The writer is a senior journalist based in Mumbai.

March 10,1999 00:00:00 AM
Demolishing Old ChargesDuring his recent visit to Nashik, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, as is his wont when given a platform, picked a t...
Wed, Mar 10, 1999
March 04,1999 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, MARCH 3: Onion exporters are furious with the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Federation (MSAMF), the agency recently ap...
Thu, Mar 04, 1999
March 03,1999 00:00:00 AM
Quest For QuotaNo caste or tribe has the freedom to `choose' a quota; it is determined by a statute. But at a recent meeting held to feli...
Wed, Mar 03, 1999
February 24,1999 00:00:00 AM
Ironically Speaking...After being dropped from the State Cabinet, the former Tribal Development Minister Arjun Tulshiram Pawar (BJP) has ...
Wed, Feb 24, 1999
February 20,1999 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, FEB 19: Confusion over whether the National Agricultural Marketing Federation (NAFED) or a State Government-appointed agency is t...
Sat, Feb 20, 1999
February 03,1999 00:00:00 AM
`Illicit' PoliticsThe recent attack on the house of BJP city unit chief Vijay Sane and the party's protest rally at the Panchavati police...
Wed, Feb 03, 1999
January 29,1999 00:00:00 AM
Futile ForumState Health Minister Dr Daulatrao Aher's janata darbar last Monday -- his fifth since the 1995 Assembly polls -- was probabl...
Fri, Jan 29, 1999
January 23,1999 00:00:00 AM
KAYRE SADADPADA (PETH), JAN 22: The State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) has found a new outpost, at Kayre Sadadpada, a tribal village 11 km...
Sat, Jan 23, 1999
January 21,1999 00:00:00 AM
GONDE (NASHIK), Jan 20: Panic has gripped this nondescript tribal village about 60 km from Nashik as cracks have appeared on land. The wa...
Thu, Jan 21, 1999
January 20,1999 00:00:00 AM
West meets East, Says AshaAmong those invited to a Vedic Sammelan organised jointly by the Kailash Math and the Maharshi Sandipani Vedvid...
Wed, Jan 20, 1999
January 15,1999 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, JAN 13: The series of agitations by onion growers, who are demanding the lifting of the ban on onion export, has acquired politic...
Fri, Jan 15, 1999
January 15,1999 00:00:00 AM
What Was That Again?IT was meant to be an illuminating discourse on tribal traditions and the threat to them from Christian missionary ac...
Fri, Jan 15, 1999
January 14,1999 00:00:00 AM
What Was That Again?IT was meant to be an illuminating discourse on tribal traditions and the threat to them from Christian missionary ac...
Thu, Jan 14, 1999
January 14,1999 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, JAN 13: The series of agitations by onion growers, who are demanding the lifting of the ban on onion export, has acquired politic...
Thu, Jan 14, 1999
January 10,1999 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, Jan 9: Tribals in the Peth-Surgana belt in Nashik district have been undergoing a relentless and sustained saffronisation campaig...
Sun, Jan 10, 1999
January 08,1999 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, January 6: A Works Engineer (Electrical) with the the Currency Note Press (CNP), Shyam Bihari Rai, has been penalised for unautho...
Fri, Jan 08, 1999
January 07,1999 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, January 6: A Works Engineer (Electrical) with the the Currency Note Press (CNP), Shyam Bihari Rai, has been penalised for unautho...
Thu, Jan 07, 1999
January 06,1999 00:00:00 AM
PETH (NASHIK), JAN 5: At Peth in Nashik today, the Shankaracharya of the Karveer Peeth, Vidhyashankar Bharati, `reconverted' 37 Christian...
Wed, Jan 06, 1999
January 06,1999 00:00:00 AM
PETH (Nashik), Jan 5: Reiterating the ultimatum to Christian missionaries to leave tribal areas in the region by March 31, the shankarach...
Wed, Jan 06, 1999
December 23,1998 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, Dec 22: The spectre of financial misappropriation hounds the Gholap household, with the Income-Tax (I-T) Department slapping a re...
Wed, Dec 23, 1998
December 09,1998 00:00:00 AM
Business With PleasureMore on our `high-flying' Deputy Chief Minister: Gopinath Munde sure knows how to mix business with pleasure, even ...
Wed, Dec 09, 1998
November 25,1998 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, NOV 24: Large-scale irregularities in tree planting undertaken by the Forest Department in the tribal areas of Igatpuri and Harsul i...
Wed, Nov 25, 1998
November 22,1998 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, Nov 21: Onions trickling into India from abroad may have helped the Government score a few political points and create a mirage that...
Sun, Nov 22, 1998
November 13,1998 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, Nov 12: State Environment and Forests Minister Chandrakant Khaire's personal assistant (PA) has been accused of issuing telephonic t...
Fri, Nov 13, 1998
November 04,1998 00:00:00 AM
NASHIK, Nov 3: The seeds of scarcity for the next crop of onions have been sowed.The shortfall in onions may well grow into the middle of ne...
Wed, Nov 04, 1998



