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Another tiger cub caught in Chandrapur

Sunday 20 September '09

Two days after a tiger cub, a female, was caught by a villager at Sukhwasa in Gondpipri village of Chandrapur district...
Social forestry joint director: CAT upholds post, despite governor wish

Saturday 19 September '09

Observing that “the Governor desiring a particular person in a particular post for a particular period can’t be the ground to transfer/retain him by setting aside an order by a competent authority...
‘This time the fight will be more long-drawn and bitter...’

Thursday 17 September '09

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh termed Left-wing extremism as the country’s “gravest internal threat” on Tuesday, even as Home Minister P Chidambaram attributed 90 per cent of the violence unleashed by Naxals — across 20 states, 223 districts and 2,000 police stations — to the CPI(Maoist). Excerpts from what this outfit’s politburo had to say on its ideology and intent in a June 12, 2009, document accessed...
Maoists make common cause with Khairlanji convicts

Sunday 13 September '09

The Khairlanji killings have been one of the main planks used by the Maoists to further their ideology.....
Maoists make common cause with Khairlanji convicts, call to observe prisoners’ day

Saturday 12 September '09

The Khairlanji killings have been one of the main planks used by the Maoists to further their ideology.
Ahead of NTCA visit, reports of tribal feast inside Tadoba reserve

Tuesday 25 August '09

A reported case of poaching of two sambars inside the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is making the reserve authorities squirm....
Tribal battalion for Gadchiroli

Saturday 22 August '09

In a move to endear tribals ahead of the proposed anti-Naxalite offensive, the state government has announced raising a new tribal battalion, exclusively for Gadchiroli.
Minister in tiger cub’s cage: Report sought

Tuesday 18 August '09

Following the controversy over Agriculture Minister Balasaheb Thorat’s entry into the cage of tigers at the local Maharajbagh Zoo....
Sabharwal murder: omissions led to acquittal of accused

Sunday 16 August '09

It was a series of omissions and contradictions in the prosecution theory and witnesses’ accounts that led to the acquittal of the six accused of the murder of Ujjain’s Prof H S Sabharwal in 2006, says the full judgment by Additional Sessions Judge Nitin Dalvi.
Naxalite killed in encounter

Saturday 15 August '09

After a long gap, the Gadchiroli police on Friday turned the tables on Maoists when they swooped down on a camp of over 50 members belonging to Etapalli Dalam and Kasansur local operating squad, killing at least one Naxalite.
Two test positive in Nagpur

Saturday 15 August '09

Two more samples tested positive for swine flu in Nagpur, taking the number of cases to five.
Nagpur airport to be handed to MIHAN in a week

Thursday 30 July '09

The long-standing dispute over transferring the Nagpur international airport to MIHAN Pvt Ltd, a joint venture company of Maharashtra Airport Development Company....
Akola arrests ‘reveal SIMI plan to re-group’

Wednesday 22 July '09

Former SIMI activists arrested in Akola district were part of the SIMI meeting held at New Delhi between April and May this year....
Land records: notice to President’s husband, kin

Wednesday 1 July '09

President Pratibha Patil’s husband Devisingh Shekhawat and some other relatives have been served notices by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate....
Social worker escapes bid on life in Melghat

Monday 29 June '09

In the second incident of its kind in the past four years, well-known social worker and doctor from....
Naxals issue threats to journalists, cops call it mischief

Thursday 25 June '09

After police, their alleged informers and women, the Maoists appear to have turned their attention towards journalists writing against their activities.
Yogita case: Cops stick to car claim

Friday 19 June '09

The city police have refuted the claim that they had investigated the wrong car in connection with the death of seven-year-old Yogita Thakre.
A lifeline for suicide zones

Friday 19 June '09

Multiplicity of authorities with almost no coordination, absence of a symbiotic relation among beneficiaries, NGOs and private market players...
Maoist bandh call official confirmation of solidarity with LTTE

Tuesday 16 June '09

It is now official. Maoists have expressed solidarity with the LTTE and have condemned the killing of its chief Prabhakaran and had even stated his killing....
Give up Hindutva, your former allies will return: RSS ideologue to BJP

Monday 15 June '09

At a time when the war within the BJP following its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections is out in the open....
Yogita’s mother awaits justice, as Gadkari alleges blackmail by activist

Thursday 11 June '09

After 20 days of speculation, no concrete evidence has come to the fore and despite several glaring discrepancies....
Air hub project staying in Nagpur: MADC chief

Wednesday 10 June '09

Maharashtra Airport Development Company Managing Director R C Sinha has said no experts can wish Nagpur away as the chosen destination for India’s international air passenger and cargo hub.
Victim’s sister identifies different Gadkari car

Thursday 4 June '09

After controversies pertaining to the inquest report panchnama) and post-mortem report...
Plan body dampener for air hub

Tuesday 2 June '09

After ten years of efforts by local politicians and a huge emotional investment by the development-starved people of Vidarbha....
Tiger situation grim, NTCA sends ‘reminder’ for govt help

Wednesday 27 May '09

Concerned over the deteriorating situation in the Chandrapur forests, where a number of tigers are reported to have disappeared..
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