The writer is a senior journalist based in Mumbai.

March 10, 1999 00:00 IST
Demolishing Old ChargesDuring his recent visit to Nashik, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, as is his wont when given a platform, picked a t...
Wed, Mar 10, 1999
March 04, 1999 00:00 IST
NASHIK, MARCH 3: Onion exporters are furious with the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Federation (MSAMF), the agency recently ap...
Thu, Mar 04, 1999
March 03, 1999 00:00 IST
Quest For QuotaNo caste or tribe has the freedom to `choose' a quota; it is determined by a statute. But at a recent meeting held to feli...
Wed, Mar 03, 1999
February 24, 1999 00:00 IST
Ironically Speaking...After being dropped from the State Cabinet, the former Tribal Development Minister Arjun Tulshiram Pawar (BJP) has ...
Wed, Feb 24, 1999
February 20, 1999 00:00 IST
NASHIK, FEB 19: Confusion over whether the National Agricultural Marketing Federation (NAFED) or a State Government-appointed agency is t...
Sat, Feb 20, 1999
February 03, 1999 00:00 IST
`Illicit' PoliticsThe recent attack on the house of BJP city unit chief Vijay Sane and the party's protest rally at the Panchavati police...
Wed, Feb 03, 1999
January 29, 1999 00:00 IST
Futile ForumState Health Minister Dr Daulatrao Aher's janata darbar last Monday -- his fifth since the 1995 Assembly polls -- was probabl...
Fri, Jan 29, 1999
January 23, 1999 00:00 IST
KAYRE SADADPADA (PETH), JAN 22: The State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) has found a new outpost, at Kayre Sadadpada, a tribal village 11 km...
Sat, Jan 23, 1999
January 21, 1999 00:00 IST
GONDE (NASHIK), Jan 20: Panic has gripped this nondescript tribal village about 60 km from Nashik as cracks have appeared on land. The wa...
Thu, Jan 21, 1999
January 20, 1999 00:00 IST
West meets East, Says AshaAmong those invited to a Vedic Sammelan organised jointly by the Kailash Math and the Maharshi Sandipani Vedvid...
Wed, Jan 20, 1999
January 15, 1999 00:00 IST
NASHIK, JAN 13: The series of agitations by onion growers, who are demanding the lifting of the ban on onion export, has acquired politic...
Fri, Jan 15, 1999
January 15, 1999 00:00 IST
What Was That Again?IT was meant to be an illuminating discourse on tribal traditions and the threat to them from Christian missionary ac...
Fri, Jan 15, 1999
January 14, 1999 00:00 IST
What Was That Again?IT was meant to be an illuminating discourse on tribal traditions and the threat to them from Christian missionary ac...
Thu, Jan 14, 1999
January 14, 1999 00:00 IST
NASHIK, JAN 13: The series of agitations by onion growers, who are demanding the lifting of the ban on onion export, has acquired politic...
Thu, Jan 14, 1999
January 10, 1999 00:00 IST
NASHIK, Jan 9: Tribals in the Peth-Surgana belt in Nashik district have been undergoing a relentless and sustained saffronisation campaig...
Sun, Jan 10, 1999
January 08, 1999 00:00 IST
NASHIK, January 6: A Works Engineer (Electrical) with the the Currency Note Press (CNP), Shyam Bihari Rai, has been penalised for unautho...
Fri, Jan 08, 1999
January 07, 1999 00:00 IST
NASHIK, January 6: A Works Engineer (Electrical) with the the Currency Note Press (CNP), Shyam Bihari Rai, has been penalised for unautho...
Thu, Jan 07, 1999
January 06, 1999 00:00 IST
PETH (NASHIK), JAN 5: At Peth in Nashik today, the Shankaracharya of the Karveer Peeth, Vidhyashankar Bharati, `reconverted' 37 Christian...
Wed, Jan 06, 1999
January 06, 1999 00:00 IST
PETH (Nashik), Jan 5: Reiterating the ultimatum to Christian missionaries to leave tribal areas in the region by March 31, the shankarach...
Wed, Jan 06, 1999
December 23, 1998 00:00 IST
NASHIK, Dec 22: The spectre of financial misappropriation hounds the Gholap household, with the Income-Tax (I-T) Department slapping a re...
Wed, Dec 23, 1998
December 09, 1998 00:00 IST
Business With PleasureMore on our `high-flying' Deputy Chief Minister: Gopinath Munde sure knows how to mix business with pleasure, even ...
Wed, Dec 09, 1998
November 25, 1998 00:00 IST
NASHIK, NOV 24: Large-scale irregularities in tree planting undertaken by the Forest Department in the tribal areas of Igatpuri and Harsul i...
Wed, Nov 25, 1998
November 22, 1998 00:00 IST
NASHIK, Nov 21: Onions trickling into India from abroad may have helped the Government score a few political points and create a mirage that...
Sun, Nov 22, 1998
November 13, 1998 00:00 IST
NASHIK, Nov 12: State Environment and Forests Minister Chandrakant Khaire's personal assistant (PA) has been accused of issuing telephonic t...
Fri, Nov 13, 1998
November 04, 1998 00:00 IST
NASHIK, Nov 3: The seeds of scarcity for the next crop of onions have been sowed.The shortfall in onions may well grow into the middle of ne...
Wed, Nov 04, 1998



