November 21st, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Just when seasoned filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is all set to “expose the media” through a film comes news that director Atul Pandey is planning to explore ...
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November 7th, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Though “Summer 2007” sank at the box-office it has been selected as one among the four Hindi feature films to compete in the Indian Panorama section of ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Jalandhar (Punjab), Sep 24 (IANS) He had cited Kalawati's plight in parliament two months ago, and now Rahul Gandhi has got a 'rakhi', symbolising the brother-sister bond, from the poor farm widow ...
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September 6th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Achalpur (Maharashtra), Sep 6 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Saturday laid the foundation stone for the resurrection of the 80-year-old Vidarbha Cotton Mill here amid hopes it would herald a new era of ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Nagpur, Aug 6 (IANS) The toll in the heavy downpour in Maharshtra's Vidarbha region has risen to 14 with seven more people losing their lives due to the rains that have lashed ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) After a long dry spell, torrential rains since Monday claimed at least 19 lives in various parts of the country, including Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Kuala Lumpur , July 31 (ANI): Prakash and Mandakini Amte , India s philanthropist doctors, were declared winners of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award.
They were given this award for their contributions ...
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July 18th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
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Nagpur, July 18 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here today on a visit to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
Rahul, accompanied by Congress General Secretary and in-charge of party affairs ...
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July 18th, 2008 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
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Nagpur, July 18 (IANS) Congress MP and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here Friday on a three-day tour of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, which witnessed a phenomenally high incidence of farmers' suicides ...
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July 18th, 2008 - 8:48 am ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will begin his three-day tour to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra from today.
Rahul will arrive in Nagpur today. He will ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will begin his three-day tour to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra from tomorrow.
On Friday, Rahul will arrive in Nagpur. He ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will begin his three-day tour to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra from tomorrow.
On Friday, Rahul will arrive in Nagpur. He ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
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Nagpur, July 8 (ANI): Another farmer has committed suicide in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
Ramdas Kolhe ended his life after he could not pay his loan debt taken from a local ...
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June 19th, 2008 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
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By Prabhat Sharan
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) For centuries they have been feared, despised and envied. Gypsies, an ethnic minority in Europe, continue to face discrimination that is not very different from what ...
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June 9th, 2008 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, June 9 (IANS) A Bollywood film on social issues sans the usual song and dance routine can be difficult to promote. But the producer of "Summer 2007", a film based on ...
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May 31st, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by admin
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By Shyam Pandharipande
Nagpur, May 31 (IANS) Nishant Totla, the Aurangabad boy who has bagged second spot in the all-India list of successful candidates of the Joint Entrance Examination for the prestigious Indian ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 8:48 pm ICT by admin
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Nagpur, May 2 (IANS) Thousands of paddy cultivators in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, considered more worse-off than farmers elsewhere, are set to hold a rally Saturday led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator ...
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April 24th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The heat wave conditions continued over central parts of India and Maharashtra's Vidarbha region Thursday, and the northern plains braced themselves for the summer season. There was ...
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March 25th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by admin
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Nagpur, March 25 (IANS) Leaving behind a suicide note, a farmer with five children has ended his life near here, taking to 61 the farmer suicide toll in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region after ...
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March 24th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by admin
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Pune, Mar 24 (ANI): A five-day 'MahaOrange' festival is underway here to promote varieties of oranges available in the region and to provide a platform for the orange growers.
The festival is ...
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March 17th, 2008 - 6:37 pm ICT by admin
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Sangli/Osmanabad (Maharashtra), March 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will consider the plight of farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra who have not benefited from the farm loans ...
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March 4th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has started a district-wise survey to find out the number of farmers who will benefit from the farm loan waiver announced in India's national budget ...
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March 1st, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's budget announcement of a Rs.600 billion ($15 billion) farm loan waiver has been populist, but many farmers, including his own uncle, doubt if ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by admin
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Nagpur, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Friday announced an agriculture loan waiver in the 2008-09 budget but a farmers' leader here said the move will not help most farmers in ...
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February 27th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned for the day Wednesday after MPs from various parties repeatedly disrupted proceedings demanding relief for farmers in the country. The Lok ...
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February 25th, 2008 - 8:03 pm ICT by admin
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Nagpur, Feb 25 (IANS) Bihar Governor R.S. Gavai Monday disapproved of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) agitation against north Indians in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra and questioned party leader Raj Thackeray's ...
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February 19th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by admin
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Vidarbha (Maharashtra), Feb 19 (ANI): Farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, ahead of the annual general budget, harbour huge expectations from Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
Vidarbha, near Nagpur is well-known for high-quality oranges ...
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February 18th, 2008 - 8:48 pm ICT by admin
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Vidarbha (Maharashtra), Feb 18 (ANI): Farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, ahead of the annual general budget, harbour huge expectations from Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
Vidarbha, near Nagpur is well-known for high-quality oranges ...
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January 10th, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by admin
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Vidarbha, Jan 10 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kicked off a rally here today to highlight the plight of farmers in Maharashtra.
The resurgent BJP, fresh from its double win in the ...
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December 12th, 2007 - 11:04 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Dec 12 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday said that the proposed new airport being built at Amravati is not for her convenience, but is part of the Maharashtra State ...
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