Probe sought into loan waiver scam

Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti activists will hold a Jail Bharo agitation at Azad Maidan in Mumbai today to demand the immediate enactment of a legislation aimed at curbing superstitious practices. Narendra Dabholkar, founderexecutive chairman of ...

PUNE: The Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti's (ANS) activists have threatened to go on a hunger strike from April 11 to 14 at Satara to protest against the delay by the State government in passing the Anti-Black Magic Bill. Addressing the media on ...

The recent proposal of the Agriculture Ministry on the recommendations of the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) to hike minimum support prices (MSP) of Vidarbha's main cash crops - cotton, pluses (Tur), soybean and paddy - has dealt ...

Illegal sale of the latest variant causes panic among farmers in the region, activists across India. The illegal sale of the latest variant of genetically modified cotton seeds across Vidarbha before an expert committee's approval has caused alarm ...

In the caste-ridden political scene of Uttar Pradesh, successive goverments in the state have doled out public holidays to please different communities. The latest is Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's announcement of a public holiday on the occasion ...

Vidarbha farmer suicide toll this year mounts to 264. Three more debt-trapped cotton farmers in Vidarbha committed suicide on the same day that Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar and state chief minister Prithviraj Chavan were in Vidarbha to ...

Widows of farmers who committed suicide in the Bt-cotton fields of Maharashtra-Vidarbha, along with tribal and agriculturists, are gearing up to intensify their agitation against the introduction of GM (genetically-modified) seeds into the food crops. A ...

They have been picked up from railway stations, schools, bus terminuses & playgrounds — no place is safe for our children, especially those in the 0-5-year age group. They become victims of human trafficking or prostitution. But there are times ...

Even as Maharashtra took the seemingly progressive step of launching the third women's policy draft in March this year, activists across the State have raised concerns about the government's 'victimhood' approach, while ignoring the reasons of ...