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Uttar Pradesh

Despair and hope in rural hamlets

The outer calm of many remote villages and hamlets can be deceptive. So much may be happening, good and bad, hopeful and tragic, beneath the surface calm, if only one cares to observe a bit more beyond the ‘all is well’ routine talk.

Weather will be a big challenge in UP to bring voters to booths

The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh between April 19 and June 1 will pose a big challenge for the election authorities and political parties in bringing the voters to the booths in the scorching heat conditions in the state expected during the period.