
July 30, 2007 00:36 IST
Despite the patch-up last week, the BJP leadership in Maharashtra are not yet sure whether to continue its alliance with the Shiv Sena or not.
Mon, Jul 30, 2007
February 24, 2007 10:12 IST
Led by Vikas Amte, Vidharbha’s cotton farmers are making change happen
Sat, Feb 24, 2007
July 31, 2006 00:47 IST
Following a recent order of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, the government is set to launch a special website on farmers’ suicide early next week, sources said.
Mon, Jul 31, 2006
July 20, 2006 02:24 IST
Just 18 km from the Errabor village where 32 people were butchered on Monday, Maoists today set fire to a private bus plying between Konta and Durg
Thu, Jul 20, 2006
July 19, 2006 01:33 IST
A day after their husbands were killed by the Naxalites at the Salva Judum relief camp here, Kattam and Soyam Viri had no time to mourn the loss.
Wed, Jul 19, 2006
July 18, 2006 02:16 IST
A day after Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal backed the state-sponsored Salva Judum campaign against Naxalites in Chhattisgarh
Tue, Jul 18, 2006
July 05, 2006 02:04 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s relief package worth Rs 3,750 crore for Maharashtra’s suicide belt has failed to put a stop to farmers’ suicide cases in the region.
Wed, Jul 05, 2006
July 02, 2006 02:11 IST
‘I recognise that there is a nationwide problem of indebtedness. We need to treat this as a national problem and address it on a war footing’
Sun, Jul 02, 2006
July 01, 2006 03:50 IST
As Vinita Parteki fought back tears and narrated her plight to the Prime Minister, more than 20 others from similar such families in Amravati’s suicide belt stepped forward to tell Manmohan Singh...
Sat, Jul 01, 2006
July 01, 2006 02:20 IST
Nine farmer suicides in six weeks in Yavatmal. That was the story The Indian Express broke on November 19, 2002...
Sat, Jul 01, 2006
June 29, 2006 02:32 IST
Ever since his father Gosavi Pawar committed suicide on May 8, Prakash Pawar hasn’t had time to mourn. The family has little by way of savings, their seven-acre plot has had an abysmal yield of cotton and his mother Kamlabai is now down with fever.
Thu, Jun 29, 2006
June 24, 2006 03:12 IST
The Maharashtra government has been criticised for not finding nearly 80 per cent of the families of farmers...
Sat, Jun 24, 2006
June 08, 2006 23:55 IST
Suicide-Ridden Vidarbha region is set to witness an interesting contrast in cotton. Its area under cotton is set to dip further under a trend that the region is witnessing for the past five years, while the area under Bt cotton is all set to double.
Thu, Jun 08, 2006
June 08, 2006 01:26 IST
RSS chief K S Sudershan today called the reservation policy of the UPA government ‘‘an attempt to divide the Hindu society’’.
Thu, Jun 08, 2006
June 05, 2006 02:35 IST
The Nagpur police, investigating into the bid to storm the RSS headquarters, have made sketches of suspects who had got the number plates of the car used in the attack painted at a shop on a highway about 2km from the Sangh headquarters.
Mon, Jun 05, 2006
June 03, 2006 02:29 IST
The grenades found on the militants killed in yesterday’s pre-dawn encounter were of the same make as those used in the attack on Parliament...
Sat, Jun 03, 2006
June 02, 2006 03:27 IST
In a pre-dawn encounter today, the Nagpur police shot dead three heavily-armed militants trying to storm the RSS headquarters in the Mahal area of the old city.
Fri, Jun 02, 2006
June 02, 2006 02:24 IST
Sarsanghchalak sent a swayamsevak to Vizag to verify new building plan with senior Vaastu expert, reconstruction had begun
Fri, Jun 02, 2006
June 02, 2006 02:14 IST
At 3.45 am, the special squad was on a routine patrol when they noticed a white Ambassador car entering the Mahal area from adjoining Gandhibagh.
Fri, Jun 02, 2006
May 25, 2006 00:59 IST
The latest in the Naxal armoury is what they call economic blockade. As part of this strategy, the Naxalites have called, through posters, for a three-day blockade across six states — Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh — beginning May 26.
Thu, May 25, 2006
May 24, 2006 01:37 IST
In an attempt to put an end to farmers’ suicide cases in Vidarbha, the state government has started a door-to-door survey in the villages of six districts — Amravati, Akola, Washim, Vardha, Yavatmal and Buldana — to identify the most distressed cotton farmers.
Wed, May 24, 2006
May 13, 2006 02:31 IST
The Gadchiroli police on Thursday virtually pushed poor tribal villagers into the jaws of death by allegedly asking them to lift a tree that had been deliberately...
Sat, May 13, 2006
May 04, 2006 00:30 IST
If orange and saffron is all that comes to mind for Nagpur, it’s time to take a fresh look at Maharashtra’s second capital.
Thu, May 04, 2006
April 28, 2006 00:26 IST
Pointsman called away to TN just when funds for relief package had finally started coming
Fri, Apr 28, 2006
April 26, 2006 01:31 IST
After Boeing’s decision to set up their Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (mro) facility in the Special Economic Zone of the Multimodal International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN), investors’ response to the international air and passenger hub project is set to grow manifold.
Wed, Apr 26, 2006



