Budget 2014: Vidarbha farmers demand Rs 30,000 crore development packageVJAS, said they have demanded a Rs 30,000 crore package which would take care of the huge backlog for the region.
20 Jun, 2014, 02.27 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: BJP comfortable in Vidarbha, Shiv Sena and Congress tenseIn the last parliamentary polls, the Shiv Sena-BJP combine had made major inroads into this agricultural region, which has become notorious...
09 Apr, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
- Vidarbha outfit happy over Peepli's exit from Oscars
Vidarbha farmers and widows had earlier on August 15 protested the storyline of the film and burnt effigies of producer Amir Khan.
21 Jan, 2011, 09.29 PM IST
- Vidarbha farmers demand 'Peepli' ban
Objecting to the way the issue of farmer suicides have been depicted in Aamir Khan's home production 'Peepli Live', Vidarbha Janandolan Sam...
15 Aug, 2010, 05.22 AM IST
- Vidarbha farmer's organisation demands ban on 'Peepli Live'
Objecting to the way the issue of farmer suicide has been depicted in superstar Aamir Khan's home production 'Peepli Live', Vidarbha Janand...
14 Aug, 2010, 04.50 PM IST
- MADCL granted undue favours to Satyam: CAG
The Satyam scandal is back to haunt the Maharashtra government with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) reporting ‘undue’ fa...
10 May, 2010, 03.28 AM IST
- Kalavati’s health sets off a headache
Even as Kalavati Bandurkar from Yavatmal in Maharashtra who shot to fame after her encounter with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, filed her n...
26 Sep, 2009, 04.10 AM IST
- Farm activists hail hike in support price for cotton
Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti has hailed the govt decision to raise the minimum support price for cotton in the up-coming procurement year be...
07 Sep, 2008, 08.48 PM IST
- Farming does kill, no matter how you say it
Earlier this month, when the state told the Prime Minister’s Office that farm suicides in Vidarbha were on the decline, it had the right st...
02 Jun, 2007, 12.05 AM IST
- One suicide every 5 hrs in Vidarbha
The Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS), an NGO documenting farmers’ suicides in Vidarbha, has claimed that the region is witness to a suici...
07 Sep, 2006, 02.38 AM IST