Mourning Malegaon demands progress

Monday 11 September '06

There was talk of an industrial complex coming up here, but that eventually went to nearby Sinnar. We barely earn a few hundred rupees a day

Bombs may not be as crude as thought, investigators tread with extreme caution

Sunday 10 September '06

Malegaon police detain 3, eyewitnesses refer to man with ‘false’ beard; investigators re-looking at Jama Masjid, Nanded incidents as well

First shaky steps across the divide

Sunday 10 September '06

Muslims form human chain to guard schoolgirls in Hindu area, Hindus line up to donate blood

‘Seems big player planned it’

Saturday 9 September '06

Tonight, Malegaon will not sleep. For the nearly seven lakh residents of this textile town, heavy police presence, rioting and curfews are part of life.

Terror kills 38, targets a divided town

Saturday 9 September '06

3 bombs set off in mosque, 2 outside; kids waiting for alms on Shabe Barat among victims

Eye-candy onions banish tears

Friday 1 September '06

In the middle of washed-away fields across Maharashtra, new bulbs of hope are slowly being sown.

Maker of his instrument mourns the silence

Tuesday 22 August '06

In 1960, Ustad came shehnai-shopping to this Nashik store. Since then, he bought 50

Setting Standards

Sunday 20 August '06

The first tribal to become a sabhapati in the region, Kashiram Warghade dreams of living in a village that’s connected to the outside world

The Ahle Hadees

Sunday 6 August '06

Between May 9 and 14, when the anti-terrorist squad led a highway chase across Aurangabad and Nashik, they were also following a trail that didn’t lead to the usual suspects.

A little bit of Konkan in my land

Friday 4 August '06

Entrepreneur launches mobile nursery to meet demand for alphonsos in the backyard

Songs of Experience

Sunday 23 July '06

Ancient tribal folklore gets a shot at immortality with a translation

Aurangabad under scan, cops take long, hard look at its many youth organisations

Monday 17 July '06

In this city under scanner after the Mumbai blasts, the vigil continues. Policemen keep a wary eye as nervous citizens watch their backs.

Cops follow Aurangabad arms haul trail, arrest four and look for key Lashkar man on the run

Saturday 15 July '06

After combing Beed district in Maharashtra for three days hoping to find clues to Tuesday’s serial blasts in Mumbai, the Anti Terrorist Squad...

Aurangabad nervous as entire town painted khaki

Friday 14 July '06

Around 350 km from Mumbai, the 12-lakh plus population of Aurangabad is feeling the heat of Terrible Tuesday.

Gujarat, time and again, in list of victims

Thursday 13 July '06

Terror doesn’t discriminate but police here are perplexed at the number of those killed who either are originally from Gujarat or have families there.

This time, onion will leave you smiling

Friday 23 June '06

As prices of other vegetables shoot up, onion’s is likely to remain steady as there is plenty of the crop in storage

Caught in the worldly wide web

Sunday 18 June '06

After holding on for many years, priests in the city of Kumbh log on. The change has come 10 years after one priest decided to computerise family trees

Nashik school left with only 1 student

Friday 16 June '06

At a time when the Prime Minister says the government must invest in and upgrade school education, a school in Maharashtra rubs in the point.

Vidarbha pattern replicates in Nashik, 10 farmers dead in 3 months

Thursday 18 May '06

Ten farmers have committed suicide in the past three months in the Chandwad, Sinnar and Niphad tehsils of Nashik district after the prices of onions and grapes crashed this season.

No more tears: New fruit in onion country

Friday 12 May '06

Every morning Dhaulibai Dalvi gets ready and heads out to her farm, nearly 30 km from her home in Kalwan tehsil of Nashik.

Away from onion gloom, blooms India’s new strawberry country

Sunday 7 May '06

Farmers of Surgana describe success story as red revolution; their berries are now reaching Delhi

On 136th anniversary, Phalke’s town pieces together a flashback story

Sunday 30 April '06

Amid the ringing of bells and chanting of prayers, there is a buzz about Bollywood in the temple town of Trimbakeshwar.

Humble kartoli makes the cut

Friday 31 March '06

Spine gourd the focus of horticulture foundation’s promotion campaign

RTI query: Why was auditor transferred? Official reply: Under political pressure

Monday 27 March '06

In response to a Right to Information query on why a special auditor from Nashik was transferred before he completed his term...

In Jalgaon, no sense of urgency yet

Thursday 16 March '06

Even 18 hours after the bird flu alert was sounded in Jalgaon district of North Maharashtra, the masks were not out in Hathed village on Wednesday.