Uttar Pradesh

politics

Deepa Mehta speaks about her film 'Water'. She says, "I think the shooting should start by now because we have got the permission from the ministers and they have also informed the Uttar Pradesh Government that the shooting should resume an…

forest · river

Egg protection program for endangered turtles and gharial of National Chambal Sancturay National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northe…

politics

Democracy at work! Legislators fight it out in the Uttar Pradesh state assembly in India... Democracy at its best! Ministers or maniacs?? See a nasty violent fight in the Uttar Pradesh state legislature, in India.

village · festival

A group of veiled women beat men with sticks during 'Lathmar Holi' at Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Barsana a village in Uttar Pradesh, celebrates Holi in most traditional way.

railway

A German tourist allegedly assaulted after he got into an argument with a railway employee at Sonbhadra in eastern Uttar Pradesh and both of them have filed police complaints against each other.

highway

A motirized fan-driven Chinese dummy waves down customers to visit a dhaba on the road-side along the Meerut highway in Uttar Pradesh, India. What can we say - the new India?

industry

Locks are being made at Anand Lock Company in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Indian workers work at the lock company. A worker at the lock factory works on a machine that makes cycle locks and another worker makes its keys.

railway · highway

Railway level crossing operator waiting for a train to pass. This is a good old fashioned manual gate opening and switching system, unchanged since British times! Manual train signal and arrival confirmation system in place, over the railwa…

Celebrating Holi in a Rickshaw in Vrindaban Holi festive town from the perspective of a Rickshaw ride in Uttar Pradesh

forest · river

Egg protection program of endangered turtles of National Chambal Sancturay National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for…

At least 46 people found infected with HIV in a tehsil of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh. A quack was booked over the allegations that he used the same syringe in the name of cheaper treatment.

sport

Alka Tomar, Indian wrestler speaks about Commonwealth Games 2010. She says, "I am from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and I had been practicing at Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut. I have a family background in wrestling.

Ravan Hatha of Rajasthan, Ek-Tara of Maharashtra, Tumbak Nari of Kashmir, Nakkara of Uttar Pradesh, Gopi Chand of Bengal, Sapera Been from Rajasthan on display at an art gallary.

festival · village

Men and women dress up and ready for the Lathmaar Holi festival celebration in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. Barsana celebrates Holi in most traditional way.

river · monsoon

Locals out and about filming the flood in Uttar Pradesh. Sights of water everywhere from the river flowing above the danger zone, canals flooding over and locals managing to walk in knee-deep water.

The cane sugar syrup extracted from the raw sugar is filtered to a series of tanks and then transferred to heating pans. The syrup is heated using a traditional kind of heat source and made into a concentrate.

railway

Two local men severely beat a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel for allegedly harassing and hitting a woman near Baraut railway station in Uttar Pradesh.

festival · village

A group of veiled women beat men with sticks during 'Lathmar Holi' at Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Barsana a village in Uttar Pradesh, celebrates Holi in most traditional way.

festival · temple

Devotees gather to play Holi with Lord Krishna at Banke Bihari Temple in Vrinadavan. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

Varanasi also Benares, Banaras, is a city on the banks of the Ganges (Ganga) in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It is holiest of the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) in Hinduism and Jainism.

farmland

Uttar Pradesh, abbreviated U.P., is a state located in northern India. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950.

festival

The vibrant atmosphere of Holi celebrations in Gokul, one of the most spiritually significant towns associated with Lord Krishna in the Braj region of Uttar Pradesh.

old town

Archival footage shows the Raaj Darbaar, also known as the Raj Mahal or Palace of Padrauna, located in Padrauna, Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India.