'579 Chanda villages declared drought-hit 

CHANDRAPUR

The district administration has identified 579 villages in the district as scarcity-hit and restrictions have been imposed on digging of new borewells..........MORE

VHP’s bandh evokes mixed response 

NAGPUR

THE bandh called on Friday by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal supported by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SS) received mixed response in the region..........MORE

Vidarbha in for worst ever water crisis

Abhiram Ghadyalpatil

NAGPUR, Nov 18 

Entire Vidarbha region is in the throes of perhaps the most serious water crisis in almost two decades. The crisis in November 2004 is set to snowball into a catastrophe in as early as February 2005,.........MORE

Debt forces 2 more farmers to end life

AMRAVATI 

Two more debt-ridden farmers of the district committed suicides, recently.........MORE

BAIF to use garbage for manufacturing fertilizers

AMRAVATI

Garbage disposal has become a necessity and all possible methods of getting rid of the waste or re-using it are being explored..........MORE