Amid fuel shortage, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis asks people not to hoardMumbai faces fuel scarcity as shortages spread from Marathwada and Vidarbha. Several petrol pumps in the city have run dry. The state gover...
26 May, 2026, 12.08 AM IST
India's wheat production resilient despite setbacks: Agri ministryIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is stable. The agriculture ministry assures resilience despite unseasonal rains and hailstor...
26 Apr, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
Maharashtra govt braces for possible El Nino impact, Fadnavis calls for effective water management21 Apr, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
India weather alert: IMD reports heatwave conditions alongside heavy rainfall and thunderstormsIndia faces extreme weather. Heavy rains lash the Northeast, while heatwaves grip North and Central India. Thunderstorms and hailstorms are...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.33 AM IST
Maharashtra: Marathwada records 269 farmer suicides in Jan-March 2025, up by 65 in same period last yearMarathwada region witnessed a surge in farmer suicides, reaching 269 between January and March 2025, a significant increase from 204 in the...
22 Apr, 2025, 04.14 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
Uddhav Thackeray backs Marathwada farmersThackeray, who had been convalescing from spinal surgery, met farmers in Sambhaji Nagar in Marathwada where unseasonal rains have led to wi...
24 Oct, 2022, 12.12 AM IST
Maharashtra rains: Help farmers or Congress will agitate, not allow ministers to move about, warns Nana Patole"Due to the incompetence of the state government, the farmers will celebrate a dark Diwali. After heavy rains, the receding water has damag...
15 Oct, 2022, 08.24 PM 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
Why drought-prone Marathwada needs to look beyond the immediate monsoonsThe Marathwada region, of which Beed is one of eight districts, receives an average rainfall of 683 mm, 30% lower than the country as a who...
02 Apr, 2017, 11.47 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
628 farmer suicides in Marathwada this yearAs many as 628 farmer suicides have been reported so far this year in the Marathwada region, which has experienced the most deficient rainf...
06 Sep, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
Farmer commits suicide 8 hours after Maharashtra CM visits district to meet farmers & assauge concernsFadnavis’s tour to Marathwada to visit farmers and understand their grievances and express solidarity with the farmers has not helped in cu...
03 Sep, 2015, 06.05 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
Maharashtra receives 80% of month's rainfall at onsetMonsoon has set in satisfactorily in Maharashtra with the state receiving 80% rainfall of the month at the very beginning of the season.
24 Jun, 2015, 12.44 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
- Loan waiver brings little cheer to Vidarbha farmers
Maharashtra government has doled out another debt waiver to farmers but the critical region of Vidarbha is not happy.
12 Jan, 2009, 12.28 AM IST