Jhansi: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has promised voters here a separate Bundelkhandstate within three years, if her party is voted to power at the Centre. “I am always in favour of separate Bundelkhand state. If my party is voted to power, I will ensure that Bundelkhand is made separate […]
Day: July 18, 2015
Uma Bharti cautions officials against Maoist elements in Bundelkhand
Jhansi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti has cautioned local officials against the possibility of Maoist elements gaining ground in the backward Bundelkhand region due to unemployment and poverty. “Maoists have an eye on the areas where there is poverty and unemployment as they get a chance to gain ground […]
So far Rs 2,839 cr spent under Bundelkhand special package
New Delhi: An amount of Rs 2,839.91 crore was spent out of Rs 3,755.08 crore released by government under the special package for drought mitigation strategies in the parched Bundelkhand region since November 2009, Parliament was informed on Friday. Initially, the Centre in November 2009 had approved a special package […]
AIIMS in Bundelkhand, Muslims write in Sanskrit to PM Modi
Mahoba: Adopting a novel way of making an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Muslims in this Bundelkhand district are writing to him in Sanskrit demanding establishment of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. “We have lauched a campaign to get an AIIMS for this district and for […]