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Rakshit Sonawane
The writer is a senior journalist based in Mumbai.
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Goodbye MaiSubscriber Only
May 30, 2003 00:00 IST
It is an irony of fate that while Dr B.R. Ambedkar fought throughout his life against the caste system, his second wife, Dr Savita alias Mai...
Fri, May 30, 2003Mayawati’s shadow over MaharashtraSubscriber Only
April 25, 2003 00:00 IST
The political success of Mayawati and her emotive gestures in the name of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in Uttar Pradesh is having a spin-off effect in t...
Fri, Apr 25, 2003Eye on poll, BJP sheds onion tearsSubscriber Only
April 17, 2003 00:00 IST
The decision of the NDA government to liberalise onion exports is a manifestation of its fear of the commodity that led to the debacle of BJ...
Thu, Apr 17, 2003Muslim spends savings to etch <i>Gita</i> on copperSubscriber Only
April 05, 2003 00:00 IST
Jameel Bhai Rangrez, son of a grocer from Jalgaon, was regarded as a man of more than modest means. With two autorickshaws, a couple of shop...
Sat, Apr 05, 2003Sadhus ignore plea on animalsSubscriber Only
April 03, 2003 00:00 IST
The request by police to various sadhu sects to refrain from parading animals like elephants, camels and horses during the Kumbh Mela for s...
Thu, Apr 03, 2003Ambedkar, in bits and piecesSubscriber Only
February 17, 2003 00:00 IST
The recent gesture of the BJP using excerpts from B.R. Ambedkar’s writings for political propaganda in Uttar Pradesh is in keeping with...
Mon, Feb 17, 2003Headmaster on the run after ‘abusing’ girlsSubscriber Only
October 19, 2002 00:00 IST
The headmaster of a tribal school in Maharashtra’s Trimbakeshwar tehsil is on the run after it was found that he allegedly misbehaved w...
Sat, Oct 19, 2002MSEB for coal washeries to boost outputSubscriber Only
September 21, 2002 00:00 IST
Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) is considering the creation of ‘coal washeries’ in mines and is even thinking of import...
Sat, Sep 21, 2002Another place, another riot and another divideSubscriber Only
June 21, 2002 00:00 IST
Rekchand Agarwal’s journey to hell typically started off in the most routine fashion possible, with a visit to the doctor in Nandurbar&...
Fri, Jun 21, 2002Bhujbal blames BJP MLA for JalgaonSubscriber Only
June 20, 2002 00:00 IST
Jamner is a Maharashtra village on the verge of becoming a town with 40,000 people. It has seen communal riots before, but nothing so bad. T...
Thu, Jun 20, 2002Varsity lets students take a look at medals for an hourSubscriber Only
June 11, 2002 00:00 IST
The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) today made history of sorts when it gave medals to meritorious students only to take th...
Tue, Jun 11, 2002CISF called in to guard Nashik Govt mintSubscriber Only
May 18, 2002 00:00 IST
To boost security at the India Security Press (ISP) and the Currency Note Press (CNP) in Nashik, where stamp paper and currency notes thefts...
Sat, May 18, 2002Nashik riots expose police inefficiencySubscriber Only
February 03, 2001 00:00 IST
NASHIK, FEB 2: The unabated incidents of violence and arson which has paralysed Nashik city for the past three days have exposed the inept...
Sat, Feb 03, 2001Low calibre guns will soon be passe in the ArmySubscriber Only
January 26, 2001 00:00 IST
DEVLALLI (Nashik) JAN 25: The Indian Army is to bring in a uniformity in the calibre of its artillery by replacing all guns with indigenou...
Fri, Jan 26, 2001Hindu meet calls for ban on conversionsSubscriber Only
January 03, 2001 00:00 IST
SUPLE DIGAR (NASHIK), JAN 2: A call against unauthorised churches was given at a "Vishal Hindu Sammelan" organised by the Dharma...
Wed, Jan 03, 2001Police "mess up" investigations into boy’s kidnappingSubscriber Only
December 23, 2000 00:00 IST
NASHIK DEC 22: The city police have invited the wrath of schools students as well as political parties, who have attributed motives to the...
Sat, Dec 23, 2000Ayurvedic Pharmacopia within a yearSubscriber Only
December 22, 2000 00:00 IST
NASHIK, DEC 21: In an age when Indian herbs are being patented by foreign commercial interests, there seems to be light at the end of the ...
Fri, Dec 22, 2000Kisan Credit Card scheme yet to take shapeSubscriber Only
November 30, 2000 00:00 IST
NASHIK, NOV 29: The ambitious Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme launched two years ago by the Central government has failed to take off owing...
Thu, Nov 30, 2000Tribal students `dance’ to English tuneSubscriber Only
November 21, 2000 00:00 IST
MUNDHEGAON (NASHIK), NOV 20: Ramchandra Popat Pawar is a topper in Marathi with 91 per cent marks in all his subjects in the Class IV exam...
Tue, Nov 21, 2000Mystery shrouds murder of tribal womanSubscriber Only
November 15, 2000 00:00 IST
SURGANA (Nashik) NOV 14: In what appears to be a murder motivated by a shaman (witch-doctor), the decayed body of a tribal woman was recov...
Wed, Nov 15, 2000Minister comes to the rescue of “errant”builderSubscriber Only
November 11, 2000 00:00 IST
NASHIK, NOV 10: It is the Minister of State for Dairy Development, Arjun Tulshiram Pawar again. And this time he claims that he has been t...
Sat, Nov 11, 2000Shiv Sena loses ZP seat to NCP, reveals chinks in armourSubscriber Only
October 18, 2000 00:00 IST
Nashik Oct 17: When former president of the Nashik Zilla Parishad (ZP) Pandurang Raut (Shiv Sena) resigned three months ago following the ...
Wed, Oct 18, 2000Onion prices shoot up as new crop is delayedSubscriber Only
October 12, 2000 00:00 IST
NASHIK, OCT 11: The wholesale prices of onions at the Lasalgaon agriculture produce marketing committee's yard have shot up by about Rs 10...
Thu, Oct 12, 2000First indegenously assembled Sukhoi 30 aircraft to fly in 2004Subscriber Only
October 10, 2000 00:00 IST
Nashik Oct 9: Though the deal for the licensed manufacture of the Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft of the Russian origin has been signed last wee...
Tue, Oct 10, 2000First indigenous Sukhoi 30 aircraft by 2004Subscriber Only
October 09, 2000 00:00 IST
NASHIK, OCT 8: The first indegenously produced Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft of Russian origin, is expected to fly by the year 2004.Though the...
Mon, Oct 09, 2000Journalism of Courage
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