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Rakshit Sonawane
The writer is a senior journalist based in Mumbai.
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Culinary politics on our plate too hard to digestSubscriber Only
January 07, 2009 00:25 IST
Even as our political parties gear up for the next elections and grapple with complex issues such as security and the farm crisis,among others,the Congress and the Shiv Sena also seem determined to press with their plans to cook up culinary politics to feed their cause.
Wed, Jan 07, 2009
Bhujbal to lead OBC rally in DelhiSubscriber Only
March 09, 2006 01:04 IST
In a bid to project himself as a national-level OBC leader, NCP leader and Maharashtra’s PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has organised a r...
Thu, Mar 09, 2006Onion prices nosedive in MaharashtraSubscriber Only
December 28, 2005 00:00 IST
Onions, which were being sold for Rs 1,200 per quintal in Maharashtra’s wholesale markets in October, are now fetching only Rs 300 per ...
Wed, Dec 28, 2005Bal Thackeray breaks silence on Raj-Uddhav feudSubscriber Only
November 30, 2005 00:16 IST
Swatahala Himalaya Samajnaryansathi. For those who consider themselves the Himalayas.With that sarcastic title, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackera...
Wed, Nov 30, 2005Sena fight in open as Raj quits posts, slams UddhavSubscriber Only
November 28, 2005 01:23 IST
Plunging the Shiv Sena into its worst crisis, Raj Thackeray today quit as Leader and chief of its students’ arm Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sen...
Mon, Nov 28, 2005Outlook and politics set warring cousins on collision courseSubscriber Only
November 28, 2005 01:16 IST
Raj Thackeray (37), Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s nephew, has been grooming himself as the successor. He has copied the Sena supremo&...
Mon, Nov 28, 2005Maharashtra’s private port plan runs into rough weatherSubscriber Only
November 16, 2005 00:57 IST
An ambitious Maharashtra government plan to develop a new privately run port to handle spiralling shipping traffic is being fiercely opposed...
Wed, Nov 16, 2005Minister in queue for government sopsSubscriber Only
October 05, 2005 01:30 IST
A Maharashtra Minister has applied for a hydro-electric power generation scheme that comes with sops from his own government and the Centre....
Wed, Oct 05, 2005Onion prices to stay high till October-endSubscriber Only
September 16, 2005 00:00 IST
The kharif crop in Maharashtra would arrive after October 15, till then the situation would continue,’’ said the The joint directo...
Fri, Sep 16, 2005To reap windfall, Pawar roots for wineSubscriber Only
August 28, 2005 01:56 IST
When Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar puts wine production and consumption on the priority list, he says he sees a great economic opp...
Sun, Aug 28, 2005When Tiger has to take a boatSubscriber Only
July 31, 2005 02:06 IST
When the monsoon fury flooded Mumbai, it hit almost everyone—including the man who could bring the city to a standstill by just raising...
Sun, Jul 31, 2005Shiv Sena, Rane gear up for Round 2Subscriber Only
July 18, 2005 02:57 IST
The possible voting on the supplementary budgetary demands of the Vilasrao Deshmukh government in Maharashtra on Tuesday is likely to be use...
Mon, Jul 18, 2005Party at sundownSubscriber Only
July 10, 2005 00:00 IST
AT a recent meeting in a Bandra auditorium, as Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray addressed party MLAs, slogans filled the air. And no, they were...
Sun, Jul 10, 2005On way out, Rane leaves door open for RajSubscriber Only
July 04, 2005 01:39 IST
Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena is poised for an unprecedented crisis. This time, the man Sainiks blame is Narayan Rane, their Konkan strongm...
Mon, Jul 04, 2005US security set to dock in Mumbai portSubscriber Only
May 21, 2005 02:25 IST
Security officials from the US will be deployed on duty at India’s largest port, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, which lies across the old h...
Sat, May 21, 2005Hindu magistrate, Muslim lawyer trapped in communal divideSubscriber Only
May 05, 2005 02:31 IST
As local police nervously watch, an alleged affair between a Hindu magistrate and Muslim lawyer has flared communal tensions in this teeming...
Thu, May 05, 2005Nashik gets bite of global onion pieSubscriber Only
April 29, 2005 00:00 IST
Israel, US, Nashik and Germany may not have much in common, but now they share a unique link—a horticultural one.In an experiment that ...
Fri, Apr 29, 2005This is how Telgi did itSubscriber Only
April 22, 2005 02:11 IST
After 38 years of service with the India Security Press (ISP) in Nashik— the pith of the Telgi controversy— Assistant Works Manage...
Fri, Apr 22, 2005Extortionists set youth on fire in NashikSubscriber Only
February 16, 2005 02:15 IST
A 21-year-old man, Vijaysingh Thakur, from Harduwa village in MP was set on fire by four extortionists at Igatpuri railway station on Monday...
Wed, Feb 16, 2005Krishna idol in copyright messSubscriber Only
December 06, 2004 01:36 IST
According to Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna was born in a prison but divine powers facilitated his liberation. But that was satyug. In post-W...
Mon, Dec 06, 2004Onions not ‘essential’, but does it matter?Subscriber Only
October 22, 2004 00:00 IST
Onions may be off the Essential Commodities Act, but it is not going to impact their marketing—at least in Maharashtra.Blame it on the ...
Fri, Oct 22, 2004In Nashik, Govt’s onion move finds mixed reactionsSubscriber Only
October 21, 2004 03:06 IST
The Centre’s decision today to delete onions from the list of essential commodities, has drawn mixed reactions in the onion-growing bel...
Thu, Oct 21, 2004Maha MayaSubscriber Only
October 17, 2004 01:12 IST
After splitting the Dalit vote in the Lok Sabha elections, dealing a severe jolt to the Congress-NCP alliance, Mayawati’s BSP this time...
Sun, Oct 17, 2004Why rivals make way for MLA GoteSubscriber Only
October 08, 2004 01:36 IST
It’s a hot, dusty afternoon. Vehicles draped with election banners are parked outside a house in a small town off the Mumbai-Agra highw...
Fri, Oct 08, 2004Curb abuse, Savarkar outfit to PrezSubscriber Only
September 04, 2004 02:05 IST
The Abhinav Bharat Mandir, founded by Veer Savarkar as an underground militant organisation during the freedom movement, has appealed to the...
Sat, Sep 04, 2004Journalism of Courage
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