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In poll mode: think big, Rahul tells Vidarbha farmers

Saturday 19 July '08

Whatever your difficulties, you should always think big.” That was Rahul Gandhi’s advice to distressed Vidarbha farmers.
Deccan to be Nagpur hub’s first cargo operator

Friday 11 July '08

The Multimodal International Hub Airport at Nagpur project got its first major shot in the arm with the Deccan Cargo Pvt Ltd...
Chinkara hunting case: 2 more held

Wednesday 9 July '08

Two more persons were arrested by Forest officials in the Chinkara hunting case, which prompted Dharmaraobaba Atram to resign as Maharashtra’s transport minister.
Minister’s car seized in chinkara hunting case

Friday 4 July '08

The Maharashtra Forest Department has finally seized the Ford Endeavour vehicle belonging to state Transport Minister Dharamrao Baba Atram in the chinkara...
As loan waiver gets official, little cheer in suicide zone

Wednesday 2 July '08

In the heart of Vidharbha’s suicide country, Sumitra Pandurang Surpam and Asha Lakde have similar stories to tell.
After loan waiver, no Art of Living course for Vidarbha farmers

Friday 27 June '08

Till last year, a cornered Maharashtra Government was trying to rope in every possible organisation and individual to help Vidarbha’s crisis-ridden farmers...
Chasing tail

Monday 16 June '08

Tigers are elusive, they say. And I am perhaps the unluckiest of those to have experienced it. Actually, as a reporter...
Tiger plan ready but no one’s in a hurry

Friday 6 June '08

Thirty-four dead and about 25 injured in tiger attacks in 29 months.
Central genetic panel clears India’s own strain of Bt Cotton for the market

Friday 30 May '08

India’s own Bt cotton is set for commercial release. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee...
It’s a roaring tiger season in Vidarbha

Thursday 22 May '08

Though four tigresses with 15 cubs have been sighted in the forests of Vidarbha, Forest Department officials say they have decided to close the sensitive sighting areas...
Second animal scare in one week at Nagpur airport

Thursday 8 May '08

Barely a week after an Indian Air Force IL-76 encountered two pigs on the runway while landing, 135 passengers...
Advani, RSS sit for a Parivar dinner

Monday 5 May '08

With the BJP dreaming of coming back to power in the next year’s elections, the Sangh Parivar too is back in action mode.
IAF flight encounters two pigs at airport

Friday 2 May '08

In less than two months after an Indigo flight passengers had a providential escape when a deer came in its way during take-off...
Gandhians debate govt funds for Sevagram

Monday 28 April '08

Mahatma Gandhi’s Sevagram Ashram at Wardha, facing funds crunch for some time now...
Two months too less for tiger census by new method: forest department

Thursday 3 April '08

The Maharashtra forest department isn’t yet sure about whether it will be able to hold the new line...
Surrendered Naxals escape with AK-47s

Monday 31 March '08

Two surrendered Naxalites decamped with two AK-47s and seven magazines from Deori police headquarters in Gondia district...
This village of farmer suicide belt has little use for loan waivers

Tuesday 25 March '08

In the background, loudspeakers on a Shetkari Sanghatana vehicle are at full blast, telling villagers how the Central...
Surrendered Naxal killed by cadres

Friday 21 March '08

Angered by mass surrenders by their cadres and supporters in Gadchiroli, Maoists have continued their killing spree...
People's govt nowhere in sight, tribals desert Naxals

Wednesday 19 March '08

“They had said they would bring a government of the poor. After so many years, we are wondering where is that government...
Lucky escape for passengers as flight hits deer on runway

Sunday 9 March '08

Around 135 passengers aboard Indigo’s Pune-New Delhi flight (6E 136) had a providential escape when the flight encountered a deer...
Why loan waiver won’t stop farmer deaths

Wednesday 5 March '08

His clothes remind me of him,” wails Leelabai, clutching a bundle of clothes in front of the dilapidated structure she calls home...
How do you win back 11 villages from Naxal control? Check with these 75 policemen

Thursday 28 February '08

“One number sentryiiiiiiii..., hoshiyaaaar hai”. The loud, long-winding call in the dead of night breaks the silence in this village...
Speaker lists do’s & don’ts for Judiciary

Tuesday 19 February '08

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's views on the judiciary's "transgression"...
Baba Amte laid to rest with state honours

Monday 11 February '08

Isliye rah sangharsh ki ham chune/Zindagi ansuon me nahae nahin/Shaam sehmi na ho, raat ho na dari/Bhor ki ankh phir dabdabai...
From freedom struggle to service of lepers

Sunday 10 February '08

Around the time India became independent, a young man of 37 was one of those very few freedom fighters who didn’t think their job was over.
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