Vidarbha found ‘backward’ even in MPSC exams
Nagpur: Take any field, Vidarbha would always be found ‘backward.’ MPSC exams are no exception. The pass percentage of students from Vidarbha is on the decline since the past three years. This fact has come to the fore in the...
State Govt recommends CBI probe into pesticide deaths in Vidarbha
File Pic Nagpur: Bowing to the demands from various quarters, the Maharashtra Government has recommended CBI probe into the deaths of the farmers due to pesticide poisoning in Yavatmal and other districts of State. According to the government, the companies...
‘Rebel’ BJP MP Patole demands JPC probe into pesticide deaths in Vidarbha
Nagpur: The ‘sulking’ Bhandara-Gondia BJP MP Nana Patole, who has been in the limelight since past few months mainly for his outburst against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has again tried to corner the party and...
Slow pace of industrialization in Nagpur: Is political will lacking?
Nagpur: 'As the BJP-led government turns three on October 31, the chief minister’s much-touted agenda of improving the investment climate in the state remains a work in progress. Even as the government has unveiled a slew of policy measures to...
कीटनाशक औषधी से हुई मौत मामले की जाँच के लिए संसदीय समिति का हो गठन – नाना पटोले
नागपुर: विदर्भ में कीटनाशक दवाईयों के छिड़काव की वजह से हुई मौत की जाँच की माँग बीजेपी सांसद नाना पटोले ने की है। इस संबंध में पटोले ने लोकसभा अध्यक्षा सुमित्रा महाजन को पत्र लिखकर सर्वदलीय समिति का गठन कर इस...
Steel & Hardware Chamber of Vidarbha’s Diwali Sneh-Milan held on Oct 22
Nagpur: Steel & Hardware Chamber of Vidarbha (a leading trade association for steel and hardware business in Vidarbha region) in association with Ramsons Group and M/s Tirupati Balaji Steel organized its Diwali Sneh-Milan (a family get-together) at “Hardik Lawns”, Small...
Dark Diwali: 7 more farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
Nagpur: A flurry of measures including loan waiver announced by State Government failed to enlighten lives of farmers in Vidarbha as seven more farmers committed suicide that too on Laxmi Pujan day. Mounting debt and crop failure are being cited...
Where is Vidarbha? Will we ever get it?!! asks BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh
Nagpur: We won so many seats here based on the promise we made to create a separate state - but where is Vidarbha ? Will we ever get it?!! An anguished Ashish Deshmukh, a popular Youth leader of Central India asks. Ashish...
Pesticide, seed cos earn moolah at the expense of cotton farmers in Yavatmal district
Nagpur: Yavatmal district which is known as producer of “white gold” (cotton) has acquired dubious distinction. The district is hogging the limelight not because of farmer suicides but this time “deaths due to inhaling pesticides”. As usual the media remained complacent,...
Monsoon bids goodbye, leaves Vidarbha ‘high & dry’ with ‘below normal’ rainfall
Nagpur: The monsoon is moving fast to say goodbye to Vidarbha. The “below normal” monsoon has left the region “high and dry” and thus impacted the agriculture sector on ‘darker’ side. The rainfall season in India starts from June 1...
Vidarbha still far from rains, Nagpur too runs below normal
Nagpur: The second spell of rains may have giving respite to many regions of Maharashtra but Vidarbha region is still running dry. Especially Nagpur is witnessing a humid weather after a brief spell on rains. The last 24 hours proved to...
Maharashtra government planning to relocate tigers from Vidarbha region to sanctuaries
Mumbai/Nagpur: Maharashtra Government is planning to relocate tigers from Vidarbha region of the state to the sanctuaries elsewhere where their population is smaller, including Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) is located in Sahyadri ranges in the western Maharashtra,...
विदर्भ में बढ़ रहे सिर और गले के कैंसर की समस्याएं – डॉ. बी.के. शर्मा
नागपुर: 27 जुलाई को विश्व हेड और नेक कैंसर दिवस के रूप में मान्यता दी गई है. इस दिन विशेष पर नागपुर स्थित राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी रिजनल कैंसर अस्पताल में मनाया जाएगा. पूरे विश्व में 17 मिलियन से ज्यादा लोग सभी...
विदर्भातील 16.51 लाख वीज ग्राहकांनी केली मोबाईल क्रमांकाची नोंद
नागपूर: महावितरणच्या नागपूरम प्रादेशिक कार्यालायांतर्गत असलेल्या विदर्भातील तब्बल 16 लाख 51 हजार 549 ग्राहकांनी महावितरणकडे आपल्या मोबाईल क्रमांकाची नोंद केली असून महावितरण कडे मोबाईल क्रमांकाची नोंदणी केलेल्या ग्राहकांना वीज देयकाची रक्कम, किती युनिटचा वापर झाला, खंडित वीज पुरवठा यासंदर्भातील माहिती...
Bandh called by farmers successful in Vidarbha too
Nagpur: Wardha, Akola even Ramtek vegetable markets were completely closed today in response to strike call given by Nasik farmers despite declaration by C.M. that strike has been called off on 3rd June. Shetty of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana hinted that his...
Monsoon arrives on Indian shores tomorrow but heat wave in Vidarbha may continue unabated
Nagpur: Weather wise, there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that monsoons are arriving slightly early in India this year and will make their presence known in the Bay of Bengal tomorrow. The islands of Andaman...
Nagpur Zone sees 234 cases registered under Atrocities Act in 2016
Representational Pic Nagpur: In the backdrop of a demand to review of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act claiming that provisions of the law are being misused against members of the upper castes, an RTI reply has...
At 45.5, Nagpur sizzles into 4 hottest cities of country, all from Vid
Nagpur: There was a city from Vidarbha at all four top spots for the hottest places in the country on Tuesday. Chandrapur sizzled at 46.4 degrees Celsius as the hottest spot in India. Ganganagar (Rajasthan) along with Brahmapuri were at...
विदर्भ में ओलावृष्टि की आशंकाएं, रबी की खड़ी फसल को खतरा
Representational Pic नागपुर: विदर्भ क्षेत्र में फरवरी से मार्च के महीने के बीच तेज हवाएं, बेमौसम बारिश और ओलावृष्टि सामान्य सी बात हो चली है। ६ फरवरी से ८ मार्च के मध्य बारिश के साथ तेज़ हवाए चलने और ओले...
Abnormal weather conditions could result in rain fall in Vidarbha the coming weekend
Representational pic Nagpur: Strange things are happening to the weather around us but so engrossed have we been in the 'hot' political happenings that we failed to notice how hot it is becoming in reality too. Bhira, in Raigad district of...
Farmers’ suicide continues in Nagpur div despite good rains; Yavatmal worst hit
Nagpur: Even the good rains last year could not contain the suicide of farmers at satisfactory level. Especially Nagpur and Amravati division in Vidarbha where the government efforts failed to bring end to the farmers' woes. Dashing the government's hope...
