Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches PMGSY projects worth Rs 1,698 cr in Odisha's Rayagada districtUnion Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-IV in Rayagada, Odisha. The initiative wil...
01 May, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
Navi Mumbai has emerged centre of economic growth; decision to set up township was right: Sharad PawarNavi Mumbai is now being looked at by the world as a centre of economic growth, considering the infrastructure and other development in the...
16 Feb, 2022, 10.10 AM IST
Farm activist urges Centre to ban toxic pesticidesFarm activist and chief of the Maharashtra government's task force, Kishor Tiwari, claimed that last year more than 60 farmers died in the ...
08 May, 2018, 12.52 PM IST
Ex-MP Shivajirao Patil passes awayPatil was a member of the Rajya Sabha during 1992-98, an MLC from 1960 to 67 and an MLA for three consecutive terms from 1967 to 1980.
22 Jul, 2017, 04.35 PM IST
Taskforce suggests 5-point agenda for cash-starved farmersKishore Tiwari, has suggested that Fadnavis direct collectors of 14 suicide-prone districts of Vidarbha and Marathwada region to start a cr...
12 Jun, 2016, 05.04 PM IST
Nationalised banks in Maharashtra lag behind their crop loan targets, says Kishor TiwariThe nationalised banks in Maharashtra have disbursed only 10% crop loans as against 40% of their targeted amount by May 31, said Kishor Tiw...
23 May, 2016, 06.04 PM IST
Maharashtra had 3,228 farmer suicides in 2015, highest in 14 yrsAs many as 3,228 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra last year, highest in the last 14 years, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan S...
04 Mar, 2016, 06.09 PM IST
Taskforce on Maharashtra agrarian crisis submits report to governmentIt includes improving educational facilities in farm suicide area, zero pendency and corruption free local governance, as well as job creat...
15 Feb, 2016, 01.01 PM IST
Declare suicide prone areas in Maharashtra as organic farming zones: Farm activistProminent farm activist Kishor Tiwari has urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to ban the use of chemicals in 14 suicide prone districts of the state.
20 Jan, 2016, 11.29 AM IST
Farm activist alleges scam in loan disbursement to farmersKishor Tiwari, President of VNSSM, has alleged that the scam took place during the period of 2005-2015 and demanded a CBI probe into it.
30 Dec, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
Activist bats for Gujarat-like bonus for Maharashtra cotton growersProviding financial assistance in the form of bonus would cost the state exchequer around Rs 300 crore and the move is seen to benefit arou...
29 Dec, 2015, 10.51 AM IST
Maharashtra's Amravati district awaits fund disbursal to make farmers debt-freeAmravati is awaiting disbursal of funds allocated by Maha govt under a scheme to make those farmers debt-free who have taken loans from pri...
13 Nov, 2015, 12.40 PM IST
Task force moots idea of price stabilisation fund for farmersThe mission is also undertaking the task of training gram sevaks, police Patils and health workers so that they provide timely assistance t...
23 Oct, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
Maharashtra government to insure more than a crore farmers"This way, we will be able to provide relief to families of farmers," Maharashtra agriculture minister Eknath Khadse told reporters here.
24 Jun, 2015, 10.48 PM IST
Noisy scenes in Maharashtra Council over LoP post, farmers woesPandemonium erupted in Maharashtra Legislative Council today when the Congress and NCP members pressed the government to elect the LoP.
10 Dec, 2014, 07.03 PM IST
Open-field trials of GM corn in Pune draws controversyMonsanto’s GM maize is being tested at two agricultural universities in Maharashtra — MPKV and the Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyape...
31 Oct, 2014, 06.09 AM IST
Sharad Pawar asks Maharashtra govt to implement vegetable farming schemeUnion Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today asked Maharashtra government to implement the Central scheme of encouraging vegetable farming...
01 Jul, 2013, 10.57 PM IST