September 28, 2010 04:04 IST
A directive issued by the CRPF on July 10 asks local units not to undertake any operation on their own and submit plans to the Director Generals office to get a clearance at least 48 hours in advance.
Tue, Sep 28, 2010August 27, 2010 00:25 IST
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Agency (NREGA) scheme meant to provide minimum employment of 100 days per year has had in many places a ripple effect labour shortage leading to farm mechanisation....
Fri, Aug 27, 2010August 23, 2010 04:22 IST
India has registered 106 lakh hectares under cotton so far this year for cotton,this is a new world record,beating the 104 lakh hectares recorded...
Mon, Aug 23, 2010August 14, 2010 01:48 IST
No conspiracy here but why still name bugs for people or places?
Sat, Aug 14, 2010August 07, 2010 01:55 IST
The tussle between two senior forest officers over the post of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve Field Director ended on Friday with Sanjay Thakre...
Sat, Aug 07, 2010July 20, 2010 01:52 IST
The ruling by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court in the Khairlanji case has raised many eyebrows.
Tue, Jul 20, 2010July 18, 2010 03:06 IST
Even as Maharashtra races against time to plug the ever-increasing demand-supply gap,it is facing another crisis that may push its deadline for zero loadshedding to a later date.
Sun, Jul 18, 2010July 16, 2010 02:46 IST
Indias agrarian economy has long been plagued by the lack of storage,marketing and processing facilities....
Fri, Jul 16, 2010July 15, 2010 01:18 IST
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court commuted the death penalty handed down by the fast-track court at Bhandara...
Thu, Jul 15, 2010July 12, 2010 04:02 IST
A Maoist arrested in Maharashtra has revealed that the rebels have readied a plan to create a safe haven where they could move swiftly in case of an emergency....
Mon, Jul 12, 2010July 11, 2010 05:06 IST
Seven months ago,they pooled in Rs 65 lakh to help the poor and the needy. Now,the camaraderie between a group of senior officials in Gadchiroli and district collector Atul Patne appears to have degenerated into an ugly spat.
Sun, Jul 11, 2010July 07, 2010 03:44 IST
Conservation is focused on reserves,ignoring tigers in surrounding areas...
Wed, Jul 07, 2010July 04, 2010 02:47 IST
The tigress that strayed out of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve was tranquilised and subsequently captured by Forest Department officials.
Sun, Jul 04, 2010July 04, 2010 01:51 IST
Curtains fell on the ailing tigress saga today with Forest Department shooters tranquilising and caging it,but not before she injured two more persons past midnight.
Sun, Jul 04, 2010June 29, 2010 03:16 IST
The Maoists have resolved to embark on a definitive plan to counter Operation Greenhunt with attacks on non-co-operative politicians from their areas of influence...
Tue, Jun 29, 2010June 26, 2010 01:19 IST
The state government has decided to increase compensation for damage caused by wildlife to cattle and crops.
Sat, Jun 26, 2010June 19, 2010 23:22 IST
Its the RSSs pet project,but partnered by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and validated four times over by patents granted by the US and China....
Sat, Jun 19, 2010June 19, 2010 04:24 IST
The Gadchiroli police raided Botezari village here early on Thursday morning and nabbed four Naxalites,one of them brother-in-law of a prominent party functionary....
Sat, Jun 19, 2010June 19, 2010 00:07 IST
The Gadchiroli police raided Botezari village here early on Thursday morning and nabbed four Naxalites,one of them brother-in-law of a prominent party functionary.
Sat, Jun 19, 2010June 11, 2010 01:12 IST
Heaping praise on his men for killing 76 securitymen in Dantewadas Tadmetla on April 6,Maoist chief Ganapati...
Fri, Jun 11, 2010June 06, 2010 03:36 IST
It has become clear now that the lack of mitigating measures by Forest Department has led to sudden decimation of a huge number of monkeys in Sindewahi forest range in Chandrapur district.
Sun, Jun 06, 2010May 30, 2010 22:57 IST
Twenty-eight-year-old Ramji Dasru Thimma has walked about seven km in the scorching heat from the Gadchiroli bus stand to his newly-built hut in a village.....
Sun, May 30, 2010May 29, 2010 00:40 IST
After a long lull in Gadchiroli,two police constables were killed by Naxalites in a village where they had gone to attend a wedding on Thursday.
Sat, May 29, 2010May 24, 2010 00:52 IST
The RSS has said that caste-based census is against the idea of a casteless society envisaged by leaders like Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Mon, May 24, 2010May 23, 2010 22:39 IST
In 2007,an impact crater on Mars was named Lonar,after the basaltic lake in Maharashtra that bears a strategic resemblance to the Red Planets geology. VIVEK DESHPANDE reports on the two Lonars and how they are similar to and different from each other
Sun, May 23, 2010




