Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad-based physiotherapist Aaditi Badam left her career to rescue and rehabilitate abandoned and injured stray animals, and now wishes to set up a physiotherapy centre for them.

Rehana Adeeb faced sexual abuse and violence at a very early age. But today, she has not only learnt to raise her own voice but is also helping other women fight against injustices like rape, domestic violence and honour killings.

The crowds were out in a show of equality, freedom and love on Sunday as Lucknow hosted the first gay pride march in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Awadh Pride 2017. We've rounded up the best photos from across social media to showcase the highlights!

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.

The story of the trainee cops and a hawker is warming the hearts of netizens everywhere.

A farmer from Khardia village of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Saran started his mission to educate each and every person of his village with night classes for the adults in the village in his living room in 1989. Now he is running a junior college.

Animal activist Abhinav Srihan is trying to save the abandoned, starved and locked up cows of Mahoba district in Bundelkhand.

Rambai Verma is what a women rights activist in the patriarchal jungles of Uttar Pradesh looks like.

As many as 8,000 villagers came together to host this perfect affair in a bid to promote togetherness.

Proving that one can really buy anything off the internet - even trees yielding succulent mangoes!