Nagpur, Feb 24 – Farmers in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region are hoping for a Rs.30,000 crore (Rs.300 billion) development package in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s budget, only two days away. According to the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS), in view of the neglect faced by the region since independence, it was high time the central...
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Nagpur, Feb 23 – A day after an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer – believed to have been fighting the timber mafia in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra – committed suicide, police Tuesday were on the lookout for five of his colleagues and four local journalists whom he named in a note. Gopal Kale, divisional...
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Nagpur, Feb 22 – A five-day-old girl child was burnt to death due to overheating from a convector Sunday in a state-run hospital in this Maharashtra city, a senior official said Monday. The incident was noticed Sunday in the general maternity ward of the Government Medical College (GMC) where there were 40 patients and...
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Nagpur, Feb 17 – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari will open a two-day seminar here Feb 21 to mark Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s 52nd death anniversary, the organisers said Wednesday. The seminar has been organised by the New Delhi-based Friends for Education and the United Students Association of Nagpur. Scholars from all...
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Nagpur, Feb 16 – Three people were killed and four injured when a boiler exploded in a factory at Kapsi village near here Tuesday, police said. The boiler explosion at the Ispat plant took place in Kaspi village, around 20 km from here. The cause of the explosion is not known and investigations are...
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Nagpur/New Delhi, Feb 10 – A humble, unemployed farmer fought for nearly three years to save his tiny two-acre field from none other than relatives of President Pratibha Patil – and succeeded here Wednesday. While the president’s office declined to comment, her husband Devisingh Shekhawat denied the allegation. The farmer, Kishore Bansod (29), had...
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Nagpur/New Delhi, Feb 10 – A humble, unemployed farmer fought for nearly three years to save his tiny two-acre land from none other than the family members of President Pratibha Patil – and succeeded here Wednesday. The president’s office declined to comment on the matter. The farmer, Kishore Bansod (29), had been fighting the...
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Nagpur, Feb 9 – Shell-shocked by the massive loss to South Africa in the first cricket Test, the Indian selectors dropped two young seamers and brought in Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina to bolster batting for the second cricket Test, starting at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Sunday. Also back is fast bowler Shantakumaran Sreesanth,...
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Nagpur, Feb 9 – India’s loss by an innings and six runs to South Africa here Tuesday is Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s first defeat as a captain in Tests. Dhoni has lost one, won eight and drawn three out of 12 Tests. He has a winning per cent 66.66. Other highlights of the day were:...
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Nagpur, Feb 9 – Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that India were completely outplayed by South Africa in the first cricket Test that was over in four days here Tuesday. World No.1 India aiming for the Test champhionship crown lost the match by an innings and six runs. The win has given second placed...
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Nagpur, Feb 9 – South Africa took a step closer to becoming top team in the world by crushing India by an innings and six runs in the first cricket Test to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Sachin Tendulkar’s 46th century could only take India to 319 following on after being...
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Nagpur, Feb 9 – Final scoreboard of the first cricket Test between India and South Africa here Tuesday. South Africa first innings: 558/6 declared India first innings: 233 all out India second innings (following on, Overnight 66/2): Gautam Gambhir b Morkel 1 Virender Sehwag c Smith b Steyn 16 Murali Vijay c Morkel b...
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