब दिया.

रामायण (Ramayan) में रावण (Ravan) का किरदार निभाने वाले अभिनेता अरविंद त्रिवेदी (Arvind Trivedi) से जुड़ी कुछ अफवाहें चल रही थीं, जिन्हें लेकर परिवार ने जवाब दिया है.

रामायण (Ramayan) द्वारा दुनिया भर में बनाए रिकॉर्ड पर सवाल खड़े किए गए हैं.