I Am Bihar: Looking for JP

Jayaprakash Narayan was the People's Hero, a leader unmatched in Independent India. Archana Masih/Rediff.com travels to JP's village looking for Bihar's greatest son as the claimants of his legacy......

Meet the young 'uns who risked their lives for others

      Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi with the winners of the National Bravery Awards 2014 in New Delhi. Photograph: PIB They are the Special 24, the......

Flood fury in UP claims 41 lives, over 1,000 villages hit

The toll in Uttar Pradesh floods on Monday mounted to 41, with reports of 13 more deaths in the state where over 1,000 villages were affected by the flood waters of several rivers flowing above the......

Overflowing dams in Nepal flood UP national park

Release of water from the overflowing dams in Nepal has not only flooded large parts of the terai belt in Uttar Pradesh, but it has inundated certain areas of the Dudhwa National Park, which......