Of the 32 dams monitored in the state, 20 have less than 50 per cent water stock, and several of them are alarmingly close to drying up, holding less than 10 per cent of their capacity

According to the villagers, women and young girls frequently faced lewd remarks and harassment from men drinking near the shop

A 34-year-old woman was crushed under a truck after allegedly falling off a motorcycle at a checkpost when a police sub-inspector hit the motorcycle with a baton in this Uttar Pradesh district, officials said on Monday.