Uddhav Thackeray demands Rs 50,000 per hectare relief for rain-affected farmers in MaharashtraUddhav Thackeray demanded a complete loan waiver for Maharashtra farmers and a special legislature session after heavy rains damaged crops ...
27 Sep, 2025, 02.05 PM IST
Centre must announce Rs 10,000 crore relief package for flood-hit Marathwada: Uddhav ThackerayUddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief, urged the Centre to announce a Rs 10,000 crore package for Marathwada. The region suffered extensi...
23 Sep, 2025, 05.34 PM IST
Maharashtra Assembly Polls: Maratha agitation, soyabean prices, caste factor at play in MarathwadaThe upcoming elections in Maharashtra's Marathwada region are shaping up to be a multi-faceted contest. The Maratha agitation for reservati...
20 Nov, 2024, 12.39 PM IST
'Over 1 lakh Marathwada farmers on brink of suicide'The survey has also found out that since 2012 to 2022 period, 8,719 farmers suicides have taken place in Aurangabad alone. The survey done ...
22 Jul, 2023, 12.02 AM IST
Maharashtra sugar production at an all-time high this yearThe sugarcane crushing season in Maharashtra generally lasts for 120 to 140 days, and maximum 145 days. This year, around 20 sugar factorie...
10 Apr, 2022, 12.14 PM IST
Farmers' issue dominates Maharashtra's political pitchWhile the Congress protested against the farmers' deaths in Lakhimpur Kheri and the detention of Congress' Priyanka Vadra by the UP police,...
05 Oct, 2021, 08.38 AM IST
Maharashtra: Over 7 lakh farmers call insurance firms to inform about crop damages due to excessive rainRepresentatives of crop insurance companies need to personally visit the farms and assess the damages, and based on their report, the farme...
12 Sep, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
580 Marathwada farmers ended life in last 8 monthsIn the last 8 months, 580 cultivators have committed suicide from Marathwada. Farmers across the state have been under a lot of stress due ...
17 Aug, 2017, 10.24 AM IST
After two years of drought, floods drown farm hopes in MarathwadaJust when the farmers of Marathwada were optimistic after two consecutive years of drought, their hopes have been dashed again, this time b...
16 Oct, 2016, 10.14 AM IST
Maharashtra CM to visit drought-affected areas from Sept 1Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will visit drought affected areas including Marathwada, Ahmednagar and Solapur districts.
29 Aug, 2015, 06.09 PM IST
Sharad Pawar meets Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, seeks speedy relief for farmersNCP president Sharad Pawar met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and sought immediate help to overcome the water shortage in the...
17 Aug, 2015, 08.14 PM IST
NCP chief Sharad Pawar to meet Maharashtra CM Fadnavis on June 2 to discuss droughtPawar said during his meeting with Fadnavis, he would demand special package for horticulture and kharif season, electricity bill waiver an...
31 May, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
Bhartiya Janta Party failed to keep promises, Congress on BJP's 100 days in powerThe oppn Congress accused the BJP-Shiv Sena govt of reneging promises, particularly on issue of Local Body Tax, toll tax and farmers' welfa...
07 Feb, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Tackle drought or leave power: Shiv Sena tells Devendra Fadnavis governmentA delegation of Sena leaders today met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the issue and sought immediate measures for affected farmers.
19 Nov, 2014, 07.25 PM IST
Ashok Chavan put in charge of election strategy for MarathwadaMaharashtra Cong today gave the former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan the responsibility of drawing up Assembly elections strategy for Marathw...
04 Jul, 2014, 07.27 PM IST
Maharashtra: BJP to agitate over farmers' issues on December 9The BJP has decided to hold agitations in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra against the state government's alleged apathy towa...
04 Dec, 2013, 04.14 PM IST
- Appropriate measures to relax loan waive conditions: Sonia
Appropriate measures were likely to be taken by the Union Government to relax the two hectare cap to benefit more farmers under the ambitio...
17 Mar, 2008, 03.41 PM IST