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Horn of plentySubscriber Only
March 06, 2005 00:00 IST
THERE shouldn’t be any dilemma about these horns. Experts say they need to be left only for nature’s consumption. The Union Enviro...
Sun, Mar 06, 2005Pawar makeover for APMCsSubscriber Only
March 04, 2005 00:00 IST
Agriculture produce marketing committees, the common farmer’s only marketplace, are in a tizzy over Union Agriculture Minister Sharad P...
Fri, Mar 04, 2005On wrong trackSubscriber Only
February 04, 2005 02:37 IST
Forty-eight people were killed and 11 seriously injured when a tractor-trolley carrying a marriage party was hit by a passenger train on Thu...
Fri, Feb 04, 2005He gave them rice, they took the creditSubscriber Only
January 24, 2005 01:30 IST
He is the man behind one of Central India’s most popular rice varieties. He’s No 2 on the National Grassroots Innovations Awards l...
Mon, Jan 24, 2005Lost & FoundSubscriber Only
January 16, 2005 00:00 IST
FOR Pochu Lingu Sidam, life has begun at 70. After spending nearly twenty-five years out of his native village, he is back to reclaim the la...
Sun, Jan 16, 2005Stop harassing Kanchi seer: RSS warns AmmaSubscriber Only
January 15, 2005 01:40 IST
The RSS today warned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa of an Ayodhya-like agitation if her government continued its ‘‘witc...
Sat, Jan 15, 2005Credit down, worries up in drought landSubscriber Only
January 07, 2005 00:00 IST
Kharif season was bad, Rabi virtually non-existent for the majority of farmers in this drought-hit region of Maharashtra. And with another K...
Fri, Jan 07, 2005Pick-up delay triggers farmer suicideSubscriber Only
December 03, 2004 00:00 IST
Five months after Bhaurao Dandekar killed himself following repeated crop failures, this area of Yavatmal district witnessed another suicide...
Fri, Dec 03, 2004Court said assess farmers’ minds, govt uses little of its ownSubscriber Only
November 10, 2004 02:38 IST
Seated on the floor of a sparse panchayat hall in a remote tehsil of Yavatmal, a group of about 35 villagers is all ears to a team of psychi...
Wed, Nov 10, 2004Govt begins bailing out cotton farmersSubscriber Only
November 09, 2004 02:14 IST
Setting in motion one of its first subsidy schemes since taking charge, the Maharashtra government today began purchasing cotton from farmer...
Tue, Nov 09, 2004Advani & a Gandhi by its side, RSS slams Left, Right, CentreSubscriber Only
October 23, 2004 01:10 IST
In another clear message to the BJP rank and file that only a return to its ideological roots can check its slide, BJP president L K Advani ...
Sat, Oct 23, 2004Cotton ties up Pawar in knotsSubscriber Only
October 22, 2004 00:00 IST
The oncoming cotton purchase season, which opens traditionally on Dussehra, presents Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar with his first ...
Fri, Oct 22, 2004Gadchiroli top cop survives Naxal attack on chopperSubscriber Only
October 13, 2004 01:28 IST
Naxalites of the People’s War Group today tried to blast an IAF helicopter carrying Gadchiroli Police Superintendent Shirish Jain, SDPO...
Wed, Oct 13, 2004Where water is all that mattersSubscriber Only
October 07, 2004 01:33 IST
Sagla chinbin ahe (It’s all very confusing).” It’s a common refrain in Vidarbha.In the north-eastern region of Maharashtra, w...
Thu, Oct 07, 2004On Vidarbha tour, Sonia stays away from statehoodSubscriber Only
October 05, 2004 02:48 IST
Opening her two-day campaign in Maharashtra, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today took the fight to Shiv Sena-BJP strongholds in Vidarbha, ...
Tue, Oct 05, 2004Nagpur duo finds petrol in plastic wasteSubscriber Only
September 19, 2004 02:59 IST
Even as international concern grows with crude oil prices, a couple from Nagpur is well on course to keep their promise of a cheap, eco-frie...
Sun, Sep 19, 2004Root strikes prosperity in villageSubscriber Only
August 27, 2004 00:00 IST
Prosperity and farming almost never go hand in hand in Vidarbha, which has been in the news for a rash of farmer suicides recently. But whil...
Fri, Aug 27, 2004Accused women get bail, walk freeSubscriber Only
August 19, 2004 01:50 IST
For the second time this week, women of Kasturba Nagar slum today used their ‘killer instinct’ to get their five companions—L...
Thu, Aug 19, 2004This is justice, say his victimsSubscriber Only
August 16, 2004 02:54 IST
When the women of Kasturba Nagar got together to plot the murder of rape accused Bharat alias Akku Yadav, they did not see it as a killing, ...
Mon, Aug 16, 2004Needed: dedicated leaders, not dedicatorsSubscriber Only
August 04, 2004 00:00 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s directive to his ministers not to gather at the airport to see him off has come like a whiff of fresh a...
Wed, Aug 04, 2004Free fallSubscriber Only
August 01, 2004 00:00 IST
CONTRARY to popular opinion, Maharashtra’s Forest Development Corporation (FDCM) thinks conservation lies in cutting trees. Raised 30 y...
Sun, Aug 01, 2004In dry farm, an end to the drought routSubscriber Only
July 30, 2004 00:03 IST
Even as ever-increasing numbers of farmers seem to contemplate giving up lives frustrated by the lack of rain and infrastructure, an NGO in ...
Fri, Jul 30, 2004The long and short of it: RSS plans new lookSubscriber Only
July 24, 2004 02:02 IST
The next time an RSS activist stands up to deliver a tirade against ‘‘Macaulay’s sons’’ and the ‘‘English...
Sat, Jul 24, 2004Bhaurao’s hope ran dry before it pouredSubscriber Only
July 15, 2004 02:53 IST
After a month’s wait, it has rained on the plains of Yavatmal for the past two days. As dark clouds gather overhead, Karanji’s des...
Thu, Jul 15, 2004Exaggerated, and how…Subscriber Only
July 10, 2004 02:00 IST
First, he said media reports were ‘‘highly exaggerated’’. Today, Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde dismissed his governm...
Sat, Jul 10, 2004Journalism of Courage
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