Bareilly

Set up by a team of scientists at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Bareilly, this DNA bank will be the first of its kind in North India.

Meet Shalini Agarwal, an animal-lover who has dedicated her life to taking care of injured animals in her city. She lives with 46 animals in her flat and has no plans of stopping anytime soon. This is her story.

This gutsy Bareilly girl, a survivor of rape, has given birth to her rapist’s baby after a UP court refused her permission to abort the fetus. But she refuses to marry the man who brutalized her, despite immense pressure to do so.

A second-degree black belt in Taekwondo, Pooja Nagpal took martial arts training to a remote mountain village in India, and taught young girls how to defend themselves when she was just 15. Here's the inspiring story of this now 19-year-old, who was awarded the 2016 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.

Several songs in Bollywood have celebrated the spirit of our cities and towns over the years. Here's a glimpse into some of them.

Displaying their spirit of inspiring harmony and friendship, a group of Muslim men in Bareilly, UP, pooled in money so they could pay a fine of Rs. 50,000 for the release of 15 Hindu prisoners. These prisoners were stuck in jail because of the lack of money to pay the required fine for their freedom.

After the shocking terror attack in Paris, two Islamic seminaries have stood strongly against the terrorist group called Islamic State (IS). They have criticised the attack, addressing it as the “murder of humanity”.

In a time, when non-cooperation and corruption is all that is attributed to government agencies, the incident of two Samaritans from the UP roadways is an eye opener that warns us against generalizations.