NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra over farm suicides (Lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday sought a report from the Maharashtra government on the spate of farmers suicides within six weeks, terming it as ... Read more...
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Patnaik reshuffles ministry, drops five (Lead)
August 2nd, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 2 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday dropped five ministers and inducted nine in his council ministers.With this, the number of ministers (including the chief minister) ... Read more...
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Big B, Aamir: Who’ll be ‘India’s Prime Icon’?
May 17th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and superstar Aamir Khan are among the contenders for the title of "India's Prime Icon".BIG CBS PRIME has pitted them ... Read more...
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Congress MP breaks down over Gujarat police action (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New DelhiAhmedabad, May 2 (IANS) A Congress MP from Gujarat, Prabha Kishor Taviad, broke down in the Lok Sabha Wednesday as her colleague Girija Vyas recounted how she was ... Read more...
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Congress MP breaks down in Lok Sabha over Gujarat police action
May 2nd, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A Congress MP from Gujarat, Prabha Kishor Taviad, broke down in the Lok Sabha Wednesday as her colleague Girija Vyas recounted how she was ... Read more...
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MP’s letter forged to recommend Bappi Lahiri for award
April 27th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Unidentified individuals forged the signature of Uttar Pradesh MP Kamal Kishor on his letterhead and sent the government a recommendation for awarding music director and ... Read more...
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Maharashtra cotton farmers oppose new tax
March 31st, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Akola (Maharashtra), March 31 (IANS) Cotton farmers and widows of debt-laden peasants went on a day's hunger strike Saturday in different Maharashtra towns to protest the new five percent purchase ... Read more...
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Vidarbha farmers, widows to ‘mourn’ decade of BT cotton
March 25th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, March 25 (IANS) Thousands of farmers and farm widows shall 'mourn' and protest the tenth anniversary of the introduction of US-based GM Seed's revolutionary "BT Cotton" in the country ... Read more...
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Tirkey, two others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 22 (IANS) Former Indian hockey captain Dilip Tirkey and two other candidates of Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) were Thursday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha ... Read more...
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Three women die in forest fire
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), March 22 (IANS) Three tribal women were killed and two men injured in a forest fire in the Tipeshwar Sanctuary in eastern Maharashtra, an official said here Thursday.The ... Read more...
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‘SMS’ good time pass, worth the money! (Telugu Movie Review)
February 12th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "SMS"; Cast: Sudhir Babu, Regina, Vennela Kishor, Chanti, Priyanka, Hemanth and Rohini; Director: Satya Tatineni ; Producer: Vikram Raju; Composer: Selva Ganesh; Camera: Chitti Babu; Rating: ***"SMS" is a remake ... Read more...
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Parliament considering privilege motions against Bedi, Om Puri
August 29th, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Anna Hazare's close aide Kiran Bedi and actor Om Puri face privilege motions for mocking at and passing caustic comments against lawmakers.
The notices were ... Read more...
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Congress releases first list for Uttar Pradesh polls
August 22nd, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 22 (IANS) The Congress Monday released its first list of 73 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections with familiar names like state Congress president Rita Bahuguna ... Read more...
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Thousands fast in Maharashtra in Ramdev’s support
June 4th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) Mumbai's famous dabbawalas, thousands of farmers and farm-widows of eastern Maharashtra and scores of NGOs and common men observed a fast Saturday in support of yoga ... Read more...
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Joy over Hazare’s victory in Maharashtra
April 9th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Joy and jubilation erupted in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra Saturday as social crusader Anna Hazare ended his fast after the government agreed to the ... Read more...
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Vidarbha farm widows fast in support of Hazare
April 8th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, April 8 (IANS) Around 200 widows from Bothbodan village, known for the maximum number of farmland suicides in the Vidarbha region, Friday went on a day's hunger strike ... Read more...
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Maharashtra proposes interest-free crop loans
March 23rd, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) Maharashtra farmers will get crop loans without interest and at subsidised interest, state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance ministry portfolio, proposed ... Read more...
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BJP demands liquor ban in two Vidarbha districts
February 15th, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Feb 15 (IANS) The state Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded prohibition in Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts of Vidarbha in eastern Maharashtra as free availability of alcohol in these areas ... Read more...
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Government withdraws direction to DERC on power tariff
February 11th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Delhi government Friday informed the Delhi High Court that it was withdrawing its directive to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to put on hold a ... Read more...
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Sack Vilasrao Deshmukh, say agitating Vidarbha farmers
February 8th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Feb 8 (IANS) More than 2,000 farmers and farm widows Tuesday participated in a day-long hunger-strike in Vidarbha to demand the sacking of union Rural Development Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, an activist ... Read more...
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Tiger, tiger burning bright in Goa’s forests
February 6th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, Feb 6 (IANS) English poet William Blake's "tyger" might continue to burn bright if a spark lit by young poets and artists at a poetry camp in Goa - ... Read more...
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Farmers protest power shortage in Aurangabad
December 2nd, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by ANI
By Abdul HadiAurangabad, Dec.2 (ANI): Farmers in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district protested the sudden cut in the power supply and demanded electricity supply to protect their crops from drying up, as they are ... Read more...
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Tractors seized, power cut off, say Vidharbha farmers
November 20th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Nov 20 (IANS) Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan decided to accord top priority to Vidarbha, which has one of the highest incidence of farmers suicides in the country, authorities ... Read more...
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Vidarbha farmers, widows to protest Obama’s visit
November 4th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Nov 4 (IANS) Farmers all over Vidarbha in eastern Maharashtra will stage candle-light protests on the eve of US President Barack Obama's visit Friday, seeking to draw his attention to ... Read more...
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As Rahul spoke, farmer suicides continued in Vidarbha
September 8th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 8 (IANS) Five debt-trapped farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha area committed suicide even as Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was visiting Akola in the region, a farmer watchdog group said ... Read more...
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Vidarbha farmers’ group objects to ‘Peepli Live’
August 14th, 2010 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Aug 14 (IANS) A farmer's advocacy group in Vidarbha has objected to the content of the just-released Hindi film "Peepli Live", saying it is a wrong representation of the misery of ... Read more...
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A Confident Yaksha Team
July 27th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 27, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The whole team of Yaksha appeared enormously positive about the film. This is producer Siddaraju's second home production. The movie as the crew declares has taken ... Read more...
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Heavy rains create havoc in parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajashthan
July 25th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
By Rithwick Bhalekar/ Kishor Solanki/ Uday AdharvayuMumbai, Kishangarh (Rajashthan), Junagarh (Gujarat), July 25 (ANI): The collapse of government infrastructure has been exposed through the water-clogged drains and traffic snarls in Mumbai.Normal life ... Read more...
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Five Bhopal gas tragedy convicts get bail
July 6th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, July 6 (IANS) A court here Tuesday granted regular bail to five convicts in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the world's worst industrial disaster.
Chief Judicial Magistrate R.V. Singh gave the ... Read more...
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President’s help sought to free kidnapped Maharashtra official
June 8th, 2010 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Nagpur, June 7 (IANS) The Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS) has urged President Pratibha Patil to take up the issue of release of a Maharashtra forest officer kidnapped in Arunachal Pradesh ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas tragedy verdict sparks fury among survivors (Roundup)
June 7th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, June 7 (IANS) A city court Monday held seven officials of Union Carbide plant and the company itself guilty of criminal negligence for the 1984 gas disaster that killed thousands of ... Read more...
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Eight held guilty for Bhopal gas tragedy, get two years in jail (Second Lead)
June 7th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, June 7 (IANS) More than 25 years after a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant killed an estimated 25,000 people here, a court Monday held eight accused guilty of criminal ... Read more...
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Eight in Bhopal gas tragedy held guilty (Lead)
June 7th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, June 7 (IANS) Over 25 years after a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant killed thousands here, a court Monday held eight accused guilty of criminal negligence in the world's ... Read more...
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Maharashtra farmers seek probe into relief disbursal
June 1st, 2010 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, June 1 (IANS) Over 4,000 farmers Tuesday held a rally in Maharashtra's Yavatmal town against the "failure" of the state government's package for debt-ridden agriculturists in the Vidarbha region and ... Read more...
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Contaminated water in Bihar district causing physical deformities in children
May 23rd, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajay KumarBhojpur (Bihar), May 23 (ANI): Even as many people in the country are having a tough time to get a proper water supply this summer, many children in various parts ... Read more...
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