1,555 farmer suicides, drought looms large, is govt aware of severity of situation: WadettiwarWadettiwar said the Aurangabad division has seen 584 farmer suicides. While Nashik division saw 174 such deaths, Nagpur and Pune divisions ...
21 Sep, 2023, 04.50 PM IST
Maharashtra: At least 16 killed in 10 days in rain-related incidents in Vidarbha, thousands of houses damagedThe downpour in the last few days also affected nearly 54,000 hectares of agricultural land, of which more than 53,000 hectares land is loc...
23 Jul, 2023, 06.10 PM IST
Vidarbha rains: Floods, lightning in Nagpur division claim 11 lives in 10 days; several houses damagedHeavy rains in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region have led to floods and lightning which have caused the death of 11 people and damaged over 1,6...
23 Jul, 2023, 01.15 PM IST
Counting underway for polls to five Maharashtra Legislative Council seatsWhile the Konkan teachers constituency had recorded the highest voter turnout at 91.02 per cent, the Nashik division graduates seat logged ...
02 Feb, 2023, 09.29 AM IST
20 wagons of coal-laden goods train derail in Maharashtra; many passenger trains cancelled or divertedThe derailment took place at 11.20 pm on Sunday between Malkhed and Timatla stations on Wardha-Badnera section of the Nagpur division, a re...
24 Oct, 2022, 09.15 AM IST
Winter Session: 5 new MLCs introduced in Maharashtra CouncilFive MLCs elected in the December 1 polls were introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Monday, the first day of its two-day wi...
14 Dec, 2020, 05.19 PM IST
Polls to five Maharashtra legislative seats to be held on December 1: ECOf the five, three are graduates' constituencies from Aurangabad, Pune and Nagpur divisions, and two are teachers' seats from Pune and Amra...
02 Nov, 2020, 05.38 PM IST
Heavy rains claimed 271 lives in Maharashtra since AprilThe rains also claimed 1,417 small domestic animals and 1,593 large cattle like cows, bulls and buffalos, according to state minister Dilee...
11 Oct, 2016, 02.37 PM IST
Bombay High Court frowns at shocking indifference towards drought-hit farmersHigh Court directed the state government to immediately include 6147 villages of four districts in the list of drought affected villages.
19 Mar, 2016, 03.47 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi begins sanvad padyatra, meets Maharashtra farmersBetween Gunji and Ramgaon, Rahul Gandhi would be visiting five villages, meeting farmers who have suffered losses due to the unseasonal rai...
30 Apr, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
Ahead of Rahul Gandhi's tour, another farmer ends life in AmravatiA day ahead of the Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's day-long padyatra in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra to highlight the agrarian...
29 Apr, 2015, 09.58 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi to undertake day-long padyatra in Amravati on April 30Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will undertake a 15-km day-long padyatra in Amravati division of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra.
28 Apr, 2015, 07.43 PM IST
Maharashtra seeks Rs 4,500 crore in drought aid from from CentreChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the previous Congress-NCP Government had left behind a revenue deficit of Rs 26,000 crore.
29 Nov, 2014, 02.17 AM IST
Water storage level better in Vidarbha reservoirs, may avert severe draughtIn Nagpur division, in 16 major reservoirs, the water level is at 53 % of the total capacity while in Amravati division it is 46 %.
06 May, 2014, 11.35 AM IST
- Rs 663 crore crop loans waived off in west-Vidarbha
Crop loans of farmers from five disricts in western parts of Vidarbha region (Amravati division) to the tune of Rs 663 crore have been waiv...
02 Jul, 2008, 01.56 PM IST
- CR announces two new trains, Amravati-Mum, Pune-Nag Garib Rath
The Central Railway has announced new two trains when the time table comes in force from July 1.
21 Jun, 2008, 02.59 PM IST
- Era of development has begun in Vidarbha: Vilasrao
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Saturday performed bhomipujan for Lower Pedhi Major Project and Bordi Nullah Medium project...
10 May, 2008, 07.59 PM IST